Airbnb offers to temporarily house 20,000 Afghan refugees for free

[Airbnb offers to temporarily house 20,000 Afghan refugees for free]( As tens of thousands of Afghans flee Afghanistan in the wake of a Taliban takeover, people around the world are scrambling to help. But providing help in a war-torn country with the chaos of U.S. military withdrawal and violent extremists seizing power is a bit complicated. Simply getting people out of the country is hard enough. Figuring out what happens is even more complex. Where do these refugees go right now? How long do they stay? What countries will allow them to settle permanently? How do the necessary security screenings get handled? Who provides for their basic human needs as those details get sorted out? While governments and refugee agencies work through the various moving parts and logistics, short-term rental company Airbnb has stepped up to provide a potential answer to one immediate need—where refugees will stay in the meantime. [Read the Story]( [Teen foils a hotel-room intruder by using a trick her cop stepdad taught her]( Josie Bowers, a 19-year-old woman from Canada, shared the story of how she thwarted an intruder when she was 15. The viral TikTok video is a harrowing tale and also an important lesson for everyone to learn. Josie was staying with her family at the Ocean City Hilton in Maryland when the incident occurred. She went to her hotel room alone to take a shower while her family was on the beach. After getting out of the shower, she was alarmed when she noticed a long wire with a hook at the end wiggling its way out of the crack at the bottom of the front door. The hook was waving around, trying to catch the handle to open the door. [Read the Story]( [Black student erases ‘all lives matter’ from substitute teacher’s whiteboard, students walk out]( A teacher lost it after an African-American student erased "All Lives Matter" from the whiteboard before walking out of class. The woman, who was a substitute teacher, was clearly miffed when she walked into the classroom and saw a classroom sign that read "Black Lives Matter." She then proceeded to write 'All Lives Matter' on the whiteboard. The students were shocked to see the teacher write 'All Lives Matter,' despite Black people being disproportionately being targeted by the system. It is not just an opinion but backed by actual stats. "Black people are more than three times as likely as white people to be killed during a police encounter," revealed a study by Harvard. [Read the Story]( [Oregon hospital offers its weary healthcare heroes a room to rage-smash dinner plates]( When Salem Hospital healthcare workers are feeling stressed, the hospital's wellness department usually recommends yoga or deep breathing. But a year and a half into the COVID-19 pandemic, with a new surge of hospitalizations driven by people who refuse to utilize the freely available vaccine underway, healthcare workers are beyond stressed. They're wiped out, cried out, and burnt out—and yoga and deep breaths just aren't cutting it anymore. To give employees an outlet for their frustrations, Salem Hospital set up a "rage room" area where workers can take out their anger by throwing dinner plates at a wall. A Salem Hospital nurse named Lisa told AP News that she and her colleagues had hoped this Delta wave wouldn't hit, but it has. "And it's harder and worse, way worse, than before," she said. Right now they have 15 patients on ventilators and people dying in the ICU. She said she has made ample use of the plate-smashing booth. "We put on safety glasses, and we took plates and we shattered them. And I kept going back. I kept going back, and they told me I had enough turns." [Read the Story]( [How good was Charlie Watts from The Rolling Stones? Martin Scorsese showed everyone in 2008.]( The world lost one of the biggest figures in music over the past 60 years with the passing of Rolling Stones' drummer Charlie Watts, 80, on Tuesday. Watts has been a part of every show The Stones have played since January 1963, although it was announced earlier this month he wouldn't be playing with the band on its upcoming No Filter Tour. No cause has been given for his death. Watts was an anomaly in a band that was known for its roguish behavior. He was an elegant, quiet man who preferred to wear tailored, classic suits as opposed to the rock 'n roll bad-boy look that typified the rest of the band. [Read the Story]( Let's be social! [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Website]( [Twitter]( [LinkedIn]( Copyright © 2021 GOOD | Upworthy, All rights reserved. 1370 N St Andrews Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90028 You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.