Celebrity Props of the Day go to Halle Berry: She volunteers regularly at (and donates to) a domestic violence shelter in LA, and helps renovate old apartments for those who leave abusive relationships and are seeking shelter. Awesome. (Via)

Colombia just passed a new law that ensures free access to contraceptives. (Although I don’t envy their abortion law.)

How Bollywood is beginning to respond to India’s caste system.

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour makes seemingly positive remarks about the Citizens Council movement, an anti-integration and pro-white supremacy group during the Civil Rights era.