What makes a leader vulnerable and what can help? by Eric M. Brown PhD KEY POINTS The disproportionate amount of deaths in the Black community, combined with the viral videos…
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Why Travel Is Good for Your Relationship Health
The relationship benefits of traveling and four tips to do it well. by Theresa E. DiDonato Ph.D. KEY POINTS Does a getaway sound appealing? A week away could be just…
These wise quotes from Maya Angelou will inspire you every day
by Story by Sarah Fielding and Sophie Caldwell Maya Angelou‘s brilliant writing has touched hearts and impacted readers around the world. The late writer, activist, and poet had a penchant for capturing the most…
Slave memoirs yanked the veil off of America’s facade
Story by Zahara Hill In the everlasting faceoff between Black history and America’s self-conception, it’s worth revisiting one of the fight’s earliest and most valiant weapons of war: the slave memoir. Narratives…
Blotting Out the Sun: A Cosmic Coincidence
Geometry makes the moon and sun appear to be the same size. by Bernard D. Beitman M.D. KEY POINTS A majority of synchronicities involve a psychological event mirroring an external event. As…
How Limits Aid Growth
by Gregg Levoy Limitations can certainly impede growth, but they can also induce it. KEY POINTS I recently drove by a school near my home whose motto was “A Future…
White power movements in US history have often relied on veterans – and not on lone wolves
In March 2023, Belew spoke at the Imagine Solutions Conference in Naples, Florida, about how the narrative of the “lone wolf” actor distracts from the broader threat of the white power movement…
The LSU women are a basketball team — and a lot more than that
by Candace Buckner The Washington Post The LSU women are a basketball team — and a lot more than that ALBANY, N.Y. — As crazy as it sounds, this column…
Remembering Mama D, advocate for the downtrodden
by Tammy C. Barney, Verite News Her official name was Dyan French Cole, but New Orleanians knew her as “Mama D.” She was short in stature with locs as long as…
Bill Withers: The Soul Man Who Walked Away
In 1970, the singer was a guy in his thirties with a job and a lunch pail. Then he wrote ‘Ain’t No Sunshine,’ and things got complicated. Rolling Stone Read…