More common than you may think, but no way to know when they’ll get the call. by Michelle Drouin Ph.D. Source: jeshoots.com/Pexels Back burners—the relationship prospects you keep simmering on your…
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Why We Sabotage Our Own Goals
Psychological Reactance: How one of the most underrated, underappreciated concepts in psychology is holding you back. by Nir Eyal When researchers make a joke in the title of an academic…
Black History Month: What is it and why do we need it?
by Alem Tedeneke • A continued engagement with history is vital as it helps give context for the present. • Black History Month is an opportunity to understand Black histories,…
Resolving the Paradox of Race
What explains different perceptions about the prevalence of racism in the US? By Linda R. Tropp and Rachel D. Godsil This is the first of a four-part series exploring how racial bias and prejudice continue…
COVID-19 vaccine myths debunked
Vaccines are perhaps the best hope for ending the COVID-19 pandemic. Two pharmaceutical companies have applied for Food and Drug Administration (FDA) emergency use authorization for new COVID-19 vaccines, and a limited…
Freedom Rider: Pro-Biden Propaganda
This article originally appeared in The Black Agenda Report. An independent news, commentary and analysis website Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist The Democratic Party and its corporate media have already…
The Many Faces of Racism
There is not one or two, but three ways to be a racist. By Berit Brogaard & Dimitria E. Gatzia Evidence points to a broad pattern of discrimination in law enforcement against…
Joe Biden pledges to address pay, systemic racism: ‘Black and Latino unemployment gap remains too large’
Charisse JonesUSA TODAYhttps://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.435.0_en.html#goog_978138837 A key pledge in President Joe Biden’s plan to build the nation “back better’’ is to be bolder in addressing the systemic racism that has hindered the…
Monument to segregationist E.D. White should be removed, not placed next to Chief Justice Bernette Johnson’s museum
By Guest Contributor Guest column by Okyeame Haley On Saturday, Jan 2., in true pandemic fashion, admirers of Chief Justice Bernette Joshua Johnson drove around the Louisiana Supreme Court building in…
Eight Ugly Truths of Life That Are Worth Embracing
The key to growth comes with accepting the darker side of the future. by Sean Kernan I was drunk with false expectations. Adulthood ambushed me. I felt like a porcupine…