DON'T EVER GIVE UP
Studying poverty through a child’s eyes Q&A — Psychologist Seth Pollak Research on early-life adversity should pay more attention to the perspective of children themselves By Alla Katsnelson Poverty affects nearly one in seven American children — about 10.5 million kids in total — and it has a long reach. Children living in poverty […]
Driving Diversity How business leaders can spur workplace change (Family Features) The spotlight on inequality is driving increased dialogue and inspiring change on social and cultural levels, and the same is true of the business community. According to the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, just 18% of businesses in the U.S. are […]
How to Combat Social Isolation (Family Features) Even before COVID-19 limited social contact with friends, family and colleagues, many adults experienced loneliness and depression due to limited contact with others. Now, a year after the pandemic forced many people into even greater levels of isolation, the issue of social isolation is especially prevalent in Americans […]
2022-12-20 To Combat Gun Violence, This Artist Turns Ammunition Into Art Cara Anthony EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — As a child, Mykael Ash enjoyed picking up seashells near the Mississippi Gulf Coast. His grandfather lives there, so trips to the beach were a regular part of life. “It’s peaceful energy,” Ash said. “Especially […]
The COVID-19 Impact on GLOBAL Mental Health & Education By Bivash Chandra Panday Good mental health and better education are the vital elements to make us peaceful human. However, according to the United Nations Policy briefing (2020, May 13), “Human rights violations against people with severe mental health conditions are widespread in all […]
2022-12-09 A Family Death During the Holidays Prompts Questions and Reflection Judith Graham It wasn’t the Thanksgiving holiday any of us had expected. Two weeks before, my 94-year-old father-in-law, Melvin Zax, suffered a stroke after receiving dialysis and was rushed to a hospital near his residence in western New York. There, he underwent […]
How Prison Education Programs Transform Lives and Communities (StatePoint) In 2014, Benito Castro was sentenced to six years in prison for passing bad checks as a result of a gambling habit he’d developed. Today, he’s the director of operations for a grocery store chain and runs freedomrides.org, a non-profit he started that provides […]
American Morality – A Glimmer of Hope on the Horizon (We know this is a little old, but the same premise still applies.) By: Thomas Sullivan Has the United States lost it’s basic principle of morality? Has the United States moved away from the guiding principles that this country was founded on? A single […]
Career Changes for Baby Boomers: Ability, Not Age, Matters By: Kelli Smith Baby boomers. They’re the generation born between 1946 and 1964. They came of age in the early 70s and early 80s. They’re the generation that made changes and waves, worked harder and longer, put off marriage and children, did things differently […]
The Locker Lesson By: Debbie Friedman My 13-year old son had started at one of the most prestigious private schools in the nation – an honor that we were paying $20,000 a year for and at a school that had 100 applications for each spot! When he came home the second month with […]