For the last few days, we have been witnessing a popular uprising across this country against racism and anti-Black violence. As the number of victims of police brutality mounts, their names will forever be attached to this moment of national reckoning—Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Tony McDade, David McAtee. Many have come before them. At the […]
“We’re all in this together” is a commonly heard phrase during this global pandemic, as much of the world practices social distancing. And now researchers at the University of California, Irvine and other institutions have shown that there is some scientific validity to this assertion. In a study published today in Nature Human Behaviour, Chinese, […]
Fear and uncertainty are the most common reasons why most people feel stressed, anxious, and helpless. With the coronavirus pandemic putting a halt to our lives, the world is facing a severe public health crisis. With multiple lives lost, rapid changes in our lifestyle, and physical distancing made mandatory, people are feeling frustrated, irritable, restless, […]
Under the current, (very) uncertain financial conditions, the prospect of starting a business might not be the most appealing. With some experts predicting an economic downturn worse than anything we’ve seen since the Great Depression during the 1930s, cutting back on all non-essentials and saving as much money as possible seems the obvious & sensible […]
The FBI finds ‘no intel indicating Antifa involvement’ in Sunday’s violence. Trump wants to designate Antifa a terrorist organization despite lack of authority and zero evidence of wrongdoing, reports Nation DC correspondent Ken Klippenstein, based on a leaked internal FBI situation report: The FBI’s Washington Field Office “has no intelligence indicating Antifa involvement/presence” in the violence that occurred on May […]
Join the Zeitz Museum Of Contemporary Art Africa tonight for this week’s Head to Head discussion on Instagram Live between artist, curator, and gallerist, Daudi Karungi, and Koyo Kouoh, the Executive Director and Chief Curator of Zeitz MOCAA. As part of an ongoing series of conversations with leaders in the art world, Koyo Kouoh and […]
Police violence against blacks won’t end until the U.S. Supreme Court adopts a substantially different approach to the issue, says a Virginia Tech expert on race and social policy. “The bottom line is that better or different police training will not end this violence because it does nothing to limit the police’s power to do […]
Summer is fast approaching, and while that usually means barbecues, beach days, and family vacations, this summer promises to be very different due to the COVID-19 pandemic. States around the country are slowly beginning to open back up, but everyday life is still far from being back to normal, which means parents will need to […]
Americans are getting information about the coronavirus pandemic from political leaders and medical professionals, but confidence in those sources varies widely. A recent national survey conducted on behalf of the Fairleigh Dickinson University School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences finds that Americans are more likely to trust information that comes from medical professionals than politicians, […]
