April 2018
The Next Great Workplace Challenge: 100-Year Careers
By: | April 25, 2018
Scientists expect people to live routinely to 100 in the coming decades, and as long as 150. Which also suggests a much longer working life lasting well into the 70s, 80s, and even 100, according to researchers with Pearson and Oxford University. Read more at Axios
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Why it’s So Hard for Doctors to Understand Your Pain
By: | April 25, 2018
Every patient is different. TippaPatt/shutterstock.com Karen Sibert, University of California, Los Angeles We’re all human beings, but we’re not all alike. Each person experiences pain differently, from an emotional perspective as well as a physical one, and responds to pain differently. That means that physicians like myself need to evaluate patients on an individual basis […]
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Incel, the Misogynist Ideology that Inspired the Deadly Toronto Attack, Explained
By: | April 25, 2018
Alek Minassian, the man who killed 10 people by driving a van down a busy street in Toronto on Monday, is a terrorist. We know this because he told us so. Read more about this deadly ideology at Vox.
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Zendaya On Colorism: ‘I Am Hollywood’s Acceptable Version Of A Black Girl
By: | April 23, 2018
Over the weekend, beauty enthusiasts attended BeautyCon Festival in New York City to celebrate beauty through self-expression and engaging panel discussions, meet-ups, and big brand activations. This year, Zendaya sat down for a conversation with Bozama Saint John, the chief brand officer at Uber, and discussed beauty standards and the lack of diversity in Hollywood. […]
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The Airlines With The Most Female Pilots
By: | April 23, 2018
Tammie Jo Shults, the 56 year old pilot of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737, has been widely praised for safely landing her aircraft after one of its engines exploded after 20 minutes in the air. The incident resulted in the death of a female passenger when shrapnel from the engine punctured the fuselage. In an […]
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3 Kansas Men Found Guilty of Plot to Bomb Garden City Muslims
By: | April 20, 2018
A jury unanimously declared three men guilty of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction and conspiracy to violate the civil rights of residents of a Garden City apartment complex. Read more at the Wichita Eagle.
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Diante Yarber: Police Kill Black Father with Barrage of Bullets in Walmart Parking Lot
By: | April 20, 2018
The killing of the 26-year-old, who is believed to have been unarmed, is being called a brutal case of excessive police force. Read more at the Guardian
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Syracuse University’s Theta Tau Fraternity Suspended Over ‘Extremely Racist’ and ‘Homophobic’ Video
By: | April 20, 2018
Syracuse University suspended one of its professional fraternity chapters after video surfaced showing members of Theta Tau acting in an “extremely racist” and “homophobic” manner, the university’s chancellor said. Read More at ABC News
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The Senate Just Voted to Kill a Policy Warning Auto Lenders about Discrimination Against Minority Borrowers
By: | April 20, 2018
The Senate on Wednesday voted to kill a five-year-old Obama administration policy warning auto lenders not to discriminate against minority borrowers. Read more at the Washington Post.
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Starbucks to Close 8,000 U.S. Stores for Racial-Bias Training After Arrests
By: | April 20, 2018
Starbucks said on Tuesday that it would close its more than 8,000 stores in the United States for one day to conduct anti-bias training after two African-American men were arrested at one of its stores last week, prompting outrage. Read more at the New York Times