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Have you ever heard the saying, “health is wealth?” Well, it’s true. Since we’re still currently in a pandemic and we are all doing everything we can to not contract the coronavirus, we might forget that if we take care of our overall health, it will help us in the long run. There are still so many unknowns with the…Read... Read more

One would think that the logical way to get people to stop protesting police brutality would be to reform policing in a way that ensures that, oh I don’t know, a place like Minneapolis wouldn’t be dealing with a trial about a police killing while protests intensify over yet another Black person getting killed by…Read more...... Read more

I guess the pig had it coming—literally.Read more...... Read more

“Whoa” was a bulldozer of a track—a concussive and relentless four minutes that felt like you’d just been injected with a dose of Harlem, and not Ma$e’s Harlem, but Big L’s. To be in the club, on the floor, in 2000, when a DJ dropped that track felt life-threatening in all the best ways. But Black Rob’s best song was... Read more

Psychedelic drugs are becoming much more widely accepted as a safer alternative to common pharmaceutical drugs for treating everything from depression to substance abuse—but who is getting access?Read more...... Read more

Full spoilers for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier below.Read more...... Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C. — College is often seen as some of the best years of young people’s lives. However, that changed in 2020 with COVID-19. The pandemic meant students struggled to balance personal anxiety and their college studies. Many were forced to return home after living on campus, and to take up their studies in virtual classrooms. […] The post  TeleHelp 24/7... Read more

As a trial was underway for a former Minneapolis police officer who last May killed George Floyd, another Minneapolis officer on April 11 shot dead Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old father, during a traffic stop. That shooting, along with the March 29 shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo by Chicago police, has sparked protests across the country. […] The post A growing... Read more

At MassBay, we understand how tough it is out there. We know how hard our students work – in and out of the classroom. Many of our students are working and have family obligations while they are in college, and that is why we do everything we can to support our students. There are a […] The post Go from... Read more

Yimaj “Steve” Kalifa has mastered the art of reinvention – and, he has been so successful at it, that executives from major corporations and federal agencies now seek him out for advice. Often life has chapters, he likes to say, but sometimes you have to write whole new books to succeed. Growing up near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Kalifa’s first reinvention was realizing the power […] The post Diary Of... Read more

The gender wars aren’t over. Women still lag behind men when it comes to negotiating for comparable wages. That is a battle that ZeroGap founder Jacqueline Twillie has been fighting since founding her consulting company in 2015. Although there has been progress, Twillie says statistics show COVID-19 set back much of the momentum. Bridging the […] The post Show Me... Read more

Former Bay State Banner Managing Editor Robin Washington has been appointed Forward Magazine’s new editor-at-large, a new position aimed at bringing diverse voices to the Jewish publication. The post In the news: Robin Washington appeared first on The Bay State Banner.... Read more

For 13 months, 65-year-old Teresa Saenz has fought to return to work.  She’s been a housekeeper for almost all of her 40 years in the United States, since moving to South Florida from Colombia. Eighteen of those she’s spent at the Diplomat Beach Resort, a swanky hotel dating to the 1950s that’s a draw for […] The post How the... Read more

This story was supported by the Solutions Journalism Network, a nonprofit organization dedicated to rigorous and compelling reporting about responses to social problems.  In rural northwest Arkansas, one of the country’s child care deserts, it likely would have taken Morgan Edington many months before she found a reliable sitter to care for her 1-year-old son […] The post Child care... Read more

Martine Wilson can look into a pregnant person’s eyes and see an entire hidden story. And even as Wilson’s work has been relegated to Zoom and only occasional visits to homes, she can still sense something is wrong: The rates of postpartum depression have never been this high.  Wilson, who is based in Sacramento, California, […] The post Doulas and... Read more

As a candidate for the New York City Council, Sara Lind wants to talk about how to address housing affordability. She’s interested in exploring solutions to combat the effects of climate change on the nation’s largest city and tackling education inequities. But as she messages these ideas to potential voters, the Democratic candidate has also […] The post This candidate... Read more

There are two numbers transgender advocates reluctantly track year-over-year. The first is the number of anti-trans bills pending in statehouses. The second — a tally of the dead.  But as the nation fixates on anti-trans bills, the number of trans homicides is poised to more than double this year from 2020, which was already the […] The post Against backdrop... Read more

Selena Quintanilla-Pérez’s legacy is one that has transcended generations, languages and cultures. The Tejano music star was born April 16, 1971 — today would’ve been her 50th birthday. We recently asked you, our readers, what her legacy means to you and your responses highlight the lasting impact Selena has had on so many people even 26 […] The post ‘Her legacy... Read more