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For many, the country's political divide has become intensely personal – dividing families and even breaking up Thanksgiving traditions.We all know the…
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You’ve heard the old Benjamin Franklin quote that nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes.But there is actually quite a lot that’s…
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Author Bina Venkataraman understands very well the temptation to keep doing what we’ve always done, even if we’re pretty sure it’s not the best approach.…
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An American convicted of a federal crime is seven percent more likely to be sentenced to jail time if they are black than if they are white. That jail…
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Many of us steer around difficult political conversations to avoid conflict with people with whom we disagree. Among people we know, we employ the…
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“Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X’s country/western rap hit, is now not only genre-breaking, it’s record-breaking. It has held Billboard’s number one spot for 17…
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Nine out of 10 elementary schools in Europe offer children the opportunity to learn multiple languages, but only a quarter of American elementary schools…
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Buttons are everywhere in our lives. But why? We push buttons on dishwashers, car dashboards, doorbells, our phones, and, of course, those “like” buttons…
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Empathy: you probably have an intuitive sense of what it is, but can you define it? The word itself is about a century old, and the meaning has actually…
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It’s happened to all of us. You bump into someone on the street whom you know you know, but you can’t for the life of you remember their name. Worse yet,…