Many believe that American corporate culture is broken. In fact, in an April 2023 LinkedIn article, corporate consultant Jenn Maer writes that "every client I talk to thinks they're stuck in their own special hell," with clients griping that "everyone...
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is now more than just a hot topic among computer-savvy individuals. It has become a part of our everyday lives and how we navigate the world around us. Individuals born prior to the early 2000s often found...
Continue ReadingIs the School-to-Prison Pipeline Still Existent Today?
The School-to-Prison Pipeline (STPP) is a theoretical construct that describes the results of harsh disciplinary practices that push students out of the public education arena and into the criminal justice system. In short, the School-to-Prison Pipeline is made up of three significant contributing components...
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[caption id="attachment_116422" align="alignleft" width="300"] Miyako Fujimiya, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons[/caption] Technology has drastically changed within the past decade, and with these changes, there have been various impacts on our society. Most notable is the impact technology has...
Continue ReadingHow to Live Forever: Blue Zones & Public Health
[caption id="attachment_116418" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo by Dio Hasbi Saniskoro: https://www.pexels.com/photo/people-doing-group-hand-cheer-3280130/[/caption] The most recently reviewed data by the CDC (Center for Disease Control) has determined the average overall life expectancy in the United States to be 76.4 years. With a startling...
Continue ReadingBaby Bust and the Modern American Family
In the past few years, the world has been experiencing a baby bust, a severe decrease in birth rates. The decline in births has further intensified following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the health and economic crises it...
Continue ReadingOn the Brink
By all accounts, the nation of Haiti has devolved to depths unseen since the Haitian Revolution of 1791. After the assassination of President Jovenel Moise in 2021, gangs took over the island nation's capital, Port-au-Prince, leaving the country's 11 million...
Continue ReadingBy Any Other Name…
Throughout history the world has seen numerous geopolitical events involving genocide, the systematic killing of one group based on differences in race, ethnicity, religion, etc. Some examples include Name Year Victims Killed The Armenian genocide 1915 - 1917 800,000 -...
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