New York City New York City Passed Its Own Green New Deal–Like LegislationTeen Vogue - Lucy DiavoloAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez celebrated her hometown's accomplishment. New York City has passed legislation being called a Green New Deal for the nation's largest city. According to Curbed New York, a package
Opinion Former Navy rear admiral: Ilhan Omar has a pointCNN - By John Kirby, CNN National Security Analyst(CNN) — For the last 10 years, I've been writing letters to my nephew, John, who is named for me. Mostly, they are just observations about life -- sometimes something more specific. This is the latest
Jane Goodall Jane Goodall and Other Environmental Leaders Respond to Notre Dame Fireecowatch.com - Olivia Rosane Around 500 firefighters worked to control the blaze. In the end, the church's structure, including its two towers, was "saved and preserved as a …
TED Talks We don't "move on" from grief. We move forward with itted.com - Nora McInerny In a talk that's by turns heartbreaking and hilarious, writer and podcaster Nora McInerny shares her hard-earned wisdom about life and death. Her …
Autism A Mother Of A Son With Autism Thanks A Stranger Who Helped: 'Nobody Does What You Do'NPR - Lindsey FeingoldLast year, 33-year-old Walker Hughes — who has autism and is minimally verbal — was rushed to the hospital after he tried a new medication that made him agitated. "We're driving at rush hour and my sweet
CNN This 20-year-old is raising her five younger siblings after their parents died. The sheriff's office just bought her a carCNN - By Benjamin Naughton, CNN(CNN) — The young woman walked into a room filled with law enforcement officers. She had been invited to the suburban Orlando sheriff's office but was confused about why she was there. Then they asked
Play buttonTechnology Pioneering Black Woman Physicist Invents Nanotech Treatment That Kills Cancer Cellstheepochtimes.com - Catherine Bolton The United States only officially began to outlaw racial segregation in the 1950s, and women have only been given equal academic opportunities at …
Employment A Massive New Study Says These 5 Fears Separate People Who Take Risks and Follow Their Dreams From Those Who Never TryInc Magazine - By Bill Murphy Jr.Nearly one in five full-time employees in this country has a dream--and that dream is to no longer be a full-time employee. But there's something holding back the vast majority of them. A new survey by
TED Talks How to fix a broken heartted.com - Guy Winch At some point in our lives, almost every one of us will have our heart broken. Imagine how different things would be if we paid more attention to …
Meet Katie Bouman, One Woman Who Helped Make the World's First Image of a Black HoleTIME - Katy SteinmetzThe space was tiny and hot. On a fateful day last summer, Katie Bouman and three fellow researchers filed into a small room at Harvard University, safe from prying eyes, in order to see an image that been
TED Talks 8 TED Talks to help you focus on what really mattersted.com - TED It's easy to get caught up in the daily dramas of life. These talks can help you step back, slow down and appreciate the bigger picture.
TED Talks Want to change the world? Start by being brave enough to careted.com - Cleo Wade Artist and poet Cleo Wade recites a moving poem about being an advocate for love and acceptance in a time when both seem in short supply. Woven …
CES Finnish word "sisu" describes unimagined strength amid difficultyQuartz - Olivia GoldhillAt some point in life, all of us get that unexpected call on a Tuesday afternoon that distorts our world and makes everything else irrelevant: There’s been an accident. Or, you need surgery. Or, come now,
History Polish general who fought with Washington may have been a womanGuardian US - Jessica GlenzaResearchers believe a famed Polish general who fought in the American Revolutionary war may have been a woman or possibly intersex. A new Smithsonian Channel documentary examines the history of Casimir
News Parsons Green Tube bombing: Army hero wins bravery awardbbc.co.uk An Army officer who walked towards a smouldering bomb after it detonated on a London Underground train has been honoured for his courage.
News Lightfoot 'impressed' with CPS' Jackson; at CPD, Johnson 'encouraged'suntimes.com - Fran Spielman Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot said Friday she “came away very impressed” after her meeting with Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson and hinted …
Civil Rights This Women's Basketball Coach Got Real About Why She Stopped Hiring Menbuzzfeednews.com - Lam Thuy Vo "We don’t have enough female role models. We don’t have enough visible female leaders. We don’t have enough women in power." In a statement that has …
Obama Foundation Obama speaks at town hall in Berlincbsnews.com - Grace Segers Former President Barack Obama is speaking at a town hall in Berlin, Germany, Saturday to "engage young leaders from around the world in a …
Quartz’s 2019 ObsessionsQuartz - By Quartz StaffWhen Quartz started its Machines with Brains obsession in 2015, Alexa was just a year old. IBM’s Watson may have won at Jeopardy, but humans were still world champions in poker and Go. Just a few years
Play buttonFilm (UK) Michelle Williams 'paralysed' by news she was paid $1,000 as male co-star got $1.5mThe Guardian - Catherine ShoardMichelle Williams has spoken of her upset over revelations she was paid drastically less than her male co-star for work reshooting the thriller All the Money in the World. Williams reportedly received
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Success Steve Jobs Said 1 Thing Separates Great Leaders From All the Rest (And Makes All the Difference for Success)Inc Magazine - By Jeff HadenSteve Jobs expected a lot from himself. Jobs expected a lot from others. And he definitely expected a lot from people in leadership roles. Here's a story from John Rossman's upcoming book, Think Like Steve
U.S. Politics Lori Lightfoot elected as Chicago’s first black female mayorPOLITICO - By SHIA KAPOS and STEVEN SHEPARDCHICAGO — Lori Lightfoot has made history on several fronts after winning Chicago’s mayoral runoff on Tuesday. She will become the city’s first black woman and its first openly gay person to hold the when
Ideas How showing vulnerability helps build a stronger teamted.com - Daniel Coyle Sacha Vega/iStock If you’d like trust to develop in your office, group or team — and who wouldn’t? — the key is sharing your weaknesses, says business …
St. Louis, MO She Interviewed 144 St. Louis Holocaust Survivors. Now Her Work Is Onlineriverfronttimes.com - Benjamin Simon click to enlarge In 1979, Vida “Sister” Prince saw an article in the paper showcasing the recently opened St. Louis Holocaust Center. After calling …
Health Lessons In Life And Death From 12-Year-Old LolaNPR - Moriah RatnerOn Aug. 26, 2016, Lola Muñoz was diagnosed with a diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, an inoperable brain tumor. DIPG affects children almost exclusively, with a 0% survival rate and an average prognosis
Hong Kong Chow Yun-Fat's Elegant Moves: Why The Action Star Will Donate His $700 Million Fortune To CharityForbes - Guy MartinWhen the ultra-cool Hong-Kong born actor Chow Yun-fat, the acclaimed hero of John Woo’s iconic City on Fire and of Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, stepped into an interview with a South Korean’s
TED Talks Leaders Who Show Vulnerability Lose AuthorityInc Magazine - By Minda ZetlinWe've heard a lot about the benefits of vulnerability, especially from Brené Brown, whose inspirational TED Talk "The Power of Vulnerability" has been viewed more than 39 million times. As she argues,
NAACP Image Awards JAY-Z Thanks 'Beautiful' Beyonce as He Accepts President's Award at 2019 NAACP Image Awardsetonline.com - Liz Calvario JAY-Z just added another trophy to his collection. The "Empire State of Mind" rapper was honored with the President’s Award during the 50th NAACP …
