By Taylor Adams, Manager of Workplace Mental Health at Mental Health America It has been 23 weeks since MHA began working from home because of COVID-19. Daily life has changed a lot over the course of the last five months, including more hours of sleep. Could sleeping more be the result of more time spent […]
Joe Biden as Vice President of the United States during a speech-message to the Ukrainian Parliament. Kyiv, Ukraine, December 08, 2015. (Shutterstock) By Stuart Anderson, Forbes Joe Biden is the next president of the United States. Unless Democrats win two runoff elections in Georgia, Biden may not have a Democratic majority in the Senate, making ambitious […]
We hear a lot today about recognizing those people who have made a difference for our country and for our citizens. On Veterans Day, we recognize the many Americans who have made a profound impact on our nation and our future through their service in the U.S. military. In 1918, at the 11th hour, […]
By Lisa C. Lindley, The Conversation The Affordable Care Act once again is headed for a date with the Supreme Court, with health insurance coverage for tens of millions of Americans possibly on the line in a case that will be heard Nov. 10, 2020. But a much smaller group of people with exceptional needs […]
Kamala Devi Harris attends a casual talk at the Democratic Picnic, and shares a few things to share with her many supporters. – IOWA – JULY 03, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Mary Campbell On Saturday, November 7, America started to breathe again. Joe Biden was announced as the winner of the 2020 presidential elections along with […]
By ABC7 WILMINGTON, Delaware — Joe Biden pledges to be a president “who seeks not to divide but to unify.” Biden delivered his first remarks as president-elect at a victory party in Wilmington, after he was declared the president-elect on Saturday. Biden jogged onto the stage wearing a black suit, black mask and light blue […]
By Laura Caron and Erwin R. Tiongson, The Conversation Banks and aid agencies have been warning of a pandemic-related plunge in the amount of money sent by migrants to family back home who rely on the income. In a typical year, more than 270 million migrants living and working abroad send these cash transfers, known as remittances, to their home countries. […]
She’s a single mom. She’s a nurse. She was a Covid patient. And now she’s the first Black woman from Missouri to be elected to Congress. This is what she said on election night.
I was running … I was that person running for my life across a parking lot, running from an abuser. I remember hearing bullets whizz past my head and at that moment I wondered: “How do I make it out of this life?” I was uninsured. I’ve been that uninsured person, hoping my healthcare provider […]
Donald Trump holds a ‘Make America Great Again’ cap at Miami International Airport, Miami, Florida, US, Nov.2,2020. (Shutterstock) By Makini Brice and Jan Wolfe, MSN WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Since taking office in January 2017, President Donald Trump has been besieged by civil lawsuits and criminal investigations of his inner circle. With Democrat Joe Biden capturing […]
By ABC13 WILMINGTON, Delaware — Vice president-elect Kamala Harris on Saturday night paid tribute to Black women who “so often prove they are the backbone of our democracy.” Harris, the daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants, is the first woman to be elected to the vice presidency. Harris noted her ascension to the role comes […]