Tips for Getting Through the Holidays – COVID Edition

Tips for Getting Through the Holidays – COVID Edition

By Sarah O’Leary, Estes Therapy With the winter holidays come stress – holiday shopping, final projects at work, family gatherings, and more. You can really feel the shorter days as you try to fit everything in. All that juggling, strain, and stress happens during the holidays every year, now we have a global pandemic on […]

4 tips for college students to avoid procrastinating with their online work

4 tips for college students to avoid procrastinating with their online work

By Kui Xie and Sheng-Lun Cheng, The Conversation If you take classes online, chances are you probably procrastinate from time to time. Research shows that more than 70% of college students procrastinate, with about 20% consistently doing it all the time. Procrastination is putting off starting or finishing a task despite knowing that it will seriously compromise […]

A short history of black women and police violence

A short history of black women and police violence

 Memorial in Harlem for Breonna Taylor who was killed by police, she would’ve been 27 years old today. – New York City, New York/USA June 5, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Keisha N. Blain, The Conversation Just after midnight on March 13, 2020, Breonna Taylor, an EMT in Louisville, Kentucky, was shot and killed by police officers who […]

The Haitian People: Sadly and Badly in Need of a Champion

The Haitian People: Sadly and Badly in Need of a Champion

An overhead view of a busy Haitian marketplace. Saint Marc, Haiti – Feb 12, 2014 (Shutterstock) By Sir Ronald Sanders Human rights and constitutional violations in Haiti have been ignored for too long by the Organization of American States (OAS).   The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has also avoided dealing with incendiary political issues in Haiti. Meanwhile, […]