It’s Time to Prioritize Employee Health and Wellness
These are difficult times, each one of us waking up to news of ceaseless crises at home and abroad. On top of personal challenges like parenting, caregiving, and the demands of work, we dread the potential impacts of warfare, climate change, and economic instability, in addition to broader social issues such as hunger, homelessness, gun […]
The Complexities of Freedom
I often try to wrap my mind around what it was like when the Union Army arrived in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, to inform the more than quarter-million enslaved Black people in the state of their freedom — two years and six months after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued. “All slaves are free,” […]
Deeper Than Black and White
As the page turns on the 47th annual celebration of Black History Month in America, the country finds itself at an inflection point. The hope-inspiring images of people from all backgrounds protesting for justice in the wake of the murder of George Floyd in 2020 have been substituted for frightening images of irate people yelling at […]