These Black-owned brands are doing what they do best: creating vegan food from vegan Jamaican patties to superfood drink mixes while empowering their communities.
Today is National Day of Racial Healing, which aims to encourage more dialogue about race and racism. Events commemorating the day in New York include conversations about the legacy of Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. and a forum of community leaders promoting racial healing in health equity work. .
The beginning of a new year is a time for resolutions, offering people a chance to assess their own values and priorities. Some might wish to cut down on how much they buy, and researchers have warned that the drive toward consumerism is closely linked to death anxiety. Doctor Tim Kasser, an emeritus professor of psychology at Knox College who researches terror management theory. .
By Michaela Haas for Yes! Magazine.Broadcast version by Suzanne Potter for California News Service reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-Public News Service Collaboration The land above California’s Russian River is pristine with its redwoods and swaths of old-growth forests, where northern spotted owls breed and Coho salmon swim in the creeks. And yet, when anthropology professor Myles Lennon looks out the offices of Shelterwood on his last day of his year-long sabbatical from Brown University, he also sees signs of trouble. .