Michelle Alexander, highly acclaimed civil rights lawyer, advocate, Associate Professor of Law at Ohio State University, and author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, delivers the 30th Annual George E. Kent Lecture, in honor of the late George E. Kent, who was one... Read more...
Benefits of Deep Relaxation The next time you tune out and switch off and let yourself melt, remind yourself of all the good work the relaxation effect is doing on your body. These are just some of the scientifically proven benefits 1. INCREASED IMMUNITY Relaxation appears to boost immunit... Read more...
Google wasn’t the first search engine; Apple wasn’t the first smartphone maker; Facebook wasn’t the first social-networking site. All of these world-beating companies are known for their winning philosophies of simple design, and they’re also admired for their sheer financial worth. And no... Read more...
The book, The New Jim Crow, offers an unflinching look at the US addiction to imprisonment, and comes up with a startling diagnosis; American corporate greed, political opportunism and the exploitation of age old hatred and fears have congealed to create a monstrous explosion in the world's l... Read more...
A growing, more affluent population competing for ever scarcer resources could make for an "unrecognizable" world by 2050, researchers warned at a major US science conference Sunday. The United Nations has predicted the global population will reach seven billion this year, and climb to nine ... Read more...