Business
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Speaking Up

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Annie Searle
June 10, 2024

As we see repeatedly in reports of current events, a workplace’s culture is often at the heart of ethical and regulatory misconduct. Corporate leaders are grappling with strategies to win back market share and deliver profits to the bottom line. In eliminating or downsizing groups inside an organization, a certain amount of institutional memory gets lost – and governance models are rarely reworked to reflect the new reality. 

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Arts & Culture
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Ken Burns Commencement Address at Brandeis University

PR for People Team
June 10, 2024

Ken Burns’s recent commencement address at Brandeis University certainly touches upon courage, integrity, and the ability to discern the truth about our past, present, and what is yet to come.

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World Views
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NOTES FROM THE WORKING CLASS: On Courage

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Patricia Vaccarino
June 09, 2024

Courage is a forgotten virtue. Too often courage is shoved aside and replaced with bluster, anger, and abuse. Just ask the actor Robert De Niro. Outside the courthouse during Donald Trump’s criminal trial, De Niro expressed his fears about what another Trump presidency would bring to America.

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News
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Front Lines of Democracy: At the Polling Place

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Barbara McMichael
June 07, 2024

Running a fair and transparent election process is fundamental to perpetuating our democracy, and it’s essential to have enough well-trained election workers to make that happen.

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Business
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Robin Lindley interviews renowned labor historian Dr Harvey Schwartz on his book "Labor Under Siege"

Robin Lindley
June 01, 2024

Robin Lindley interviews renowned labor historian Dr Harvey Schwartz on his book "Labor Under Siege," an oral history of the modern International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and its charismatic and beloved president in recent decades, Bob McEllrath.

 

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World Views
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UNITE OR DIE: The Worst Form of Government

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Peter Corning
June 01, 2024

Welcome to Chapter Two in Dr. Peter Corning's Linked Essay Series Unite or Die. In Chapter Two, Dr. Corning examines Winston Churchill and Plato within the context of current American politics.

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Books
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Book Review: Get the Picture

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Patricia Vaccarino
May 29, 2024

Get the Picture is a delicious romp through the New York City Contemporary Art World. Bianca Bosker draws in the reader from the onset with her tone that is equal parts confidential and confessional. From small time gallery owners and rising artists to outrageous performance artists and madcap collectors, she consorts with anyone who will reveal the answer to an age-old question: What is Art?

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News
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Extremism of Student Protests Today and in the 1960s

Nick J. Licata
May 17, 2024

About 5% of college campuses are experiencing protests. This is different from the '60s; their size and scope are smaller. However, they follow the same arc of drifting from pursuing their initial objectives to having a few with extreme views and engaging in violence capturing the headlines.

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