As a child, Taraji P. Henson felt helpless watching her father, a Vietnam veteran, struggle with mental health issues. Eventually diagnosed with bipolar disorder, he had war-themed nightmares, would regularly self-medicate with excessive alcohol consumption, and even attempted suicide. Today, she is honoring her father’s memory and working to improve life for her community. The Boris…
Ilhan Omar is no stranger to conflict. From a refugee childhood to being a favorite target of an increasingly acerbic POTUS, the self-described feminist remains optimistic and fiercely single-minded in trying to do her best at her job in Congress. A New Life in the US At age eight, Ilhan and her family were forced…
There was a time when professional athletes made financial headlines based on their disastrous investment decisions and lack of money management skills. In 2012, Miami film studio Rakontur released “Broke,” a documentary focused on the various ways athletes lose vast amounts of money, often through questionable real estate and restaurant investments that seemed to be…
Each year over 14 million tons of discarded plastic waste goes into oceans around the world. Tons of garbage made up of large amounts of plastic washed up on the coast of Jakarta, Indonesia. Plastic waste has been discovered in distant places such as the Pyrenees mountains and the ocean depths of the Mariana Trench.…
Is Prime Minister Boris Johnson the European Trump? The prospect of Brexit, the referendum expected to separate the United Kingdom from the European Union on October 31, has turned into a political Rubik’s cube in the hands of newly elected Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a controversial leader who is often compared to United States President…
Since October 2018, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, a nation home to more than 100 million people, has been managed under the political leadership of President Sahle-Work Zewde, the first woman elected as head of state in that country. Even though women have been previously elected to the highest office of other African nations,…
One of the best ways to curtail the negative effects of climate change consists of adopting green practices that counter deforestation. In Ethiopia, a nation where the indiscriminate taking of forest land has resulted in devastating drought periods, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed recently launched a Green Legacy Initiative as part of a substantial reforestation effort…
After working as an auditor for nearly 20 years, Esther Muchemi left that career path behind to open a shop selling airtime, mobile phones, and SIM cards. Today after nearly 20 years of building her empire, Muchemi is CEO of the Samchi Group of Companies, a Kenyan conglomerate with its hand in a number of…
Sphoon and Phork is the new iPhone toolset that allows you to tweet, Instagram, and eat simultaneously. (Errr…okay). If you thought that putting your phone down to eat would cause too much separation anxiety, then this latest iPhone accessory will be just what you need. Environmentally Friendly Accessories Electronic designer Sergey Mast and engineer Thaechawat…
When discussing the issue of ethnic, cultural, and religious diversity, many people think about the United States because of its history; after all, America is a country that has been largely shaped by immigration. Once we look beyond North America, however, we start seeing countries with far greater rates of diversity, to wit: Tanzania, Uganda,…
