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Brene Brown: Not Everyone Has the Privilege of Vulnerability

Reading Time: 3 minutes I can think of black women leaders who have told me that they cannot afford to be vulnerable at work because they would lose their jobs. When a black woman feels anger and expresses it at work, she is labeled an angry black woman. When a white woman does the same thing, it is called righteous indignation and the white makes support her.

At the end of the day, what my beloved Brene Brown is saying ( I am absolutely certain that it is unconscious on her part) is that we should liberate our vulnerabilities in a culturally white way to create deeper connections in a way that is appropriate is culturally white settings.

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Editorial: When the President is Above the Law We Can No Longer Peddle the Fairy Tale of a Democracy

Reading Time: 4 minutes By publicly and procedurally taking a stance that the President of the United States will dismiss the authority of the Congressional branch of government, he has stepped into the role of a dictator unchallenged. Without all three branches of our government, we have lost our checks and balances and without them, the rule of law regarding our president and his appointees is defunct.

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NY Post: Ex-prosecutors: Trump would have been charged if he weren’t president

Reading Time: 1 minute “We emphasize that these are not matters of close professional judgment,​”​ ​the prosecutors said. ​”​But, to look at these facts and say that a prosecutor could not probably sustain a conviction for obstruction of justice ​-​ the standard set out in Principles of Federal Prosecution ​- runs counter to logic and our experience.​”

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Take Music and Podcasts Everywhere You Go

Reading Time: 3 minutes Music is everywhere, and today’s tech-enabled world makes it easy to enjoy the sounds of your favorite artists and storytellers no matter where you go.

“In the connected world we live in, consumers want to be able to listen to their favorite music and podcasts wherever they are and however they choose to listen, whether that’s at home, in the car or on the run,” said Sten Garmark, vice president of product for Spotify.

Learn about the many ways you can access music and podcasts while on the go with these tips that can make it easy to bring your audio library with you from the family room, to the car, to the gym and virtually anywhere else life takes you.

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