By Harveena Herr

Opportunistic piffle, obviously. The whole Stormy Daniels saga. It’s quite tempting to dismiss an adult film actor and director, who, people are noting has the rare ability in the industry, “to control her own narrative.” On the morality spectrum, however, I find myself increasingly ambivalent as I get older. And wiser, presumably.

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By Harveena Herr

Qualified and capable, but overlooked? Could you, perhaps, be a woman? Or a member of a minority? The glass ceiling has been a reality for a really long time, and when the term became common usage in the latter half of the ’80s, there was a curious newness to it. The novelty was not the fact of the disparity in pay grades, but this description itself that accurately described a transparent but real barrier to growth and advancement for women in corporate life.

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By Kelly Clarke

Every man for himself. That is the mentality of many refugees. It’s a mindset they have to adopt in order to survive; they have no choice. But Pascal Pio Alau doesn’t believe in one man for himself.

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By Michael S. Bernstam

Something delightful happened on a day in June 1955 that changed the lives of tens of millions of Soviet citizens: public parks, which were a precious escape from people’s drab urban existence, opened up free of charge.

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