How important is your identity? As humans, our identity is more than any single aspect of ourselves. Our identity is comprised of our experiences, our likes and dislikes, our family, friends, and acquaintances. …

Climate change is happening. Over 97% of scientists find that human activity has contributed to the steady warming of our planet’s climate. As our leaders to nothing about it, this problem continues to get worse. But why are so many top figures in American leadership ignoring climate science? …

Nineteen years ago today, extremists carried out a horrific act of terror. The attack on the World Trade Center buildings marked both a defining for the Millennial generation and a turning point in America’s national security policy. It was the dawning of the age of trustlessness, a time in which…

Corporate Compassion is a Winning Strategy for the New Normal — The new normal is chaotic. Between COVID-19, the world’s growing support for Black Lives Matter, the rippling impacts of the Me Too Movement, and other massive shifts in American life, the rippling impacts of people engaged in the pandemic economy and activism 2.0 are powerful. …

Far too many social justice warriors have lost their lives in America’s war on hate. But progress is a prize awarded only after a hard-fought battle — and in the end, love always wins. Few of us know this as well as the equal rights activists who have been fighting…

Just this week, Virginia became the 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, a constitutional provision prohibiting discrimination based on sex. Hitting this critical threshold represents a historical win in the long-fought battle for gender equality in the United States — or it would have, at least, if it…

Great technological innovations are all about disruption. Today’s decentralized technology can boost the availability and reliability of known organic and biological remediators, which means that the potential for disruption in the biotech industry is bubbling up like hot primordial soup. Using hazardous or toxic chemicals to clean up an already…

One of the earliest patterns underlying the vast field of computer science and technology is the binary code. It’s a system that represents data by way of two opposing symbols, and it was invented way back in the 17th century by a man who believed that everything could be understood…

Execution is an ancient practice. The beginning of recorded history on the matter dates back nearly 4,000 years to Babylon’s Hammurabi Code, and the death penalty remains legal in about 100 modern world nations — including the United States. With that being said, executions are not popular. Only 21 countries…