empathy
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Jaylen Barron of Starz’s Blindspotting on Prison Reform, Empathy, and Being An Afro-Latinx Actor
Blindspotting is a spin-off of the 2018 film with Daveed Diggs
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Kickstarter’s First Black CEO Shares His Unconventional Path to Success
Everette Taylor says empathy and willingness to take risks have made him a successful CEO.
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‘Empathy Is What Drives Fiction’: The Root Presents: It’s Lit! Tastes The Sweetness of Water With Nathan Harris
The 29-year-old author’s debut novel was an instant New York Times bestseller and literary award contender, even winning endorsements from Oprah and Obama.
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Investigation Concludes That Despite Hospital Staff's 'Lack of Empathy and Compassion,' No One Is Responsible for Dr. Susan Moore's Death
On Dec. 20 of last year, Dr. Susan Moore died from COVID-19 complications just weeks after she posted a viral Facebook video in which she complained that her doctor and the staff at Indiana University North Hospital dismissed her pain, refused her adequate care and failed to believe that she knew what care she needed…
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Doctors Arrested After Protesting the Right to Administer Flu Vaccinations to Detained Migrant Children
Tensions at the U.S. border have escalated due to immigration authorities blocking doctors from administering flu vaccines to detained migrant children. In response, a group of doctors and protesters were detained by federal authorities on Tuesday after blocking an entrance to the United States Border Patrol’s San Diego Sector Headquarters in protest. The San Diego…
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Don’t ‘Fix’ My Problem. Acknowledge That It Exists
I’m in a real, grown-up relationship. We’re engaged, but it already involves kids, a mortgage, car payments, bills, blended families, vacations and real-life decisions. It also involves fun, but it’s less of the boozy-brunch variety and more of the adult-with-kid fun that occurs when you hang with the other homies with kids at each other’s…
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This Conversation With Erykah Badu Will Make You Wonder if She Dabbles in Hotepery
“I don’t care if the whole group says something; I’m going to be honest. I know I don’t have the most popular opinion sometimes,” Erykah Badu said during an interview with Vulture that left me wondering if years of breathing in incense fumes could cause brain damage, because these opinions of hers are problematic, to…
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Donald Trump’s Empathy Chip Is Missing, and That’s a Problem
There’s a multitude of reasons that Donald Trump is not qualified to be president: He has zero foreign policy experience; he has repeatedly been accused of sexual assault; he has countless failed businesses and questionable business practices, and the temperament of an indignant 8-year-old. The list is endless. But for me, the reason is much…