Growing Up Colored
Source: American Heritage
Henry Louis Gates describes what it was like to grow up as an African American in a West Virginia town in the 1950s.
Opinion
Searching the Brain for the Roots of Fear
Source: The New York Times
Do you know the difference between fearing something and worrying about it? How do things that probably won’t do us any harm come to symbolize threats? This commentary from Joseph LeDoux, the director of the Emotional Brain Institute and a professor of neural science, describes the problems that arise when fear turns to anxiety.
You can do it, baby!
Source: Aeon
Journalist Leslie Garrett argues that adults shouldn’t tell children, “You could be anything,” but rather, “Be what you’re capable of.”
7 Things Really Bold People Do
Source: Inc.
Being bold doesn’t mean making a rash decision and rushing in, willy-nilly. Learn what it really means to be bold.
You Can Give a Boy a Doll, but You Can’t Make Him Play with It
Source: The Atlantic
Why do boys want to play with trucks, while girls prefer dolls? Are these stereotypes that our society forces on children, or are such preferences innate? This article explores those very questions.
Working it out: How a part-time job can teach teens valuable life lessons
Source: CBC
A journalist looks back on what she learned in some of her first jobs and considers how teen jobs fuel adult success.
Why Biden’s Armenian Genocide Declaration Really Is a Big Deal
Source: Politico
An Armenian American reflects on a recent statement condemning a genocide that inspired Hitler.
What Alexander Hamilton’s Deep Connections To Slavery Reveal About The Need For Reparations Today
Source: The Conversation
| This opinion from a university scholar reveals that more carefullyexamining Alexander Hamilton’s life, views, and career might challenge how people think about reparations for slavery. |
A GDP for nature: How measuring the health of the natural world might prevent the next pandemic
Source: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
The balance between humans and nature is a precarious one, and for some time nature has been telling us we are doing something wrong. Read about how both human and environmental health is intertwined.
Sometimes, Advanced Classes Can Slow a Child’s Progress
Source: The Washington Post
The idea that if we just work hard enough, our academic achievement will improve may inspire some students. But not everyone benefits from being pushed to achieve.