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Mentoring is an important part of progressing in our careers. With expert help, we can gain the insight we need to understand how to climb up the next rung of the ladder. During this lockdown period especially, the time to find a mentor and discuss and learn how you can get ahead in your professional […]… Continue reading Looking for a mentor? Here’s where to look — Thrive Global

JUNETEENTH I didn’t learn about Juneteenth until I was taught…but I didn’t learn about it in school. It wasn’t until June 2012 when my then TX coworker Melanie Braddy-Skipper of Lena’s Delight Catering & Events, (who can cook her entire face off by the way) asked me if I was interested in the Juneteenth potluck. […]… Continue reading JUNETEENTH — authenticitee speaks

Source: Michael Foust | ChristianHeadlines.com Contributor Evangelist Franklin Graham says the U.S. Supreme Court exceeded its authority and may have infringed on religious liberty with its decision Monday expanding the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include sexual orientation and gender identity. The high court, in a 6-3 decision, ruled employers cannot fire someone merely… Continue reading Supreme Court Cannot ‘Overturn the Word of God,’ Franklin Graham Says of LGBT Case — Nwo Report

TRUMP has raged against the Supreme Court’s ruling on DACA, the program protecting young Dreamer immigrants from deportation, for the second day running, comparing it to a football game. On Friday, the president confirmed his administration would submitting “enhanced papers” to challenge the court’s decision. In a surprise move, considering the court’s conservative majority, justices […]… Continue reading Trump is fighting AGAIN to end DACA as he says Supreme Court ‘punted’ ruling ‘like in a football game’ — The US Sun

“There are no little minds troubling themselves with consistency in politics today,” writes Michael Cianchette. via Consistency isn’t foolish, it’s necessary in our political discourse — Bangor Daily News

A call to white readers to expand our horizons To use Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s words, there is ‘the danger of a single story’ because it limits our imagination. This is one of the ways privilege is created by presenting one story – a white story – as universal. Look at Hollywood or the TV. But […]… Continue reading Decolonising Our Bookshelves — Dr Caroline Walters

2005: I was a sophomore in college when I met a girl that changed my entire perspective on everything. I was from a city in the middle of Wisconsin where anything LGBT was barely a whisper, and to be honest it was more LGB. Long before going to college, I knew that I wasn’t like […]… Continue reading Sure, Let’s Come Out Twice — Only Human

Today’s Top Headlines Four In Five LGBT+ People Admit Their Mental Health Has Been Worse During Lockdown Twin Cities Pride Cancels Virtual LGBTQ+ Parade, Vows To Fight Systemic Racial Inequality Openly Gay Black Bishop Ordained By Missouri Episcopalians via BigGayNews for Thursday, June 18, 2020 — Lavender Magazine

Justice Neil M. Gorsuch was President Trump’s first choice for the Supreme Court and a conservative’s dream — until he wrote this week’s landmark opinion extending civil rights protections to LGBTQ employees nationwide. The ruling sent a shudder through the ranks of conservative activists and columnists, some of whom saw signs of another betrayal by […]… Continue reading Gorsuch opinion for homosexual rights sends shock through conservative ranks — BCNN1 WP

WASHINGTON — Congress should make permanent some of the changes in telehealth policy that were enacted to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee, said Wednesday. Of the 31 temporary changes in federal telehealth policy made due to the pandemic, three are particularly… via… Continue reading COVID-19 Changes to Telehealth Rules Should Stick, Senator Says — News