Walmart’s Visible Hand

A few days ago Walmart, America’s largest employer, announced that it will raise wages for half a million workers. For many of those workers the gains will be small, but…

10 Best States For Business

This story was originally published by 24/7 Wall St. While the United States was founded on the principle of equality for all people, the 50 states are decidedly unequal in…

6 Eating Disorder Myths Debunked

How much do you actually know about eating disorders? For National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, we’ve rounded up common misconceptions that make it more difficult for people living with these…

Oil Spills Fast Facts

2. April 20, 2010 – An explosion occurs on board the BP contracted Transocean Ltd. Deepwater Horizon oil rig, spilling approximately 210 million gallons of oil in the Gulf of…

This Is What It Means To Be Afro-Latino

In a Q&A for his 2011 PBS documentary “Black In Latin America,” Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. said: There were 11.2 million Africans that we can count who survived…