PolicyMap and Surgo Health Partner to Drive to Awareness of the Critical State of Maternal Care in the U.S.

PolicyMap and Surgo Health Partner to Drive to Awareness of the Critical State of Maternal Care in the U.S.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — PolicyMap, an online data and mapping company, announced today the integration of Surgo Health’s‘ Granular Maternity Vulnerability Index (gMVI) into its platform. The gMVI is a critical tool to help tackle maternal health disparities in the U.S. by identifying where and why mothers in the United States are vulnerable to … Read more

Teenage Buddhist lama marks last birthday in US before joining monastery in Himalayas

Teenage Buddhist lama marks last birthday in US before joining monastery in Himalayas

ISANTI, Minn. —  The young Buddhist lama sat on a throne near an altar decorated with flowers, fruits and golden statues of the Buddha, watching the celebrations of his 18th birthday in silence, with a faint smile. Jalue Dorje knew it would be the last big party before he joins a monastery in the Himalayan … Read more

An 83-year-old short story by Borges portends a bleak future for the internet

An 83-year-old short story by Borges portends a bleak future for the internet

How will the internet evolve in the coming decades? Fiction writers have explored some possibilities. In his 2019 novel “Fall,” science fiction author Neal Stephenson imagined a near future in which the internet still exists. But it has become so polluted with misinformation, disinformation and advertising that it is largely unusable. Characters in Stephenson’s novel … Read more

Michelle Visage is now hosting Drag Race Down Under. It’s a milestone for cis women in drag

Michelle Visage is now hosting Drag Race Down Under. It’s a milestone for cis women in drag

Drag Race Down Under is back for a fourth season, only this time something is different. The Australasian franchise is no longer helmed by the eponymous RuPaul. Instead, this season the main judge and host is RuPaul’s long-term “best Judy” Michelle Visage, a woman from New Jersey who came to fame in the late 1980s … Read more

Judith Jamison obituary | Dance

Judith Jamison obituary | Dance

It was a failed audition that set in motion the superlative career of the American dancer and artistic director Judith Jamison, who has died aged 81. In 1965, the then 22-year-old had spent the summer “pushing buttons at the log flume ride” at New York’s World’s Fair, when she auditioned for a television special. She … Read more

What is catfishing? How victims can recover from the shame and trauma it causes

What is catfishing? How victims can recover from the shame and trauma it causes

Catfishing – when someone creates a fake online persona to befriend and exploit victims – is making some loud pings on the pop-culture radar. Last month, Netflix dropped the documentary Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare, the twisted tale of Kirat Assi, who was caught in a catfishing net for almost a decade with a “man” … Read more

El Museo del Barrio Offers a Timely Triennial of Latino Art

El Museo del Barrio Offers a Timely Triennial of Latino Art

The second triennial survey at El Museo del Barrio, “Flow States,” is loosely organized around the concept of diasporas and the movements of people across nations, geographies, and cultures. A major point the exhibit tries to make is that the current state of Latino art, which is the focus of these triennials, has been shaped … Read more

I Tried the Quiet Vacationing Travel Trend: My Honest Review

I Tried the Quiet Vacationing Travel Trend: My Honest Review

While each product featured is independently selected by our editors, we may include paid promotion. If you buy something through our links, we may earn commission. Read more about our Product Review Guidelines here. I never set out to take a “quiet vacation.” But, then again, the travel phenomenon seems born out of necessity, not … Read more

Savoy’s Prestigious 2024 Most Influential Corporate Directors List Reveals Corporate America’s Top Board Leadership

Savoy’s Prestigious 2024 Most Influential Corporate Directors List Reveals Corporate America’s Top Board Leadership

ATLANTA, Nov. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Savoy magazine announced the release of its 2024 Most Influential Corporate Directors listing in its winter issue. The leading business and lifestyle publication features Ursula Burns, former CEO of Xerox, on its cover, highlighting her groundbreaking career and enduring influence in corporate leadership. “Savoy’s 2024 Most Influential Corporate Directors … Read more