Diversity Equity & Inclusion
Creating a more equitable, inclusive world starts with understanding and action. Whether in the workplace or broader society, embracing diversity fosters innovation, empathy, and stronger communities. Discover insights on building environments where everyone feels valued, heard, and empowered to succeed.
I Am Not Here to Inspire You
I am not here to inspire you. Which is unfortunate, because that's exactly what people expect from women who survive cancer. We're supposed to talk about resilience and gratitude. We're expected to...
Why Feeling Heard Matters More Than Ever
Before people can learn, connect, or thrive, they need one thing first: to feel that they matter. In a world full of noise, distraction, and quick judgment, the simple human need to feel seen, heard, and...
The Dance of Fear and Love, and How the Bible's Grand Narrative Still Shapes Our World
Have you ever felt awe so powerful it borders on fear? Or experienced a tenderness so deep it feels like love itself is holding you? These feelings of trembling dread and captivating grace pulse at the heart...
What Does America’s Juneteenth Mean to You, Kneegrows?
Ever since “Lift Every Voice and Sing” was penned by poet James Weldon Johnson and sung as the Negro National Hymnal, this is how composer Aaron Copeland’s “Fanfare for the Common Man” reckons traditional...
Public Health as a Movement of Human Potential
For decades, public health has been remarkably successful at identifying problems. We can measure how many people smoke, misuse substances, experience depression, live with chronic disease, or...
Systemic Barriers Facing Internationally Trained Doctors and Pathways to Meaningful Reform
When I began mentoring internationally trained doctors in the UK, I encountered a physician who had previously served as a senior clinician overseas, leading emergency units, managing teams, and...
Five Shifts Many Gay Men Experience After 50
After launching The Wisdom Trust podcast and conducting over fifty in-depth conversations with gay men over 50, two fundamental truths have emerged. First, we are nothing like what our younger selves imagined...
Healing Beyond Judgment and Why True Justice Requires the Courage to Rehabilitate
When a society is afraid, it builds thicker walls. It relies on the absolute, the permanent, and the punitive to create an illusion of safety. We see this manifested globally, but perhaps nowhere as...
Teenage Parenting After Two Decades and Stories of Resilience and Growth
The conversation around teenage parenting often ends after they give birth or break into their twenties, but what about them twenty years later? Behind every statistic and stigma is a story of...
Empirical Evidence, Policy Misalignment, and the Political Economy of Perception
The political economy of perception refers to the way narratives, beliefs, and public impressions shape economic policy just as powerfully as data itself. In this framework, policy is not always driven...
Reclaiming Migration from Crisis to Systemic Challenge
Mark Durieux is a sociologist whose research and writing focuses on popularizing and democratizing sociological imagination as true compassion. Here Mark examines global migration patterns, political economy...
