Three years ago an unusual volume was issued by Crown Books. It was signed by Cathie Black, president of Hearst Magazines, and titled “Basic Black: The Essential Guide for Getting Ahead at Work (and in Life).” Presented as a chronicle of how one woman broke through the glass ceiling to attain eminence in her career, [...]
Manhattan Beach in Los Angeles County is part of the so-called South Bay, south of Santa Monica. It was mostly populated by middle-class white people when I grew up there in the 1950s, and was a good place in many ways. I played volleyball on the beach, and once a year we had surfing, paddleboard [...]
by Steve Heilig
The legendary American abolitionist Frederick Douglass observed in the 1800s that “Power concedes nothing without demand. It never did and it never will.” And thus the long legacy of conflict whenever the status quo is challenged in arenas of what widely come to be seen – although too often not until after the battle has [...]
