We read today — with heartbreak — of ISIL’s destruction of some of the world’s most important cultural sites in civilization’s “Fertile Crescent,” a few of which date back to the beginnings of known civilization.
Our connections with places and their names around the world are reminders that the past is always present, and the distant is always nearby. Nothing is more revealing of these ancient truths than the poetry of the Persian mystic Rumi, the most widely read poet in the United States.
While headlines about Ebola in West Africa and the earthquake in Nepal have faded, the need for relief to those areas has not.
What where those “four words” that could have repealed the Affordable Care Act? How many Georgians are breathing a sigh of relief over the law being upheld? How many Americans?
This week guest contributor CLIFF KUHN, Georgia State University professor and Oral History Association executive director, discusses the importance of major oral history projects that have taken place in our state.
Since 2013 the Oral History Association (OHA), the national professional organization in the field, has been headquartered at Georgia State University (GSU). GSU’s own record of excellence in oral history, as manifested by outstanding collections housed in the GSU library and by work done by faculty and students across departments and disciplines, was a key reason for the OHA to move to Atlanta.
As the world has flattened and become more interconnected, we can no longer afford to approach global health with an “us” and “them” mentality.
Pixar’s newest film starring personified emotions does not include a character for anxiety, an emotion felt by most at one point or another. Here’s valuable information on different types of anxiety, as well as some natural ways to help.
This week guest contributor PAUL PRESSLY, recounts the remarkable history of the Gullah-Geechee community of Pin Point, just outside Savannah.
Over the past several decades, South Carolina has made much of the Gullah heritage of African American communities along its coast and virtually patented the term Lowcountry, a word that conjures up the traditions and culture of a people with roots deep in West Africa.
“Breakthrough” health information comes at us from every direction. Discerning fad from foundational behavior, and keeping the foundational behavior, is what makes the real difference.
A recent report on life expectancy highlights that the place where you’re from can determine how long or how far you will go.
This week guest contributor MARTIN LEHFELDT, former Georgia Humanities board member and former president of the Southeastern Council of Foundations, asks readers to consider diversity in a new light.
People in the South go to church. That’s a fact. They also attend worship services at synagogues and mosques and Hindu temples and Baha’i centers. For the moment, though, I want to focus on the ones who encouraged H. L. Mencken to describe us as the “Bible Belt.”
Choosing which nutrition advice you should follow is complicated. Check out these three “reboot” diets to try, plus critically important recommendations.
As healthcare waste in unsustainable, combatting the annual $750 billion waste mandatory. A care system that focuses on overall wellness and end-of-life planning are among ideas shared this week.
Hunger kills more people each year than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. MAP International is partnering with Stop Hunger Now to drop this staggering death rate.
In 2012, NCDs such as diabetes, cancer, heart disease, and respiratory diseases accounted for 68 percent of the world’s deaths. By 2030, NCDs are expected to become the most common causes of deaths globally.
By David Martin, President and CEO of VeinInnovations Whatever side of the political spectrum you fall on and however you feel about Obamacare, a bipartisan accepted fact is that healthcare in America costs too much. In the United States, we spend more money on healthcare per person ($8745 per person in 2012) than any other […]
Chronic pain is stressful; are exercise, acupuncture, and other alternatives options for you?
Infectious and chronic diseases take a tremendous toll on the world’s population, but none takes a greater one than tobacco use, which represents the leading cause of death and disease.
It is hard to fathom that in a matter of seconds, an entire village could be turned into a heap of rubble. But that’s exactly what happened in Baruwa, a village in Nepal.
This week guest contributor PEARL MCHANEY, professor and dean at Georgia State University, explores the Georgia roots of novelist Toni Morrison.
Over the last several weeks, literary and major media outlets have eagerly discussed novelist Toni Morrison and her new book, God Help the Child, her eleventh. Morrison, who is 84, is not a southerner, yet the South, and even Georgia, are all over her books. While we may not exactly claim the Nobel Laureate of Literature as a Georgia writer, Morrison has significant Georgia roots and so, too, do many of her characters. We can recognize our stories in hers.
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