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How removing the mask can soothe your soul In everyday conversation, you’ll often be asked, “How are things?” The common response is “Fine” or “OK,” a quick, safe answer that in many instances just isn’t true. The masks we wear for colleagues, associates and even friends and family can become hard to remove, but the sooner we divulge what’s happening in our lives, the sooner the healing process can begin. Admitting that things are not going well validates our feelings and empowers us. “Declaring and being transparent in that is a protest of one,” explains Lanada Williams, a Washington, D.C.-based psychotherapist and radio host. “It’s something that you can do every day to announce you’re humanly present, and that you’re a spiritual being and connecting yourself to your higher power.” Why is it so difficult to remove our masks? By adulthood, we’ve been conditioned to hide our truths, so the stakes are presumably higher if we open up. “When we say what really is the matter,...

President-elect Donald Trump and Betsy DeVos meet at his golf club in Bedminster, N.J. Trump has chosen charter school advocate DeVos as Education Secretary. AP / Carolyn Kaster, File The school choice debate has perhaps never been more central to the national conversation than right now. With the NAACP’s recent call for a moratorium on charter schools and President-Elect Donald Trump’s appointment of billionaire choice-advocate Betsy DeVos as secretary of education, the issue is now directly in the spotlight. To be clear, my position is anything but simple. I am not a staunch traditionalist when it comes to education. I refuse to get swept up in the anti-charter fervor. I’m actually foolish enough to believe traditional public and charter schools can coexist harmoniously. The original spirit of the charter movement—where charters serve as hubs of innovation for students who truly require an alternative experience, for the purposes of informing future practice for tr...

LOS ANGELES –   Authorities say a car has shot off the side of a Los Angeles freeway and landed in a homeless camp, killing one person and injuring three others. The accident took place just before 6:15 p.m. Tuesday on the southbound Interstate 405 at Sherman Way in Van Nuys. The Fire Department says one person was crushed and died at the scene. Two men were taken to hospitals in serious to critical condition. The driver had non-life threatening injuries and was hospitalized in fair condition. There's no immediate word on what caused the car to veer off the roadway.

Air conditioning company Carrier said Tuesday that it had reached an agreement with President-elect Donald Trump that would keep 1,000 jobs in Indianapolis.  Follow Carrier   @Carrier We are pleased to have reached a deal with President-elect Trump & VP-elect Pence to keep close to 1,000 jobs in Indy. More details soon. 6:54 PM - 29 Nov 2016     14,852 14,852 Retweets     22,577 22,577 likes Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence, Indiana's outgoing governor, planned to travel to the state Thursday to unveil the agreement alongside company officials.  Follow Donald J. Trump   ✔ @realDonaldTrump I will be going to Indiana on Thursday to make a major announcement concerning Carrier A.C. staying in Indianapolis. Great deal for workers! 9:40 PM - 29 Nov 2016     11,478 11,478 Retweets     44,111 44,111 likes  Follow ...

MILWAUKEE -- Demonstrators walked off the job as the "Fight for 15" movement had three gatherings in the Milwaukee area on Tuesday, November 29th. On Tuesday evening, arrests were being made. As the sun came up, workers came together at a McDonald's at 9th and North Avenue -- demanding a minimum wage of $15 an hour. "Prices are going up every single day and it's time for that to change. If you're working a decent job, if you're working 40 hours a week, you shouldn't have to struggle. You shouldn't have to worry if I'm going to pay the rent or how I'm going to feed my kids," said Devonte Yates. During the lunch hour, demonstrators marched to Milwaukee's City Hall. There, they demanded the Common Council and mayor hear their pleas. "I'm a single parent. I'm struggling, each day working hard just like everybody else; having to work extra hours just to make sure ends meet and my kids are taken care of, ...