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Biden and Harris announce entirely female-led White House communications team. President-elect Joe Biden’s transition to the White House continues at a brisk pace. On Monday, Nov. 30th, Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris received their first daily Presidential intelligence briefings. A day earlier, CBS News has reported that the pair…
Days before what is arguably the biggest eating holiday of the year, hunger in the U.S. has surged to record numbers. Projections show 50 million people are facing food insecurity in 2020, and many will be waiting on long food-pantry lines to fill their tables for Thanksgiving dinner. According to…
On Thursday, Nov. 26, many Native Americans and their allies across the country will observe the 51st National Day of Mourning. While most Americans will sit down to Thanksgiving dinners — albeit (hopefully) smaller ones than in years past due to COVID-19 — this counter-observance is designed as an ongoing…
The National Day of Mourning, which commemorates the genocide of Native Americans every fourth Thursday of November instead of Thanksgiving, is now in its 50th year. It began in 1970, when a member and leader of the tribe that had originally met the pilgrims from the Mayflower landing wanted to…
Kaiser Permanente is No. 2 on the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies list (Originally published on LinkedIn) Bernard J. Tyson Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the year. It is a poignant time to think about what is important in life and give thanks. This holiday also allows me to combine…
“What is needed, when it’s needed, in the right quantity.” There’s a lot more to the Toyota Production System (TPS) (No. 34 on the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies list) than that, but that simple statement is the foundation of the “just in time” concept (definition below). If it works for…