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Volunteer Karen Rutkowski works with 1st grader Edwianys Torres, age 6, in the Book Buddies reading program at Seymour Academy, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015. They are using flash cards showing "sight words" ...

But power also has a positive side, especially when it’s wielded in the service of humanity. Think of Martin Luther King Jr. or Mahatma Gandhi. Though both men embraced their personal power, they ...

I remember being a very compassionate child. While watching The Little House on the Prairie, I cried my eyes out when Laura couldn’t give Pa a Christmas gift. But 12 years of physical abuse and being ...

If you’re looking for a spouse or a friend, compassion is a highly desirable characteristic. But in politics, being “compassionate” — with someone else’s money — often produces flawed public policy.

Self-compassion has been a popular topic in recent years, thanks to the wonderful research by Dr. Kristin Neff and others. However, when people talk about how to be more self-compassionate, the ...

There's lot's going on these days that's bad news for non-human animals (AKA animals) and human animals (AKA humans). Take for example the horrific oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that makes us ill ...