By: Blue Ocean Brain writer and contributor Martha Burwell Many health officials are predicting that we’ll see the Covid-19 pandemic shift to endemic status this year. Endemic is defined as a disease...

Human brains are designed to create mental patterns and categorizations so that we can process information more quickly. This can help us to tune out the sound of cars passing, tell us when we need...

If the past year has taught us anything, it’s that the need to be color brave is bigger than ever. Color brave, a term coined by investment icon Mellody Hobson, essentially means “speaking openly and...

“Wow, you’re so well-spoken” “Can I touch your hair?” “You’re the VP!?” Bias can manifest in many ways in the workplace. Frequently, it will show up via microaggressions: small actions, words,...

The pandemic continues to rage globally, with the number of deaths increasing significantly every day. No one has been unaffected, but the impact is not equally distributed. The pandemic has both...

You are probably familiar with the broad idea of bias: a belief that some types of people are inherently better or worse than others. Most public discussion on bias tends to focus on blatant...

Women have always been contributors to family, community, and society, but they haven’t always been paid for their labor. This began to change during the 19th and 20th centuries. More women began to...

What is systemic racism? To define racism, we must step back to define what it is not. It is not (just) prejudice. Racial prejudice is a belief that certain types of people are inherently better than...