MFP/ANA e-Newsletter: May 24, 2024

Each week a quote is shared for your consideration. Some quotes might offer comfort, hope, a challenge, a chuckle, or inspiration. You may or may not agree with the quote, but it is offered simply to help you reflect and ponder.

A Wild New Study Sheds Light On Why Exercise Is So Good For Our Brains (opens new window)

The Side Sleeper’s Guide to a Good Night’s Sleep (opens new window)

What Is Somatic Stretching? How It Works, Benefits, and Stretches for Beginners (opens new window) (opens new window)

Brown v. Board Of Education Turns 70—Here’s What’s Changed & What Hasn’t (opens new window)

Seventy years ago, on May 17, 1954, in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that segregated schools were unconstitutional. In the landmark ruling, the high court overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson precedent, holding that “in the field of public education, the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. Therefore, we hold that the plaintiffs and others similarly situated for whom the actions have been brought are, by reason of the segregation complained of, deprived of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment.” Read more (opens new window)

Why do people hate people? (opens new window)

Have you ever said “I hate you” to someone? What about using the “h-word” in casual conversation, like “I hate broccoli”? What are you really feeling when you say that you hate something or someone? Read more (opens new window)

Generational diagnoses drove DC-area family to participate in largest cancer study of Black women (opens new window)

Cancer researchers are looking for thousands of Black women to lend their voices and experiences to a 30-year study. The American Cancer Society (ACS) launched its “VOICES of Black Women” research that will study 100,000 women over 30 years. It is the largest and longest cancer study of Black women in the U.S. ever, said Madeline Long, an ambassador with the nonprofit group. Read more (opens new window)

Daily marijuana use outpaces daily drinking in the US, a new study says (opens new window)

For the first time, the number of Americans who use marijuana just about every day has surpassed the number who drink that often, a shift some 40 years in the making as recreational pot use became more mainstream and legal in nearly half of U.S. states. Read more (opens new window)

NBA Great Dwyane Wade Launches Translatable, An Online Community Supporting Transgender Youth (opens new window)

NBA Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade was back in South Florida on Thursday to do battle again. He spent more than 14 seasons as a guard for the Miami Heat, winning three championships, having Miami-Dade County nicknamed “Wade County,” and he still leads the franchise in everything from points and rebounds to personal fouls. But the fight he outlined Thursday at The Elevate Prize Foundation’s Make Good Famous Summit, after receiving the nonprofit’s Elevate Prize Catalyst Award, may be the most personal of all. Read more (opens new window)