I’ve always paid close attention to the news. Indeed, I’ve come to understand my engagement with what the Washington Post’s Phil Graham called “the rough first draft of history” as a token of my ...

In 1859, Charles Darwin unveiled a theory of Evolution that shook the scientific world: the survival of the fittest, where nature thrives on ruthless competition and efficiency. This dog-eat-dog ...

Self-­compassion is based on the understanding that all human beings, including you, experience suffering and that all human beings, including you, deserve kindness.

One of my first volunteer experiences as a retiree was to support the work of the International Rescue Committee (IRC). Founded at the behest of Albert Einstein, a rather famous refugee, the IRC is ...

Compassion is not empathy, though compassion depends upon empathy. Whereas empathy is the ability to take another’s perspective—cognitive and/or emotional—compassion is the motivation to alleviate ...

I had spent three hours on the computer trying to check in for my flight home to the United States. Again and again I went through the same prompts, but at a certain point in the process, the ...

Too often, there’s a new story about the challenges that people face when relying on artificial intelligence chatbots for advice and support. Tragically, several involve deaths by suicide of teens and ...

The American Friends Service Committee says that it promotes a world free of violence, inequality, and oppression. Add to that compassion for others, and you have the basic philosophy that motivates ...

Tender irony and dark humor abound in The Human Resources Manager, Israeli director Eran Riklis’ latest account of bureaucracy colliding with burgeoning compassion. This follow-up to 2008’s Lemon Tree ...

They bought him ice cream. I still can't get my head around it. They bought a killer ice cream. The white supremacist gang member had helped beat James Byrd Jr. just because he was black, helped chain ...

The 'Big Little Lies' star thought the former first lady's open letter included "a beautiful message of human compassion." By Tatiana Tenreyro Shailene Woodley has defended her decision to share ...