Thumb Community Health Partnership put Huron County residents in the shoes of those who are low-income during a poverty simulation event in Bad Axe Dec. 4. Poverty simulations allow participants to ...

The theme of one of my favorite books, To Kill a Mockingbird, was all about not judging someone unless you walk in his or her shoes, writes Christopher de Vinck. iStockphoto / Getty Images Shoes not ...

To understand someone else, the advice is to walk a mile in that person’s shoes. But the shoes aren’t the way into another person’s existence. I need to get inside that person’s experiences. But how ...

The 2024 presidential election certainly reflected the polarized state of political landscape in the United States. As has been true in many recent elections, about half of us are unhappy with the ...

The recent coronavirus outbreak, and the fear surrounding it, reminds me of a story I heard. It was based on an event during the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic. Earl was a hard-working, family-oriented man ...

Tyleah Betances let out a small sigh as she slumped on a chair, the tension in her shoulders visibly easing. Her trip to prison — or, rather, her character’s trip — offered a much-needed respite, a ...

When you have empathy you can understand, appreciate and share the emotions, thoughts, concerns and experience of others. Having empathy allows you to feel what another person is feeling. It helps you ...

There is a lady who is a regular visitor at Rifle Mountain Park and is a bit of an outcast among the rest of the rock climbers. I don’t know the official story – few do – but the tale goes that she ...