First Person Singular by Wendy Braitman

What Are You Reading? Fall Edition

For my career coaching work, I’ve been reading The Power of Habit, which I highly recommend if the subject interests you. I’ve also been catching up with Ta-Nahesi Coates’s essays in We Were Eight Years in Power. These days, my heart doesn’t seem to be into lighter fare. What about you?

Illustration by Ella Frances Sanders

Our New National Conscience

Without moral leadership in the political realm, we now turn to late night TV entertainers to guide our way. Trying to enact gun safety in the U.S. feels like the most hopeless endeavor. But something has got to change. Maybe this time, a comedian can make a difference.