This year’s theme of Kwanzaa centers on defining and shaping the world from our own perspective, placing African people, their history, and their culture at the core of how we see ourselves and our ...

In his young life, William Lambert was a cabin boy on local steamers, a tailor in Detroit’s garment industry, an abolitionist ...

A cultural rather than religious observation, Kwanzaa celebrates African American culture from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1 annually.

Why do you do the things you do? Why did you brush your teeth this morning, go to work, or click on this post? And is it possible to change the way you behave? Motivation underlies all of our behavior ...

Self-determination can be defined as, “the means for experiencing quality of life consistent with one’s own values, preferences, strengths, and needs” (Turnbull & Turnbull, 2001, as cited in ...

Developed in the late 1970s and early 1980s by renowned psychologists Edward L. Deci and Richard M. Ryan, self-determination theory explores the pivotal role of motivation in shaping human behavior, ...