Democratic Convention

• Thanks to the generous support of FedEx, admission to the museum on King Day will be free for all guests.
• King once said ‘anyone can be great because anyone can serve,’” said Museum President Dr. Russ Wigginton.
• King Day will kick off yearlong observances themed “History Moves Us Forward” as the Museum focuses on major civil rights milestones with anniversaries in 2024.
• For more information about King Day at the National Civil Rights Museum, visit kingday.org .

• The charges relate to Hunter Biden’s alleged lying about his drug use when he purchased a gun in 2018.
• And a conviction could mean prison time of 10 years or more.
• Those dynamics have only intensified over time, especially in recent decades as presidents increasingly put their private lives on public display.

America, mirrored

• The fact that gender norms often precluded presidential daughters from an explicitly political role paradoxically could make them more popular public figures.
• The assumption that young children should be free from the political rough-and-tumble has recently made them highly effective symbols for presidential image-making.
• Presidents have often sought a role for their adult sons in supporting their administrations.
• In 1837, Martin Van Buren appointed his son, Abraham, to serve as his private secretary, at the time a high-level confidential advisor.
• Over a century later, Dwight Eisenhower selected his son, John, to serve as assistant staff secretary.
• Yet whatever benefit he believed he drew from these adult children, Trump found they were immediate lightning rods for public criticism.

How to look normal

• While the adult children of most Republican candidates have been invisible on the current campaign trail, Florida Gov.
• Ron DeSantis – often described as awkward and lacking charm – has made a point of appearing with his young children.
• At the Democratic Convention in 2008, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden nominated his father as the party’s candidate for vice president.
• If his administration cannot cast Biden as a young dad like Ron DeSantis, they can surround him with his grandchildren.

• Pre-pandemic, managers could rely on informal networks created by their physical spaces to ensure that one corporate hand generally knew what the other was doing.
• That can no longer be taken for granted in today's hybrid workplace, said Steve Gottlieb, founder and CEO.
• In addition to 24/7 deployment, organizations may also organize specific meet-up times for departmental or interdepartmental get-togethers.
• Microsofts study of 60,000-plus remote workers concluded employees needs for informal contact and spontaneous interaction are not being met in a strictly work-from-home environment.