Culture and Society

'A Busy Parent's Guide to Managing Anxiety in Children and Teens' is an insightful book by psychoanalyst Laurie Hollman, with effective strategies to help parents handle their children's anxiety.

Taylor's one-woman show recounts her life in NYC, Miami, and Hollywood and paints a hilarious portrait of the celebrity frenzy of dieting and weight loss.

Polls show increasing numbers of young people in America say they prefer socialism to capitalism. This subject was explored in films and by a panel at the Anthem Libertarian Film Festival, part of FreedomFest, which took place at the Paris Resort in Las Vegas July 11-14.

'Blue Mafia' by Tim Tolka opens a window into a world of police brutality we all know exists, but most of us have not had the clarity to see how bad it really is.

Earlier this year, home security company SkyBell launched a plug-in camera that integrates with Google Home, a great supplement to a CCTV system.

Cabaret singer Barb Jungr and pianist-singer John McDaniel gave us a sparkling set of songs from 1968, reminding us of the greatness of that era's popular music.

Douglas M. Branson, author of 'The Future of Tech is Female,' talks about what companies can — and should — do to hire, promote and support more women.

All the Women in My Family Sing is a memorable anthology of American culture (3.5 stars) and diversity within 69 essays written by 69 different women of color and edited by Deborah Santana as a strong soundboard for women's voices where the chosen works are positive and practical.

Corporate governance expert Dougas M. Branson has a new book about how companies can fix their own gender bias — and hire, support, promote and include women on all levels. It's called 'The Future of Tech is Female: How to Achieve Gender Diversity,' but it's about all industries. Tech is one of the worst offenders of gender bias, but the problem is universal in nearly every field.

Rod Roddenberry (son of Star Trek creator Gene) brought a new project to San Diego this year for Comic-Con (SDCC). The film short, Instant, begins innocently enough in Mickey’s, a neighborhood bar with a group of regulars doing the usual stuff: drinking, playing darts, schmoozing. But things get very tense …