Purchase Photos Close <!-- Email--> <!-- Print--> QR Favorite * Much has been written about the civil rights era, but not enough has been said about black women’s influence on the civil rights movement. Associate Professor Tiyi Morris, Ph.D., brings black women to the forefront as agents of change in her book Womanpower >>>

ICYMI Health features what we're reading this week. This week, as we spent time with family and friends over the holidays, we read two pieces about holiday lore. One piece retraced the shapeshifting history of Christmas-tree tinsel -- from pricey silver to flammable aluminum to poisonous lead. (Thankfully, modern-day tinsel is plastic-based.) We also learned that an oft-repeated myth, the idea that suicides rates go up during November and December, is actually false. And finally, we listened closely to a podcast featuring a South Los Angeles pastor who believes that greatest gift we can give our >>>