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On the wall, he noticed a poster of Lance Armstrong on his bike with a quote: "What am I on? I'm on my bike, busting my ass six hours a day. What are you on?"Tygart appreciated Armstrong's message about hard work and the encouragement the cyclist had given millions of cancer victims."Lance was a true hero to so many people," Tygart says. "He had beaten cancer, won seven times at the Tour de France, dated Sheryl Crow and had become an American icon. His story was such an inspirational story to so many people, including me."Little did Tygart know at the time how intertwined his life would become with Armstrong's. During the past decade, the two men have battled mightily.They accused each other of lying and cheating. They threatened each other's financial future. Diehard advocates of Armstrong's innocence threatened Tygart.Today, everyone knows Lance Armstrong doped in order to win.Travis Tygart is the reason they know it.Tygart has become America's evangelist of ethics. His sermons … [Read more...] about The lawyer who took down Lance Armstrong is on a mission to end the culture of cheating

Idling in her career, unable to hit the billable-hour requirements, Jones (her real name is not used due to the sensitivity of the issue) is a fifth-year associate busy planning an exit strategy. But hers is not an isolated tale of personal failure; it is the all-too-common story of women of color struggling to thrive at large law firms—and leaving in droves.Statistically, Jones faces a grim career outlook. Eighty-five percent of minority female attorneys in the U.S. will quit large firms within seven years of starting their practice. According to the research and personal stories these women share, it’s not because they want to leave, or because they “can’t cut it.” It’s because they feel they have no choice.“When you find ways to exclude and make people feel invisible in their environment, it’s hostile,” Jones says. “Women face these silent hostilities in ways that men will never have to. It’s very silent, very subtle … [Read more...] about Minority women are disappearing from BigLaw–and here’s why

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Cameroon condemns scathing Amnesty report on government atrocities Amnesty report documents increasing violence on both sides Cameroon condemns scathing Amnesty report on government atrocities Cameroon’s public relations (communications) minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary is condemning as “crude lies” an Amnesty International report accusing government security forces of summary killings, arrests and property destruction that amounts to ethnic cleansing. The atrocities described in the report began in November 2016, when the Francophone (French-speaking) Cameroon government security forces began beating and killing peaceful anti-government demonstrators in the South Cameroons, the Anglophone (English-speaking) regions of Cameroon. The demonstrators were protesting systematic bias, discrimination, and marginalization towards Anglophones by the Francophone government. For example, schoolteachers in the … [Read more...] about World View: Cameroon Condemns Scathing Amnesty Report on Government Atrocities

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com University of N. Florida and Pentagon cut ties with China’s Confucius Institutes Confucius and the roots of China’s imperialism The Sayings and Aphorisms of Confucius University of N. Florida and Pentagon cut ties with China’s Confucius Institutes The University of North Florida announced that it will cut ties with the China-funded Confucius Institute on its campus. Others of the approximately 100 colleges and universities hosting Confucius Institutes are considering doing so as well or have already done so. Ostensibly, Confucius Institutes are apolitical partnerships between American and Chinese universities, giving American students opportunities to learn to speak Chinese or study abroad. But the Chinese themselves say that they serve as “an important part of China’s overseas propaganda” and they also serve as outposts of China’s intelligence and surveillance operations, as FBI … [Read more...] about World View: University of N. Florida and Pentagon Cut Ties with China’s Confucius Institutes