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Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia said he wouldn’t back Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential bid after she expressed support for eliminating the filibuster to codify abortion rights.Manchin, an independent who left the Democratic Party in May, criticized Harris for her position on the filibuster during a CNN interview Tuesday.”Shame…

At 73, I’m the age when people are supposed to be wise elders, passing on their hard-earned insights to younger generations. Yet I’m still vulnerable to what’s called a “shame attack,” where a person is so overwhelmed by a sense of shame that they lose their bearings. The good news…

After having my son nearly three years ago, I struggled with an almost debilitating embarrassment about my performance as a mother. His birth unleashed a sense that I somehow wasn’t good enough, so I would have to overcompensate to be a good parent.This translated into a profound self-consciousness, which meant…