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On Sunday, Rev. Amos C. Brown led service at Third Baptist Church of San Francisco, as he has on most Sundays since becoming pastor there in 1976.

Wearing a hoodie bearing the images of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, Kwame Ture, and John Lewis, along with the words “GOOD TROUBLE,” he called the congregation to fix their “hearts, minds, and spirits on prayer.” He prayed, by name, for over 30 members of the church who were “sick and shut in.”

Before Brown read from Hebrews 12:1-3, a congregant handed him a note to let him know that President Joe Biden was stepping out of the race for reelection. He read from the verse, saying, “seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.”

Then, after the service, Brown received a phone call from another member who was absent that Sunday: Vice President Kamala Harris, who was preparing to run a very different type of race.

“She said to me, ‘Pastor, I called because I want you to pray for me, [my husband] Doug, this country’ — and finally she said — ‘and the race I am intending to run for president,’” Brown told Sojourners on Monday. “We exchanged pleasantries, I congratulated her because she’ll be a great president, and we had prayer. She was so gracious and thankful that I took the time.”

Brown is no stranger to speaking faithfully into high-pressure political moments — as a younger man, he was one of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s few students at Morehouse College. Brown, a veteran Civil Rights activist, has served at Third Baptist since 1976. He also served as a delegate to the United Nations World Conference Against Racism in 2001, is the president of the San Francisco chapter of the NAACP, and served as vice chair of California’s Reparations Task Force.

Harris, who earned enough delegate support by Monday to become the Democratic Party’s nominee, has previously referenced Brown in her public speeches. She referenced him in a January speech to a Women’s Missionary Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.

Brown told Sojourners that he invoked his favorite Bible verse, Micah 6:8, as he spoke with Harris, reminding her to “do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with your maker.”

“That’s what we need in this nation. There’s too much arrogance and egocentricity after all this Trumpism,” he said.

Brown said he has known Harris and her family for more than two decades, calling Harris’ mother “a terrific scholar and scientist.” Harris’s mother, Shyamala Gopalan Harris, was a Hindu from Chennai, India, who worked on breast cancer research. Harris’s father, Donald Harris, is a Black Baptist and a professor emeritus at Stanford University.

Her parents gave her experiences from the Hindu and Baptist traditions when she was growing up. In her 2019 memoir, Harris wrote that her “earliest memories of the teachings of the Bible were of a loving God, a God who asked us to ‘speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves’ and to ‘defend the rights of the poor and needy.’”

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A composite of Rev. Amos C. Brown and Vice President Kamala Harris. Photo of Brown courtesy Third Baptist Church in San Francisco. Photo of Harris looking on as she speaks at her Presidential Campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Del., July 22, 2024. Erin Schaff/Pool via REUTERS. Composite by Mitchell Atencio/Sojourners

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Fresh research shows that high-paying remote job opportunities are making a comeback—specifically with regards to hybrid remote arrangements.

At the beginning of the year, high-paying hybrid jobs—the roles that pay $250,000 or more—equated to just 1% of total jobs available, reveals the high-paying job platform Ladders in their latest report; while by the second quarter of 2024, high-paying hybrid jobs yielding the same salary comprised nearly 3% of all listings, evidencing positive upward progress.

“It looks like companies that were mostly onsite before are now adopting hybrid setups to attract and retain top talent. They are finding a sweet spot with hybrid work, which many believe offers the flexibility of remote work while preserving the collaborative and leadership benefits of being in the office,” said John Mullinix, Ladders’ director of growth marketing.

14 High-Paying Hybrid Remote Jobs

The same job board highlighted the following high-paying hybrid remote jobs as being the top roles in demand that pay $250,000+ or more on average, from their analysis of half a million job postings from April to June 2024:

1. Physician
2. Medical director
3. Dentist
4. Psychiatrist
5. Principal software engineer
6. Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
7. Relief veterinarian
8. Primary care physician
9. Family medicine physician
10. Solar sales representative
11. Market manager
12. Attending Physician
13. Chief Operating Officer (COO)
14. Enterprise account executive

What Do I Need To Land A High-Paying Hybrid Remote Job?

First, let’s talk about experience levels.

According to the research, to land a high-paying hybrid remote job today, you would need to have between eight to 10 years of experience. But there are also many roles that require between five to seven years of experience, so having a hybrid remote job that pays $250,000 or more is not out of the ordinary for someone earlier in their career.

In terms of education, the roles listed above typically require you to have graduated at a bachelor’s or master’s degree level; however, a few, such as market manager, sales representative, account executive, and even COO, can be achieved even without attending college or university for four years.

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Not long ago, the only way to tell whether a patient with dementia had Alzheimer’s disease was to do an autopsy for the presence of amyloid plaque and other signs of degeneration in the brain. In recent years, new tests can detect the presence of amyloid, a telltale protein of Alzheimer’s, and other biological signs long before the onset of symptoms. Soon, doctors may routinely make definitive diagnoses of Alzheimer’s with a simple blood test, even before symptoms of dementia become apparent. 

An early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s is not worth much if there’s nothing you can do about it. But new effective treatments that slow the progress of the disease have become available: the drug lecanemab, recently approved by the FDA, and a new one called donanemab, which slowed cognitive decline in trials. The availability of effective treatments, together with technologies for detecting Alzheimer’s in the early stages, when those treatments can be most effective, have radically changed the outlook for Alzheimer’s patients and their loved ones. The notion of attacking Alzheimer’s in the brain before clinical symptoms emerge, long merely an aspiration, is starting to look like a practical strategy. 

Advances in early detection and treatment come as welcome news, but they imply a looming public-health challenge. Being able to screen for Alzheimer’s and administer treatments before symptoms arise would vastly increase the number of people who need attention. Public-health institutions are almost universally inadequate for the task. There are large disparities in the impact of Alzheimer’s and in access to care in the U.S. and around the world. Pilot programs in communities around the world are showing how it might be done. 

Meanwhile, the new optimism rippling through the research field is palpable. “Having been in this field for 20 years, the idea that I can finally offer treatments that biologically slow the disease is incredibly exciting,” says Gil Rabinovici, who directs the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at the University of California, San Francisco. “There’s a lot more work to do, but the feeling is that our understanding and ability to measure and treat the disease is coming together in a new way.”

An enormous toll

About one in nine Americans over 65 have Alzheimer’s disease, according to figures from the Alzheimer’s Association. The numbers are higher for several segments of the population, including women, Black Americans, and Hispanics. The number of people with Alzheimer’s is expected to more than double in 25 years. 

It is a cruel, relentless disease. “It progressively robs you of who you are,” says neuroscientist Donna Wilcock, director of Indiana University’s Center for Neurodegenerative Disorders. Families carry much of the weight, she adds. The annual cost of Alzheimer’s care in the U.S. has reached $345 billion, the Alzheimer’s Association estimates—and that doesn’t count the $340 billion worth of unpaid care put in by an estimated 11 million family members and other caregivers of U.S. Alzheimer’s patients in 2022. Other estimates run even higher (see “The Ten Trillion Dollar Disease,” on page 24). 

Modern medicine has made enormous strides in treating cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and even other neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s and multiple sclerosis. But for years, everything medicine could throw at Alzheimer’s seemed to bounce off. The main research strategy has been to try to come up with drugs that attack the plaque that for more than a century has been known to be present in the brain tissue of deceased Alzheimer’s patients. But the dozens of experimental drugs that reduced brain plaque in mice with Alzheimer’s-like symptoms failed to make any detectable difference in cognitive decline in human drug trials. 

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Following the news that Adele is taking a break from performing, it sparked a widespread conversation about taking time away from work without being judged.

For many employees —especially women who are not international pop stars —walking away from an income isn’t feasible or supported by employers. And many employees fear how employers could perceive a gap on their resume. I spoke with several experts—all recommend framing a career break in a positive, productive way.

Julia Belak, certified resume writer at Kickresume, shared tips and insights for employees on how to explain gaps or career breaks on your CV, even if you’re not a global superstar. Belak states that there are lots of reasons people might take a career break—from returning from parental leave or other caregiving responsibilities. Or you might have taken some time to travel, or maybe you were looking after your health.

“Whatever the reason, having a recent break on your CV doesn’t mean you aren’t a good candidate,” Belak emphasizes. “It just means you might have to change your strategy a little for your job search. For instance, build a functional CV that opens with a list of your skills rather than with your experience—this lets you show off your relevant skills right from the start.”

She suggests that you make sure you include any additional education or training you might have taken during your break, as well as any new skills you learned. “In the experience section of your CV, just add a line to briefly summarize why you took a career break,” Belak adds. “Be prepared to talk about it in the interview, and don’t worry! Plenty of people have come back after a break and carried on having a successful career.”

Eva Chan, career advisor at Resume Genius, told me by email, “Our Hiring Trends Survey found that 69% of hiring managers are concerned about career gaps, although it wasn’t the biggest red flag.” Chan shares that hiring managers understand the job market has been tough and that life events like a recent layoff can cause career disruptions. “But they still get anxious when seeing employment gaps on resumes,” she admits. “While attitudes toward gaps may have softened slightly, job seekers need to be transparent and present these gaps as times of personal or professional growth. Explain them clearly, and these gaps won’t be a big deal in your job search.”

Chan insists that when addressing a career break on your CV, it’s completely fine to acknowledge that you took some time to recharge and focus on other parts of your life. “Whether you spent time on personal development, caregiving or simply needed to reset and re-prioritize, it’s all about framing your break in a positive and clear way. You don’t have to go into every detail—just focus on what you gained from the experience, whether that’s new skills, personal growth, or volunteering.”Chan suggests that you include a short entry in your CV, explaining the break by highlighting how you stayed productive. “You can easily mention that you used the time off to reset or focus on things like family, health, or passion projects,” she points out. “In your cover letter, you can expand on your career gap more by talking about how you used the time to recharge, learn something new, or focus on family or personal priorities. Framing your CV gaps positively shows hiring managers that your career break was intentional and helped prepare you for the next step in your career. The key is to be honest without oversharing. Keep your explanation professional and emphasize how this break has equipped you to contribute even more in your next role. Employers appreciate transparency, but what they really want to know is how you’re ready to make an impact moving forward.”

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