Tim Wise: Racism, Barack Obama and the Selective Call for Personal Responsibility
Tim Wise is an author and educator who is vocal about race matters and racism in the United States. In response to President Barack Obama’s commencement address to Morehouse College graduates yesterday, More...
Preterm Delivery: Come Too Early, Fight To Stay Longer
“It is unlikely that she will live.” Malita will never forget those words. They were said just before she was taken for a c-section to deliver her daughter, at 24 weeks – four months early. Preterm delivery More...
(Video) Rosa Clemente’s Response to Rapper Rick Ross Rape Lyrics
Hip-Hop and human rights activist Rosa Clemente delivers an urgent message to community, in response to rapper Rick Ross’ glorification of the violent and criminal act of rape in a music recording with Atlanta More...
Father’s Day 1965: When Men Were Men. A Very Different Time. Why?
This is my father, Edward “Eddie” Nash Toomer, at the age of 24-years-old. The year was 1965 and I was just over a year old. We were at church in the Bronx and I think it was my mother who captured More...
Gentlemen, You Have a Friend, Spokesperson in Anthony Hamilton
I have my Pandora set to Pretty Wings Radio, a station I listen to regularly. Today, the playlist has Anthony Hamilton on heavy rotation. I mean every other song seems to be from Anthony, whose music I happen to More...
What Is Lactose Intolerance and What Causes It? Take a Quiz.
Image: Wizard Recipes Are you Lactose Intolerant? Do you know if you are Lactose Intolerant? Are Latinos, Blacks, Native Americans and Asians more prone to Lactose Intolerance? The information can be confusing. More...
Love is Not “Giving Someone the Power to Destroy You and Trusting That They Won’t.”
Judy M. Ford A friend recently posted the following quote as his Facebook status, finding support among his friends many ‘likes’ and affirmative comments in response: “Love is giving someone the power to destroy More...