Remembering Fame star Gene Anthony Ray
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50BOLD spars with champ George Foreman…Part II
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50BOLD: As far as I’m concerned, The Rumble in the...
Have questions about medical marijuana?
Once upon a time, marijuana was all about getting high just for the hell of it. Now, medical marijuana gives cannabis a whole new...
How to better manage your diabetes
Diabetes is a severe and complex disease that affects your body’s ability to produce or use insulin. The condition requires daily self-care and if...
Meet photographer extraordinaire Dwight Carter
Dwight Carter is a magician and proof of his photographic wonder-working powers is apparent via the striking, candid and emotive pictures he has taken...
We love poetry by Barbara Brandon-Croft
Ode to ALT America
A nation built on an insidious lie
Its roots concocted of alternative facts
A made-up premise where white is supreme
Where the “right” complexion...
We love poetry by Dr. Patricia Williams Diaw
Lamentations
Saga of pain and woe
Song of despair
Solemn moods
Melancholy days go by
Wounds that will not heal
Bondage real
Longing and waiting
To be set free
You
Step away
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Adopted: The search for my birth mother
As an adopted child, I searched for my identity and this eventually led to a reunion with my birth mother and to self-discovery as...
We love…Fried Chicken but with a healthy twist!
Folks in the south have a love affair with fried chicken. Many swear they have the very best finger-lickin’ good fried bird recipe that...
Older Americans are hooked on vitamins despite scarce evidence they work
When she was a young physician, Dr. Martha Gulati noticed that many of her mentors were prescribing vitamins E and folic acid to patients. Preliminary...
How a mom faces Mother’s Day after losing a child
There is one particular occasion when I do feel the most joy, Mother’s Day; the one day when being a mom is celebrated on...
Strategies for coping with loss on Mother’s Day
Even though my beautiful mom passed away over 25 years ago, I have never quite been the same. I came to realize that those...