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...
We love poetry…Women Are by Inaya Edwards
Women Are…
Women are the rainbows
behind mist and clouds
We are mythical creatures
Intelligent and empowering
Amazing and confusing
Beautiful in so many ways
Queens with an empire full of...
We honor…Winnie Mandela, Freedom Icon
It was a Friday evening in October 1990. I was working at Essence magazine. That night the publication was honoring noteworthy women at the...
2018 Genesis G80 is just a class act
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The Reluctant Fashionista: Who says we’re too old to wear jeans?
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What you need to know about shingles
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The top 10 objects your grown children don’t want
Your house, and what it contains, is a minefield in the eyes of your grown children. They can see from your example that collections...
Car air fresheners can make you sick
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We love poetry…When We Get Together and Love Poem #135
When We Get Together
we give it up to the drummer
between silences
stroke the mighty bass with our toes
our nipples
crashing
cymbals
ting-ting-ting-ting-tinging
headboard a sweeping piano
we strum the hell...
Time for making summer sangria and Christmas eggnog
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Overcome your fear of public speaking with Toastmasters
It has often been said that the number one fear for millions of people is public speaking. Some folks would rather jump from a...
The Reluctant Fashionista celebrates DanceAfrica street style
DanceAfrica is one of the country's largest cultural festivals devoted to African dance. It is a yearly event that has been in existence since 1977 and...