From the Washington Post: Arizona took another hit Wednesday as Republicans cast a vote for the home of their 2012 convention. Phoenix made the short list but lost out to Tampa. Click here to view photos. It was little surprise to tourism officials in Arizona. Since the state passed the nation’s toughest immigration law three […]
Holly Robinson Peete is on top of her game. Not only has she outlasted tough competition on “Celebrity Apprentice” to remain among the last contestants standing, she’s also found the time to write a new children’s book. Robinson Peete and her 11-year-old daughter, Ryan, collaborated on a book, “My Brother Charlie,” based on their own […]
From the New York Times: Blacks and Latinos were nine times as likely as whites to be stopped by the police in New York City in 2009, but no more likely to actually be arrested. Click here to view photos. The more than 575,000 stops of people in the city — a record number of […]
Smokey Robinson, Ella Fitzgerald and James Brown were among the music legends being honored on the Apollo Theater’s new Walk of Fame in New York City. Workers on Monday began installing sidewalk plaques in front of the storied Harlem theater celebrating some of the artists who have performed there. Others include Little Richard, Patti LaBelle […]
VIA: health.com School meals matter. Just ask any teacher or parent and they’ll tell you that children who lack proper nutrition have trouble focusing in school. Medical authorities and nutrition researchers have documented that youngsters who eat nutritious meals every day and lead active lifestyles tend to excel. More importantly, our schools are on the […]
To celebrate the honor of Iman receiving the Fashion Icon Award at this year’s CFDA’s, Barneys New York creative director Simon Doonan dedicated two of the store’s Madison Avenue window displays to the supermodel and mogul. The display included collages and cutout images of her; while the other showcase a Bruce Weber portrait of Iman […]
VIA: Men’s Health Big little stressor No. 1: Insecurity Not surprisingly, paying bills, managing debt and sticking to a budget scored highest of all the stressors in our survey. But guess what? It’s not about the money, says Thomas Miller, Ph.D., a University of Kentucky psychologist and the author of Handbook of Stressful Life Transitions […]
VIA: CNN.COM A Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, police officer who told authorities he was shot while on patrol last month has admitted he shot himself intentionally, the city’s police commissioner said Tuesday. Sgt. Robert Ralston reported that on April 5 he saw two African-American males arguing on a train track in West Philadelphia. He told investigators that […]
VIA: WTVD.COM Federal experts say a small earthquake has struck near the South Carolina coast. The U.S. Geological Survey reported the quake occurred near Lincolnville shortly after 5 a.m. Tuesday morning. The quake had a magnitude of 2.8. There have been no reports of damage or injuries. Multiple media outlets reported that residents around Summerville, […]
VIA: WRAL.COM Gas prices are poised to fall as Memorial Day approaches, a welcome change for motorists who have gotten used to seeing increases cut into their summer vacation money. Experts who had been predicting a national average of more than $3 per gallon by Memorial Day now say prices have likely peaked just beneath […]
From the Huffington Post: In one of the greatest domestic population shifts in American history, African Americans poured out of the South in the early 20th century. The so-called “Great Migration” brought millions of southern blacks to areas across the country, including hundreds of thousands who came to Chicago. The city’s South Side quickly […]
Via: WomensHealthMag.com Sometimes those extra 10 minutes of sleep we get from hitting the snooze button in the morning are not enough. For years we have been told the adequate amount of sleep each person should get is 8 hours. Even if we are fortunate to get that amount of sleep, it may not be […]