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The Heart Condition Hiding in Plain Sight
By Marilyn A. Fraser, MD Chief Executive Officer, Arthur Ashe Institute The health of a community is often about connecting. Connecting with our neighbors, friends, and family to recharge our souls. Connecting with information that empowers us to make positive change. Now we need […]
Video Shows North Carolina Student Bullying Black 14-Year-Old Inside Of School’s Bathroom
A North Carolina student was caught on video bullying another middle schooler on Friday at Conway Middle School, WRAL reports. The victim’s mother, Shontae Williams, said she’s concerned about sending her 14-year old son back to school. “I actually cried about the whole situation last night,” […]
Rare Lenient Sentence For Black Florida Man Who Fatally Punched Suspected White Supremacist
Source: screenshot / iOne Digital Words are not always harmless. Sometimes they can be the catalyst to violence, especially if those words are derogatory and demeaning. Two Florida men had to learn this the hard way after an altercation left one dead and the other charged in […]
Omicron Variant Was In Europe Before South Africa Sounded Alarm
Dutch health authorities announced on Tuesday that they found the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus in cases dating back as long as 11 days, indicating that it was already spreading in western Europe before the first cases were identified in southern Africa. The RIVM health institute said it […]
I’m Black. My Son Is White. Here’s What We Deal With When We Leave The House
There is little that brings me as much joy as the sound of my toddler’s chunky legs on our parquet floors as he makes that sharp right at the foyer and heads toward his shoes. The mere mention of the word “outside” and this kid […]
Equal Pay Day Shows Huge Divide In Pay Gap For Black Women When Compared To White Men
Black Women’s Equal Pay Day has fallen on Aug. 3, marking the day a Black woman earns what a white man earned in 2020. Yes, that’s correct, 2020. That means it takes a Black woman 579 days to earn what a white man makes in […]
Fans Are Already Excited For Colin Kaepernick’s New Children’s Picture Book
Colin Kaepernick will soon release a children’s picture book which will be based on experiences from his own life. The NFL veteran said the book, I Color Myself Different, is deeply personal to him. “I hope that it honors the courage and bravery of young people everywhere by encouraging them […]
‘No indication’ AstraZeneca shot causes clots, EU agency says
A version of this story appeared in the March 17 edition of CNN’s Coronavirus: Fact vs. Fiction newsletter. Sign up here to receive the need-to-know headlines every weekday. (CNN)After virtually all of western Europe temporarily suspended the use of Oxford-AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine, the continent’s top medicines regulator […]
What To Do If Kids Say They Don’t Want To Be Their Race Anymore
Few words are more heart-wrenching to hear from your child than “I wish I didn’t look the way I do” or “I wish I wasn’t my race.” Those words can spring from a variety of painful experiences: A taunting on the playground for having “different” […]
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