Celebrated author Eric Jerome Dickey dies at 59

Fans were devastated to learn of the death of the best selling author of ‘Sister, Sister’, and ‘Before We Were Wicked’ New York Times best-selling author Eric Jerome Dickey who penned such classics as “Sister, Sister” “Before We Were Wicked” and “Friends and Lovers” about Black life, revolutionizing […]

Argentines on abortion legalisation: ‘I felt relieved’

The legalisation of abortion up to the 14th week of pregnancy in Argentina on Wednesday triggered emotional scenes outside the Congress building in Buenos Aires. Pro-choice activists embraced and cheered while waving the green handkerchiefs which have become symbolic of their decades-long fight for free […]

Mental Health in Black communities

Photo credit: Philadelphia Citizen By Yasin Muhammad A smile and a friendly face go a long way. Mental Health in the black community is real and it is deadly. I just talked to a friend from Chicago who was immersed in gang life and he […]

The coal company helped the city survive winter

  Stuart Davis was a New York artist of the 20th century best known for his playful Modernist paintings filled with bright colors and geometric shapes. But early in his career, he was influenced by the Ashcan School—and he stuck with the social realist style with this 1912 […]