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 […]
By Viviane Faver The new coronavirus is spreading into African rural areas, where the public health system creaks: ICU units are full and turning patients away. After governments eased lockdowns, the continent registered 10,000-12,000 cases daily. After measures were softened, Kenya recorded nearly 90,000 infections […]
By Yasin Muhammad Although I haven’t grown up in a Christian household, the spirit of Christmas had always been attractive to me, at least the toys gifts, and fun on the holidays. I knew it represented the day Jesus was born but I didn’t know […]
By Joséphine Li Amazon’s live streaming service, Twitch is home to millionaire content creators. The leading technology company had a big year in 2020 — Viewership in October reached 1.6 billion hours, twice that of the same month last year. Last week, Twitch issued […]
By Abby Goodnough and Jan Hoffman Striking a compromise between two high-risk population groups, a panel advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted Sunday to recommend that people age 75 and older be next in line to receive the coronavirus vaccine in the United States, […]
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 […]
‘I can’t wait for everyone to hear the incredibly interesting conversations I have had with my guests.’ Laverne Cox and Shonda Rhimes are joining forces on a weekly podcast series set to launch next year. The actor will host The Laverne Cox Show (w/t), that will feature “intimate” conversations […]
New York (CNN Business)Just before the buzzer sounds on 2020, Washington has finally agreed on a $900 billion relief package that avoids driving the US economy off a cliff. But Uncle Sam’s work rescuing the economy from the worst pandemic in a century is not nearly done. Unemployed Americans, hurting […]
By Michael Cunningham Virginia Woolf’s “Mrs. Dalloway” is a revolutionary novel of profound scope and depth, about a day in the life of a woman who runs a few errands, sees an old suitor and gives a dull party. It’s a masterpiece created out of […]
A 14-year-old painter has made it onto the latest cover of Time magazine thanks to LeBron James. Tyler Gordon’s painting of the NBA champion was featured on the magazine’s cover this week after the Los Angeles Lakers star was named, “Athlete Of The Year.” Gordon, who has […]
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