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21/12/2023

On Dec. 26, millions throughout the world’s African community will start weeklong celebrations of Kwanzaa. It is a time of communal self-affirmation – when famous Black heroes and heroines, as well as late family members – are celebrated.

What Kwanzaa Means For Black Americans On Dec. 26, millions throughout the world’s African community will start weeklong celebrations of Kwanzaa. There will be daily ceremonies with food, decorations and other cultural objects, such as the kinara, which holds seven candles. At many Kwanzaa ceremon...

21/12/2023

‘American Fiction’ is a scathing satire that challenges pop-culture stereotypes of Blackness.

American Fiction: A Slithering Satire That Will Leave You Speechless ‘American Fiction’ is a scathing satire that challenges pop-culture stereotypes of Blackness. American Fiction is Cord Jefferson’s hilarious directorial debut, which confronts our culture’s obsession with reducing people to...

21/12/2023

‘Good Times’: 50 years ago, Norman Lear changed TV with a show about a working-class Black family’s struggles and joys.

A Look Back At ‘Good Times’ 50 Years Later ‘Good Times’: 50 years ago, Norman Lear changed TV with a show about a working-class Black family’s struggles and joys. I loved watching Norman Lear’s trailblazing television shows when I was growing up in Dalzell, South Carolina, in the 1970s. ...

21/12/2023

Just as the shift to shorter days and colder weather can bring with it mood swings and other emotional challenges, the holiday season can also bring about somewhat predictable changes in mood and behavior.

Managing Your Emotions During The Holidays The holidays and your brain – a neuroscientist explains how to identify and manage your emotions. Just as the shift to shorter days and colder weather can bring with it mood swings and other emotional challenges, the holiday season can also bring about so...

21/12/2023

Racism produces subtle brain changes that lead to increased disease risk in Black populations.

Racism And Increased Disease Risk In Black Populations Racism produces subtle brain changes that lead to increased disease risk in Black populations. The U.S. is in the midst of a racial reckoning. The COVID-19 pandemic, which took a particularly heavy toll on Black communities, turned a harsh spotl...

13/12/2023

If you’re one of those savvy consumers already strategizing how to best fund gifts and other expenses this holiday season, you’re not alone. Implementing the following ideas can help you stay on budget.

Five Tips For Staying On Budget And Keeping The Holidays Jolly If you’re one of those savvy consumers already strategizing how to best fund gifts and other expenses this holiday season, you’re not alone. Sixty-five percent of U.S. adults who give holiday presents establish a budget for these pur...

13/12/2023

Great Holiday reading from Wole Soyinka, the great Nigerian poet, playwright, activist and intellectual!

Five Picks From A Great Year For African Writing – Holiday Reading It’s been a great year for African writing, with Tanzania’s Abdulrazak Gurnah winning the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature. South Africa’s Damon Galgut lifted the Man Booker Prize for his novel, The Promise, and exciting prose...

13/12/2023

Do you ever wonder why so many people get stressed out and cranky during the holidays, particularly when they’re Christmas shopping?

Why Is There So Much More Stress Than Gratitude Over The Holidays? Today’s topic will jet us away from the normal business and leadership theme. The goal is to gain perspective in a completely different way and hopefully have some fun. Do you ever wonder why so many people get stressed out and cra...

13/12/2023

No matter the merriment of the season, the holidays remain a struggle for those who have lost a loved one to su***de, with many families coming together, grief will surely find its place.

Coping With Grief During The Holidays – How To Help Those Who Have Lost Loved Ones To Su***de No matter the merriment of the season, the holidays remain a struggle for those who have lost a loved one to su***de. In 2020, COVID-19 isolated many people from their families. Ironically, that isolation...

13/12/2023

Holidays! This is the time of the year when people go visit their families for, supposedly, good times and a nice meal together. More often than not, though, what we see is a gathering of a bunch of people who have nothing in common, really.

Visiting Family For The Holidays? Surviving Family Gatherings During The Holidays Holidays! This is the time of the year when people go visit their families for, supposedly, good times and a nice meal together. Well, these are gatherings where we revive family ties and catch up on news from everyone...

22/11/2023

I hope that you enjoy this dish, it is a favorite during the Holidays. Enjoy!

Texas Thanksgiving Cornbread Dressing Recipe Ingredients: Pan of cornbread, usually 4 boxes of Jiffy Brand cornbread. 1 package of Jimmy Dean sausage cooked; hold the grease to mix with the rest of ingredients. If you want to be healthier remove it, but remember it is the Holidays. 1 pkg. of shelled...

22/11/2023

When you think of the holidays, what comes to mind? If you are like most people, on the top of your list are family gatherings, time spent with close friends, lots of good food and drink, gift giving, a time of cheer and joy…and stress.

How To Thrive And Not Just Survive This Holiday Season When you think of the holidays, what comes to mind? If you are like most people, on the top of your list are family gatherings, time spent with close friends, lots of good food and drink, gift giving, a time of cheer and joy…and stress. In our...

22/11/2023

Stress and depression can ruin your holidays and hurt your health. Being realistic, planning ahead and seeking support can help ward off stress and depression. Tips for coping.

Stress, Depression And The Holidays: Tips For Coping Stress, depression and the holidays: Tips for coping Stress and depression can ruin your holidays and hurt your health. Being realistic, planning ahead and seeking support can help ward off stress and depression. By Mayo Clinic Staff The holiday s...

22/11/2023

Thanksgiving a time of festivity and food. But it’s not such a festive time for some. Some have no food, some are lonely. Others are grieving. How do they celebrate when their world has been swept away?

Thanksgiving And Thought For The Unfortunate At Thanksgiving, the American and Canadian holiday, families get together and celebrate many things, not least being together. It’s a time of festivity and food. But it’s not such a festive time for some, indeed many, due to circumstances often beyond...

13/11/2023

Secure attachment to both parents − not just mothers − boosts children’s healthy development.

Attachment To Both Parents, Not Just Mothers, Can Help Children Thrive Secure attachment to both parents − not just mothers − boosts children’s healthy development. Imagine a sudden rustle in the tall grass. A ripple of alarm passes through the group of early humans who live together amid anci...

13/11/2023

Written teacher comments about students can show implicit racial or ethnic and gender biases in school discipline, according to a recent study.

A Comprehensive Look At 3.5 Million Written Teacher Comments About Students We analyzed over 3.5 million written teacher comments about students and found racial bias. Written teacher comments about students can show implicit racial or ethnic and gender biases in school discipline, according to our....

13/11/2023

A century ago, a Black-owned team ruled basketball − today, no Black majority owners remain. For the first time in 20 years, the NBA began its season with no Black-owned franchises. In fact, there’s been only one Black majority-owned team in league history.

Exploring The Legacy Of A Black-Owned Team In Basketball A century ago, a Black-owned team ruled basketball − today, no Black majority owners remain. For the first time in 20 years, the NBA began its season with no Black-owned franchises. In fact, there’s been only one Black majority-owned team ...

13/11/2023

From morgue to medical school: Cadavers of the poor, Black and vulnerable can be dissected without consent.

Black And Vulnerable Can Be Dissected Without Consent From morgue to medical school: Cadavers of the poor, Black and vulnerable can be dissected without consent. Every year, first-year medical students approach their human cadavers with a mixture of awe and trepidation. They will come to know their....

13/11/2023

Why Are White Working-Class Young Men Turning To Racist Violence? In recent years, the United States has seen a surge of white supremacist mass shootings against racial minorities. While not always the case, mass shooters tend to be young white men. Some journalists and researchers have argued that class and ideals of white masculinity are partly to blame.

30/10/2023

Back in the 1960s, the push for parental rights over school standards was not led by white conservatives but by Black and Latino parents.

Black And Latino Parents Push For Parental Rights Over School Standards Back In The 60s Back in the 1960s, the push for parental rights over school standards was not led by white conservatives but by Black and Latino parents. A key issue underlying the 2023 Virginia election first drew statewide –...

30/10/2023

In this podcast, Prof. Cheryl Thompson of Toronto Metropolitan University untangles the wending history of hair relaxers for Black women — and the health risks now linked to them.

Hair Relaxers And Health Risks Detangling the roots and health risks of hair relaxers. In this reflective and personal episode of Don’t Call Me Resilient, Prof. Cheryl Thompson of Toronto Metropolitan University and author of Beauty in a Box untangles the wending history of hair relaxers for Black...

30/10/2023

One factor driving the housing crisis across the country is a shift away from publicly built housing toward large corporate-owned buildings where, as today’s guest Prof. Nemoy Lewis puts it, “housing is treated as a commodity, not a human right.”

Prioritizing Profits Over Human Rights — Corporate Landlords Are Eroding Affordable Housing How corporate landlords are eroding affordable housing — and prioritizing profits over human rights. One factor driving the housing crisis across the country is a shift away from publicly built housing to...

30/10/2023

Wall Street investors have been buying large numbers of single-family homes to use as rentals. As of 2022, big investment firms owned nearly 600,000 such properties nationwide.

Black Families Are Being Squeezed Out Of Home Ownership In Metro Atlanta By Corporate Investors I studied 1 million home sales in metro Atlanta and found that Black families are being squeezed out of homeownership by corporate investors. In the years since the Great Recession, when housing prices dr...

30/10/2023

Activists are still seeking justice for The March 2020 police killing of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old Black woman who was fatally shot by officers executing a no-knock raid of her Louisville apartment.

Breonna Taylor Still A Big Issue In Kentucky Politics The killing of Breonna Taylor still reverberates in Kentucky politics. The economy, abortion and education: They’re the big issues in the ads and debates in the Kentucky governor’s race, just as in other races around the country. But the cont...

23/10/2023

Women donors remain underrepresented in fundraising for state elections across the country, creating a gender gap that can have wide-ranging impacts on women candidates and political representation.

The Impacts Are Wide-Ranging For Underrepresented Women Donors In State Elections Fundraising Women donors are underrepresented in fundraising for state elections. The impacts are wide-ranging. Women donors remain underrepresented in fundraising for state elections across the country, creating a gen...

23/10/2023

For thousands of Philadelphia kids, the return to school this fall was made more difficult because they don’t have a secure place to call home. During the 2021-2022 school year, the School District of Philadelphia identified 4,675 children as homeless.

Homeless Philadelphia Students Are Under Counted — What Parents Need To Know To Advocate For Their Child Philadelphia undercounts students who are homeless – here’s what parents need to know to advocate for their child. For thousands of Philadelphia kids, the return to school this fall was mad...

23/10/2023

American workplaces talk a lot about diversity these days. Black workers continue to face significant hiring discrimination, stall out at middle management levels and remain underrepresented in leadership roles.

Facing Racism In The ‘Gray Areas’ Of Workplace Culture What do a Black scientist, nonprofit executive and filmmaker have in common? They all face racism in the ‘gray areas’ of workplace culture. American workplaces talk a lot about diversity these days. In fact, you’d have a hard time find...

16/10/2023

A first step is identifying and understanding the psychological impacts of racialized trauma, as well as knowledge of strategies for wellness.

A Black Clinical Psychologist Explains And Offers 5 Ways To Heal From The Profound Mental Health Consequence Of Racial Trauma Racial trauma has profound mental health consequence – a Black clinical psychologist explains and offers 5 ways to heal. Since European expansion into the Americas, white p...

16/10/2023

“The Ed Scare” from book bans to what PEN America calls education gag orders and educational intimidation bills. Collectively, these policies foster censorship, limit instruction about race, gender and sexuality and subject educators to extreme scrutiny while undermining their expertise.

In The Past Year Book Bans In Schools Jumped 33 Percent Book bans in schools jumped 33 percent last year. “The Ed Scare” — that’s how freedom of expression advocacy organization PEN America describes the sweeping restrictions targeting classrooms across the country. A riff on the Red Scare, ...

16/10/2023

As Vice President Kamala Harris swore in Laphonza Butler as the newest U.S. senator on Tuesday, the two political allies smiled at each other as the first and second Black women from California to serve in that chamber.

In California Black Women Mobilized Over Senate Appointment Black women wouldn’t let Newsom forget his promise. As Vice President Kamala Harris swore in Laphonza Butler as the newest U.S. senator on Tuesday, the two political allies smiled at each other as the first and second Black women from Cal...

16/10/2023

Twenty years ago, in October 2003, 26-year-old Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie burst onto the North American publishing scene with her debut novel,“ Purple Hibiscus.” A generation of African writers have followed in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s footsteps.

A Generation Of African Writers Have Followed In Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Footsteps — 20 Years After The Publication Of ‘Purple Hibiscus,’ 20 years after the publication of ‘Purple Hibiscus,’ a generation of African writers have followed in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s footsteps. Twent...

16/10/2023

Caldwell a relative newcomer to Los Angeles, the recruiter combed review sites, including Google reviews and Health-grades, but couldn’t find how nearby physicians and hospitals might treat a Black woman like her.

Parents Of Color Especially Black People, Have Reported Discrimination In Maternity Care, But Expectant Parents Lack Tools To See Where This Happens Parents of color can’t see if medical providers have a history of mistreatment. Why not? When Selam Solomon Caldwell and her husband learned she was ...

16/10/2023

Are American Institutions Failing Teenage Girls! On one hand, girls of the 2020s are depicted as miserably depressed, imperiled, and suicidal. But they are also seen as dynamic achievers, increasingly out-competing men and boys in education, jobs, and activist leadership, all to the consternation of traditionalists. Which is it?

Are American Institutions Failing Teenage Girls And in spite of that, girls are increasingly outcompeting boys and turning into future leaders. Amid the avalanche of reports deploring troubled teens and blaming their youthful peers and social media, two new trends are emerging that are both disturbi...

06/10/2023

People think sexual misconduct and domestic abuse are less harmful for women in blue-collar jobs than for higher-income women.

Research Finds A ‘Thicker Skin’ Bias — Harassment And Abuse Perceived To Harm Poor Women Less Harassment and abuse perceived to harm poor women less − new research finds a ‘thicker skin’ bias. People think sexual harassment and domestic abuse are less harmful for women in poverty than fo...

06/10/2023

One in 5 Latinas were out of work in April 2020, the highest unemployment of any group of women — ever — at a time when women were losing jobs at an unprecedented rate. And yet Latinas have already marshaled a recovery that has outpaced most of their counterparts, hitting new historic highs just years out from historic lows.

Latinas Are Back At Work In Historic Numbers After Losing The Most Jobs In The Pandemic This Hispanic Heritage Month, we’re telling the untold stories of women, women of color and LGBTQ+ people. Subscribe to our daily newsletter. They lost the most jobs in the pandemic. Now Latinas are back at wor...

06/10/2023

The 2022-23 school year was a particularly violent year for educators. In Florida, a high school student beat a paraprofessional unconscious. A 15-year-old in Georgia left her teacher with difficulty walking. And a group of students in Texas sent their assistant principal to the hospital after an assault.

Progressive Reforms Or Harsher Punishments Alone Won’t Fix Increased Student Misconduct Educators say student misconduct has increased − but progressive reforms or harsher punishments alone won’t fix the problem. The 2022-23 school year was a particularly violent year for educators. In Florida...

06/10/2023

Older people and people with disabilities disproportionately live in public housing, as do people of color: 42 percent of residents are Black and 26 percent are Latinas, according to the latest HUD data.

Public Housing Is Being Destroyed By Climate Change And Displacing Women Of Color Before Hurricane Ida made landfall as a Category 4 storm in August 2021, Precious Shephard and her son packed clothing and other essentials and left their home in the southeast Louisiana city of Houma to take shelter.....

28/09/2023

ATLANTA — Vice President Kamala Harris asked a crowd of students from historically Black colleges and universities to raise their hands if they had ever participated in an active shooter drill. Every hand went up.

Vice President Kamala Harris Discusses Toll Of Gun Violence — ‘It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way’ ATLANTA — Vice President Kamala Harris asked a crowd of students from historically Black colleges and universities to raise their hands if they had ever participated in an active shooter drill. E...

28/09/2023

Because names can influence first impressions. This is particularly true for names associated with Black people. In 2004 the release of a study that found employers seeing identical resumes were 50% more likely to call back an applicant with stereotypical white names like Emily or Greg versus applicants with names like Jamal or Lakisha.

When Employers Make Decisions In A Hurry — Biases Against Black-Sounding First Names Can Lead To Discrimination In Hiring Biases against Black-sounding first names can lead to discrimination in hiring, especially when employers make decisions in a hurry − new research. Because names are among th...

28/09/2023

Almost half of women with disabilities have experienced sexual harassment or assault in the workplace, according to a new poll that is one of the first to explore the issue.

Poll Sheds Light On Sexual Harassment Or Assault At Work The Place By Nearly Half Of Women With Disabilities Almost half of women with disabilities have experienced sexual harassment or assault in the workplace, according to a new 19th News/SurveyMonkey poll that is one of the first to explore the i...