by Toter - 6 months ago
(CNN) – Mel is a bit of a mess.There are rats in her apartment. She hates her job, and still longs for her ex, who’s also her boss. To top it off, she’s broke and to make ends meet, dabbles in identity theft.And still, Natasha Rothwell’s character in her new show How to Die Alone, which wrapped up i...
by Toter - 6 months ago
(CNN) – Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo – known for his shot-blocking and famed finger wave after denying opponents at the hoop – died Monday from brain cancer aged 58, according to the NBA.Inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2015, he was an eight-time NBA All-Star and won...
by Toter - 6 months ago
(CNN) –John Amos, the actor known for his role as the family patriarch on the hit sitcom Good Times and the adult Kunta Kinte in the famed original miniseries Roots, has died, according to longtime publicist Belinda Foster. He was 84.Foster told CNN on the phone on Tuesday that Amos died in Los Ange...
by Toter - 6 months ago
(The Dallas Examiner) – Reproductive health has taken center stage this election year, and there have been recent policy changes that have outsized impacts on people of color and low-income Americans.“What we are seeing in this post-Roe public health policy landscape, we’re really seeing come to lif...
by Toter - 6 months ago
(Special to The Dallas Examiner) – AUSTIN – A car seat can be a lifesaver, but only if it’s installed and used correctly.Whether you’re going to school or taking a family trip, knowing how to properly install a car seat is absolutely vital.Related Stories “It’s extremely important that parents sche...
by Toter - 6 months ago
(CNN) – NEW YORK – Nearly 50,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association are on strike Tuesday against the nation’s East and Gulf Coast ports, choking off the flow of many of America’s imports and exports in what could become the country’s most disruptive work stoppage in decades.The...
by Toter - 6 months ago
(CNN) – A devoted meditator, Eli Susman wanted to deepen his practice, and his meditation journey took him across the world. He spent a month at Plum Village, a mindfulness practice center in southern France run by Buddhist monks focused on honing the art of mindful living.Susman expected to spend m...
by Toter - 6 months ago
(The Texas Tribune) – When Justtice Taylor began working at Smith County Jail last year, the inmates made fun of her, and her coworkers worried she wasn’t mature enough for the job.She was, after all, still a teenager.“People were skeptical of me being so young and coming straight out of high...
by Toter - 6 months ago
(TriceEdneyWire.com) – It is refreshing to see a leader like Vice President Kamala Harris who understands the wide generational gap we have in our nation. There will always be situations where older and younger people maintain different perspectives on life and the nation’s future based on their exp...
by Toter - 6 months ago
(Sierra Club) – “There are so many people in Detroit, there’s so many people in Chicago, there’s so many people in Atlanta and Washington, D.C. and Cleveland and L.A. that don’t realize that whatever is ailing them potentially could be cured by a visit to a place like this.”Those are the words of Yo...
by Toter - 6 months ago
“Though not tall in stature, Sybil Haydel Morial was a tower of grace, kindness, dignity and strength who inspired generations of servant leaders. For the past three decades, she was the matriarch of New Orleans politics … Sybil was just as tenacious and just as fearless, but in a quiet yet ir...
by Toter - 6 months ago
(TriceEdneyWire.com) – I long for the days when we had hope that things were getting better in our country. Especially when it comes women’s rights, extinguishing racism against people of African descent and improving Congress by electing an increasing number of non-White people. Especially includin...
by Toter - 6 months ago
(The White House) – [O]n the merits, President Joe Biden’s four-year term compares favorably with any four- or eight-year presidency over the past few decades. […] The media has often covered Biden’s presidency in ways that are unduly and irrationally negative. Those interested in substance, however...
by Toter - 6 months ago
(Texas State Troopers Association) – Texans have always proudly supported law enforcement, but our state’s public safety resources are stretched thin and in many ways getting thinner. Texas Department of Public Safety troopers and employees are seriously understaffed, underpaid and overworked in the...
by Toter - 6 months ago
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