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Breaking Earth’s stillness

(Children’s Defense Fund) – Earth Day and the month of April are commemorated across the world as a time to celebrate our planet and focus on action to protect it. During this month I often remember the poem “Keeping Quiet” by Nobel laureate P...

The legacy of Cinco de Mayo

By Mexicans representing indigenous soldiers and the French army, re-enact the battle of Puebla during Cinco de Mayo celebrations in Mexico City. AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo Many Americans celebrate Cinco de Mayo, but how many actually know the story o...

Democrats Biggest Fear Just Happened

The following article, Democrats Biggest Fear Just Happened, was first published on The Black Sphere. Democrats have much to fear about Joe Biden. For example, Biden being Biden. What a daily horror show. But things just got far worse. No, it’s...

Kids rock for good cause…Music therapy helps young cancer patients

Alison Cole, lead music therapist, sings along with young cancer patients and family that battle cancer. Photo courtesy of Kids Rock Cancer by Ashley Winters | The St. Louis American & Music therapy isn’t just one thing. It can sound like a ta...

Saxophonist, composer Marion Meadows delights at The Original Pittsburgh Winery

MARION MEADOWS, CENTER, WITH MANY FANS, AFTER HIS PERFORMANCE AT THE ORIGINAL PITTSBURGH WINERY, MARCH 17. (PHOTOS BY J.L. MARTELLO) MARION MEADOWS, LADIES DANCING TO THE MUSIC… PITTSBURGH CAME OUT TO SEE MARION MEADOWS PROMOTER SHAWN HOPS...

No Purpose, No Direction, No Way

They say the only sure way to get Satan’s attention is to begin to turn one’s life to Christ. I’ve heard many ministers refer to a person’s lifestyle as but an entryway for the devil to gain access to your world. Supposedly, as long as you engage in...

On its 125th anniversary, W.E.B. Du Bois’ ‘The Philadelphia Negro’ offers lasting lessons on gentrification in Philly’s historically Black neighborhoods

The Mantua neighborhood in West Philadelphia is undergoing rapid gentrification. Jeff Fusco/The Conversation U.S., CC BY-NC-ND by Zawadi Rucks-Ahidiana, University at Albany, State University of New York and Freeden Blume Oeur, Tufts University Soci...

What Shakespeare can teach us about racism

A scene from Shakespeare’s play ‘Othello.’ Universal History Archive/ Getty Images by David Sterling Brown, Trinity College William Shakespeare’s famous tragedy “Othello” is often the first play that comes to mind when people think of Shakespeare an...

Media coverage of campus protests tends to focus on the spectacle, rather than the substance

Protest leaders at Columbia University are interviewed. AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey by Danielle K. Brown, Michigan State University Protest movements can look very different depending on where you stand, both literally and figuratively. For protesters, de...

From soft to hard: the pretzel evolution

By The pretzel has had a twisted path from Germany to global snack food. Craig Barhorst/Shutterstock.com The pretzel, one of the fastest-growing snack foods in the world, recently crossed a billion dollars a year in sales. It has its own emoji, come...

‘Violent protest is not protected’: President Biden responds to nationwide college protests

This week President Joe Biden addressed the escalating pro-Palestinian demonstrations on American campuses. Demonstrations that have led to more than 2000 arrests on college campuses across the country.& “Dissent is essential for democracy,” B...

Pinky Cole Hayes gives 2024 Savannah State commencement speech, gifts graduates $8.75M entrepreneurial starter pack

Pinky Cole Hayes, renowned entrepreneur, 2023 TIME100 Next honoree, and founder of Slutty Vegan and Bar Vegan, gave an inspiring commencement speech for the Savannah State University 2024 graduating class, and surprised the graduates with a very sp...

20 Mother’s Day gift ideas from Black-owned businesses

Photo: Getty Images Finding the perfect Mother’s Day gift can be super challenging. What do you get for the person who has it all? What do you get for the mother figures who’ve been there for us at our lowest moments and greatest achievements? What...

Nearsightedness is at epidemic levels – and the problem begins in childhood

Adobe Stock Photo by Andrew Herbert, Rochester Institute of Technology Myopia, or the need for corrected vision to focus or see objects at a distance, has become a lot more common in recent decades. Some even consider myopia, also known as nearsight...

Instant Inspiration with Rev. A. Marie Walker for May 5

“To whom then will you liken ME, or shall I BE EQUAL? Saith the Holy One. Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who has created these things, that brings out their host by number: He calls them all by names by the greatness of His might, for that He...