Shea for Arthritis
An extract from the shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa) may help improve symptoms of osteoarthritis, researchers report.
Shea butter has anecdotally been used as an anti-inflammatory cream to help alleviate symptoms of arthritis ...
Posted Thursday, January 17th 2013 at 3:02PM
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Peace,
I was in a online discussion with some Pan-Africanist students and we were all discussing the meaning of love. We have all said (and heard) the words "I love you" at some time in our lives. We say it to our parents, aunts, uncles, child ...
Posted Sunday, January 13th 2013 at 3:11PM
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(YourBlackWorld.com)--Kanyé West has another bone to pick with the Grammy Awards. He wants to know why the Grammys only awards trophies to Black artists, only in the designated Black categories. Kanyé recently told his concert audience, “How many ...
Posted Tuesday, January 8th 2013 at 3:14PM
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USATODAY.com--If you haven’t been to West Columbia, South Carolina odds are you may not have heard of the Mexican restaurant Taco Cid.
On its website the restaurant states, “We’re not national, we’re not fancy.”
But after Corey Hutc ...
Posted Tuesday, January 8th 2013 at 2:51PM
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By: Henry Louis Gates Jr.|Posted: January 7, 2013 at 12:24 AM
(The Root) -- Amazing Fact About the Negro No. 13: What happened to the "40 acres and a mule" that former slaves were promised?
We've all heard the story of the "40 acres and a mul ...
Posted Tuesday, January 8th 2013 at 2:34PM
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The eight episode series debuted on Jan. 1st at 9pm on TLC and follows the lives of five very outspoken first lady’s who all worship in Atlanta. These aren’t your average preacher wives. I think I am already sold on this drama induced “Real ...
Posted Monday, January 7th 2013 at 11:07AM
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Coca-cola recommended as 'medical cure' for stomach blockages
10:41AM GMT 07 Jan 2013
The bubbles and chemical make-up of coca-cola makes the beverage an effective cure for getting rid of stomach blockages, a medical study has revealed, with doct ...
Posted Monday, January 7th 2013 at 11:02AM
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We imagine Rihanna's 'people' were banging their heads against various objects while cursing the inventors of instagram this week, after Rihanna used the site to call one fan a 'weak b*tch'.
The dramah all started after Ri-Ri posted the pic below ...
Posted Monday, January 7th 2013 at 10:51AM
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In this April 16, 2008 photo, Mamie J. Rearden, poses with her daughters Martha O. Reardon, left, and Mary R. McCain in Edgefield, S.C.
ABCNews.com--A 114-year-old South Carolina woman who was the oldest living U.S. citizen has died, two of her d ...
Posted Sunday, January 6th 2013 at 6:06PM
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by Ronald Roach
January 1, 2013
Dr. Ibram H. Rogers says he is “serious and passionate about using the lessons of the past to strive for a better present and future as it relates to race relations on campus.”
In the award-winning book, The ...
Posted Sunday, January 6th 2013 at 5:09PM
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PHILADELPHIA--A math teacher at an exclusive Philadelphia prep school claims in a racial-discrimination suit that he was fired without cause after school officials alleged he sent inappropriate text messages to a female student.
Attorneys for Arth ...
Posted Sunday, January 6th 2013 at 3:06PM
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Very rarely does a book come with a money-back guarantee. But that is precisely the case when you invest in Slaves with Swag by Daryl T. Hinmon, a riveting read which endeavors to fill in some of the blanks in black history.
For, it is the aut ...
Posted Saturday, January 5th 2013 at 4:32PM
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Re-education of the Negro
By Kirsten West Savali
Posted 1/1/2013 9:12 am
This letter is part of our "Letters to Our Ancestors" project. In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, we've asked members of our communit ...
Posted Saturday, January 5th 2013 at 3:58PM
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12-year-old business owner Maya Penn penned advice to budding entrepreneurs on how to run a start-up. Penn is the owner of Maya’s Ideas, a virtual store that sells 100% eco-friendly, environmentally sustainable, fashionable accessories and clot ...
Posted Saturday, January 5th 2013 at 2:30PM
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COLUMBUS, Ohio --The Columbus homeless man whose silky voice made him a web phenomenon in 2011 is now using his past to help others who are struggling like he once was.
Ted Williams, the so-called "Golden Voice" now has a contract with Kraft Maca ...
Posted Saturday, January 5th 2013 at 2:18PM
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CHICAGO, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Seven candidates have filed petitions in Illinois to run for Jesse Jackson Jr.'s vacated congressional seat, officials said.
Candidates were allowed to begin filing with the Illinois State Board of Elections Thursday for ...
Posted Friday, January 4th 2013 at 11:32PM
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The Ethnic Cleansing of Historically Black Colleges and Universities
by Jahi Issa, Ph.D.
January 1, 2013
Despite the long and loud verbal commitment of the Black Misleadership class to HBCUs, the deference and dependence of black leadership t ...
Posted Friday, January 4th 2013 at 11:39AM
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