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Violence in nursing and healthcare is one of the least-talked about issues in the profession. Yet as this interview from Stop Healthcare Violence shows, it has chilling consequences for those affected

The queen of Southern cuisine is making a comeback — and this time she's all business. Paula Deen's newly formed company, Paula Deen Ventures, has secured between $75 million and $100 million of f

The students of Durham Academy in North Carolina may be getting a day off due to bad weather Thursday, but they didn't learn about it with just the usual cookie-cutter inclement weather notice on the

Singer/actor Tyrese is in a dispute with his ex-wife Norma Gibson and it’s all because of their six-year-old daughter. The couple got into it because Norma Gibson wouldn’t hand over the child when Tyr

UPDATE (2-15-14) – Following the tragic shooting death of Jordan Russell Davis, a Florida jury has found his killer — Michael Dunn — guilty on four charges, including three for attempted second-degree

WASHINGTON — More than 1.1 million people signed up for health insurance through federal and state marketplaces in January, according to the government, and the number of young people enrolling increa

During each shift at her drive-through window, once an hour, Cordelia Cordova sees people rolling joints in their cars. Some blow smoke in her face and smile. Cordova, who lost a 23-year-old niece

Create a plan to make public college tuition-free. Rather than continuing to pour billions more into financial aid programs that often fall short of tuition costs and leave students deep in debt, lead

The bus dropped us off at the southeast corner of the Temple Mount and our guide, John, led us down a path to the ruins of the ancient City of David. Along the way, we came across a mustard plant. Joh

Depression in winter is real. It affects scores of people around the country. We find ourselves spending too much time indoors and away from natural light. Eating a healthy diet is an important step i

Two men behind bars for more than half their lives over a triple murder walked free this week after DNA evidence tore holes in their convictions. FULL STORY *DNA frees 2 men in triple murder *Cl

OLYMPICS RESULTS: The United States clinched the first gold medal of the Sochi Olympic Games on Saturday when Sage Kotsenburg won the snowboard men's slopestyle. The Canadian snowboard team talked a

Demand -- for both facilities and providers -- has long outpaced supply in the field of mental health, but recent moves to increase funding for mental health services combined with innovative delivery

In his book The Next Christians, Gabe Lyons writes, "It's our job to be faithful to respond to the brokenness of culture with an eye for the Creator's original intent." When we look around, it's very

(News World) Nelson Mandela left money in his will to children and grandchildren, staff and the African National Congress (ANC) but gave nothing to his ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, it emerged on

The Planned Parenthood abortion business has been forced to pay a $2 million settlement to the family of a black teenager it killed in a botched legal abortion in 2012. Walter Hoye, a black pro-lif

Each year in February, I have to endure one post after another here on BIA filled about slavery and a whole lot of whatnot; it's too much at times for my soul to bear. I found history boring in schoo

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Many of us black women go to our hair stylist faithfully just as you may attend church on sundays. We grow close to our stylists and form a bond that is hard to break. What we need to understand is th

Comedian Chris Rock’s has starred in a number of movies and toured the world in sold-out arenas. But little did we know he was bullied as a child. The bullying began when he was in second grade.

..."It's your choice how you view things. In the words of Shakespeare, “there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” (Hamlet Act 2, Scene 2). Events are only negative from your limi

February 4, 2014, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius announced that the US Dept. of Ed. Administration plans to use $250 million

In 1972, it was renamed Black History Week and in 1976, it became Black History Month. During the month, lectures, exhibitions, banquets, cultural events, television and radio programs celebrate the a

Novelist Toni Morrison (pictured) is one of the most-celebrated writers of all time, cementing her place in history as the first African-American woman to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. Morri

Feb 5, 2014 By Tracy Scott. Mary Jane Paul, the fictional career woman of BET’s “Being Mary Jane,” is a proud mistress who explained to her lover’s wife why she’s satisfied being No. 2…for now. “I’ve