I must emphasize that not all teachers do these things, just as not all parents do the things in my last blog. But it’s instructive, I suppose, to see human flaws and foibles and try to avoid them whenever possible. Always trying to improve, right ...
Posted Thursday, April 4th 2013 at 4:47PM
(more)
The technique would involve defective DNA in the mother’s egg being replaced with material from a healthy donor, in order to eliminate the risk of her passing a host of hereditary diseases on to her child. A child would effectively have two mothers a ...
Posted Wednesday, March 27th 2013 at 9:21AM
(more)
January 17, 2013---Woods, 37, has enlisted Elin’s brother to help win her back, a source close to the golf superstar, told Jose Lambiet’s Gossip Extra. The former No. 1 golfer in the world, who lives in Jupiter Island, has been begging older brother ...
Posted Thursday, January 17th 2013 at 4:27PM
(more)
January 16, 2013 ---2 Live Crew alum Luther Campbell has jumped into the debate over Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained.” In an op-ed for the Miami New Times, the former rapper weighs in on Spike Lee, who has publicly taken issue with Tarantino’s ...
Posted Thursday, January 17th 2013 at 4:20PM
(more)
How I'd love to not think about Lance Armstrong. Again. Ever. But I live in Austin. And have lived here since Willie was singing at the Armadillo World Headquarters and George W. Bush was skipping out on National Guard service. We have a bikeway her ...
Posted Thursday, January 17th 2013 at 8:59AM
(more)
18 Lessons Kids Learn from Your Relationship
You can spend countless hours lecturing your offspring on the benefits of being kind, gracious and forgiving people, but the reality is they get most of their how-to information by watching the way their ...
Posted Thursday, January 17th 2013 at 8:32AM
(more)
by Bethany Monk
She was young. She was in college. And like many other women, she believed the lie. It was 1981. After finding out she was pregnant, Carrie Gordon Earll, now a senior policy analyst at CitizenLink, decided to have an abortion. The l ...
Posted Thursday, January 17th 2013 at 2:39AM
(more)
A new dietary supplement containing an extract from red raspberries is currently the hottest diet product in the U.S. — but not without controversy. Critics say the compound — called raspberry ketone — causes such a significant amount of weight loss ...
Posted Thursday, December 27th 2012 at 12:56AM
(more)
This Holiday season you are sure to get a present that you don’t want or can’t use. We’ve all gotten them. The solar powered flashlights and Betamax box sets of “Mr. Rogers Neighborhood” just take up space in your closet until you get evicted or lose ...
Posted Thursday, December 27th 2012 at 12:32AM
(more)
Are you secretly envious of your co-workers and friends who, like superheroes, never seem to suffer from illnesses like colds or flus, heart issues, stomach problems, even certain cancers, and use far fewer office sick days (or rather, use less sick ...
Posted Thursday, December 27th 2012 at 12:26AM
(more)
Whether shepherding legislation they sponsored, collaborating on a strategic workforce plan or educating their peers about healthcare issues, nurses elected to their state legislatures continually draw on their past clinical experiences to promote th ...
Posted Sunday, June 24th 2012 at 8:06AM
(more)
(the Grio) An Ohio pastor is attempting to make tithing more interesting by putting a stripper pole on the pulpit to add his sermons on sex. Pastor Mike Scruggs, of Light of Word Ministries in White Oak, said preaching with a neon pink pole and a bed ...
Posted Wednesday, May 30th 2012 at 5:28PM
(more)
After (President) Obama’s endorsement of same-sex marriage, a number of unlikely notables have come forward to support his stance. Between the Black conservative preachers who organize against equal rights, otherwise respectable African-American pun ...
Posted Saturday, May 26th 2012 at 5:41PM
(more)
As the Raymond vs. Raymond Child Custody battle continues between Usher and his ex-wive, Tameka Foster, the build up seems to have finally gotten to the R&B singer. During an allegation of being a "bad dad", Usher broke down in tears while trying to ...
Posted Saturday, May 26th 2012 at 5:37PM
(more)
Hollywood heat. It's Friday night, and the Premiere Supper Club is filled with the young, Black and beautiful set. Think red and purple silk bowties for the men, and sexy off the shoulder dresses for the women. But this evening is a bit different tha ...
Posted Saturday, May 26th 2012 at 5:33PM
(more)
Since its inception, EBONY has supported programs that celebrate and nurture young Black women. The EBONY HBCU Campus Queens program honors young women at the nation's Historically Black Colleges and Universities who are role models of both beauty an ...
Posted Saturday, May 26th 2012 at 5:31PM
(more)
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the availability of approximately $20 million in grants to fund cooperative agreements that will improve educational, training and employment opportunities for individuals with disabili ...
Posted Friday, May 4th 2012 at 11:56AM
(more)
Jan 9, 2012 Tavis Smiley appeared on The Joe Madison Show to promote his "Remaking America: From Poverty to Prosperity" program. Smiley, a well know critic of President Obama, says if given a choice between the current group of Republican candidates ...
Posted Sunday, January 15th 2012 at 9:31AM
(more)
01/12/2012 Blackamericaweb.com The singer has reportedly suffered a lupus flare up. (Photo: Retna) Braxton, who has battled lupus for several years, has checked herself into the hospital (after suffering a minor flare up)to have some tests in orde ...
Posted Sunday, January 15th 2012 at 9:23AM
(more)
Before every game, the girls' basketball team at Kenmore East High School have a disturbing tradition. "The whole team before our game has a ritual of saying 1-2-3 and then the N word," says Tyra Batts, the only African-American member of her Buffalo ...
Posted Sunday, December 11th 2011 at 11:45AM
(more)
The Benson Idahosa University is a private, Christian university in Benin City, Nigeria; A place where academic excellence is served with Godliness. BIU is named after Archbishop Benson Idahosa, a minister from Benin City, Nigeria. The University n ...
Posted Tuesday, December 6th 2011 at 9:54AM
(more)
November 30, 2011(ThyBlackMan.com) Herman Cain just can’t catch a break. First broads wanna accuse him of sexual harrassment. And now a homegirl is coming out the woodwork talking about how they had sexual relations for 13 years. Herman Cain’s respon ...
Posted Wednesday, November 30th 2011 at 9:21PM
(more)
November 30, 2011 CNN Newsroom| The woman who claims she had a 13-year affair with Herman Cain appears on ABC's "Good Morning America."
My question is simple: How can this "ex-side piece" expect to be taken as a woman of high morals and integrit ...
Posted Wednesday, November 30th 2011 at 9:03PM
(more)
