by Winston Kao Pollute it and say good-by to your health! It is common knowledge that the human body is 70% water, so one needs to drink an adequate amount of water per day to maintain good health. However, what isn’t common knowledge is what TYPE of water one needs to drink in order to Read More…
Month: February 2021
The Art of Beauty: Chinese Secrets To Achieve Healthy Hair
The Natural Cycle of Great Hair Growth Achieving healthy hair is no ancient Chinese secret. If you want great hair growth, you can achieve it by taking certain steps. According to Chinese tradition, the path, or Tao (pronounced “dow”), of beauty is simply one lane of the road to radiant health. They believe that healthy, Read More…
Earthly Possessions: You Can’t Take Nothing With You
By Austin Ryder I am sure that at one time or another we have all seen a hearse traveling down the road. But, have you ever seen a hearse pulling a U-Haul trailer? Do you know the reason why not? Because you can’t take it with you. That’s why a reverse mortgage is a perfect Read More…
First Amendment, Blogging, & Laws
One of the more curious of the internet’s brain children is the blog. These public online diaries have gotten more and more attention recently because it allows ordinary people to air their views about personal, even private matters to anyone interested. There’s a fair amount of self-absorption to the blogging movement, despite the fact that Read More…
Dakota Adeyemi: Teaching Black History With A Passion
Dakota School makes learning fun and informative for elementary students When COVID-19 forced the nationwide transition to online learning, schoolchildren found themselves at home trying to transition to the concept along with their parents. Ten-year-old Dakota Adeyemi was in a similar situation, but managed to keep herself busy by searching for Black history on the Read More…
An Animated Journey From the South Bronx to South Korea
His new project about African samurai Yasuke will appear on Netflix this spring By Paul Wachter LeSean Thomas is the creator, producer and director of Yasuke, an anime series about a Black samurai. Fabian Parkes The protagonist of Netflix’s new anime series, Yasuke, is a true historical oddity: an African who entered 16th-century Japan with Read More…
The Difference Between an HBCU and a Predominantly WI
I see myself At Prairie View A&M, my college experience is now complete. Even though UTA was pretty diverse as far as Texas goes, I still considered it a predominantly white institution (PWI). by Jayla Jones My college experience has been very … different. I’ve attended three schools, had two changes to my major, and Read More…
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. From a Positive Youth Perspective
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” Dr. M. L. King, Jr by Kaliyah Frasier, 12 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. He was an American Baptist Read More…
Connecticut becomes first US state to make it mandatory for high schools to provide African-American studies
Connecticut on Wednesday became the first US state to require all its high schools to provide a course on African-American, black, Puerto Rican, and Latino studies. “Increasing the diversity of what we teach is critical to providing students with a better understanding of who we are as a society and where we are going,” said Read More…