Twisting the Night Away By Lucius Gantt I felt sorry for President Joe Biden’s Press secretary when conservative journalists badgered her about government documents found at Biden’s home and his old office. They asked the same or similar questions over and over and it seemed to frustrate the African American press secretary. She’ll never ask Read More…
A group of cave divers is celebrating a milestone in their efforts to map out an unknown world beneath our feet. Blake Wilson (left) and Steve Cox (right) explore the incredible underwater world deep beneath the surface. On Jan. 7, divers with the Woodville Karst Plain Project found a connecting passage between the 38-mile-long Wakulla Read More…
The Last Poets: the hip-hop forefathers who gave black America its voice Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, Abiodun Oyewole and Umar Bin Hassan. Photograph: Michael Ochs Archives It is half a century since the Last Poets stood in Harlem, uttered their first words in public, and created the blueprint for hip-hop. At an intimate open house session, they Read More…
Hakeem The Dream By Lucius Gantt I was thankful to see Rep. Nancy Pelosi step down from her position as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives to give Rep. Hakeem Jeffries the opportunity to serve as the first African American Minority Leader in Congress. Jeffries was a good person to hand the political Read More…
Richneck Elementary School, in Newport News, Virginia, a 6-year-old boy pulled out a loaded gun in his first grade classroom and shot his teacher, Abigail Zwerner, in the chest. Thankfully, Zwerner not only survived the attack and is in stable condition, but managed to “make sure that every one of [her] students was safe” before Read More…
UF to spend $300,000 on new pool for incoming university president By Emma Behrmann January 11, 2023 Education, Fresh Take Florida The University of Florida is making sure its newly hired president, former Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska, can dive into the job: It is spending $300,000 to build a new swimming pool behind the stately mansion where Read More…
I am thinking about divorce. My spouse is great but we don’t have anything in common. I am scared to grow old with that person. Should I leave? When we were dating my wife and I couldn’t spend enough time together. Times apart felt like forever. Then we got married. Something about being together 24/7/365 Read More…
Is it true that dogs can recognize a bad person just by smelling them? Oh, yes. From my own long experience as a dog owner, I have many instances to illustrate this, but here is just one of them. Freya (above) was a Keeshond. Bright, engaged, friendly, welcoming, and polite — but always quietly vigilant Read More…
RELATIONSHIP VS RELIGION . . .DO YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENT? By Mae Johnson Understanding the difference between religion vs relation is a crucial part of having spiritual rebirth. A religion can be anything from wearing certain clothes, to praying in certain oratorical styles or keeping old-fashioned or outdated rules. A relationship to the Divine One Read More…
What “Purple Haze” was really about, why Mitch Mitchell almost got sacked and other lore related to the guitar god’s landmark debut LP. Dan Epstein Few debut albums have altered the course of rock to the extent that Are You Experienced, the full-length bow from the Jimi Hendrix Experience, did in the spring of 1967. Read More…
