While many were struck by the horror of seeing Derek Chauvin’s knee pressed into George Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes, the image that haunts those in the Black community is the cold indifference in Chauvin’s eyes and the air of impunity radiating from his posture. Lives limited by overt and systemic racism have embedded Read More…
Author: Mahogany Revue
Dr. Velma Trayham Black Entrepreneur
Dr. Velma Trayham, the CEO of ThinkZILLA Consulting, a Black- and woman-owned community and economic empowerment agency that opened its fourth office in Phoenix last year. During the interview, Dr. Trayham shared the past challenges that have led to her present success as well as future plans for fostering more economic empowerment among women. Dr. Read More…
How Will Our Religions Handle the Discovery of Alien Life?
Insight into what seven religions might think if we made contact with extraterrestrial life, and what they might do. What would your priest, rabbi, or imam say if we discovered alien life? For the religious, knowing that life on Earth is not unique may demand radical new ways of thinking about ourselves: How special and Read More…
FDA Allows Potato Chips to Be Advertised as “Heart Healthy”
FRITO-LAY is subsidiary of PEPSICO, INC., makers of Pepsi-Cola, Frito-Lay sells $12 Billion a year of products that include: Lays Potato Chips Doritos Tostitos Cheetos Fritos You might not associate these mostly fried snack foods as being good for you, but the FDA has no problem allowing the Frito-Lay website to state the following: “Frito-Lay Read More…
FDA/FTC Wants More Control Over What You Are Allowed to Learn
Chilling Effect on Innovation: Headquartered in Stockton, California, Diamonds Foods is a processor and marketer of nuts, with distribution in over 80% of US supermarets. Most of Diamonds 1,700 walnut growers are family farmers with orchards in the heartland of California’s Central Valley. Their association with Diamond guarantees a market for their crops and provides Read More…
Walnuts – A Wealth Of Health of Health Found In Walnuts
More than ever before, researchers are convined about the nutritional benefits of walnuts. Each walnut you crack open and eat contains loads of vitamins, phenolic acids, tannins, and flavonoids, as well as those hard-to-find omega-3 fatty acids, th almost 90% of the phenols being found in the skin. To array of compounds contributes to heart Read More…