10 year 10-year-old Black girl ‘handcuffed with excessive force and arrested from school’ over an offensive drawing of a bully Davenport Journal 17 hours ago The 10-year-old girl may see her name be expunged from police records, but the memory of being arrested in front of her classmates and teachers may never be erased from Read More…
BLACK ADOPTIONS Two sets of twin siblings have found their everlasting homes after being adopted on the same day by a Cincinnati, Ohio, Black couple. Karen and Tobias Thompson of Hamilton County consented to foster Wilmya and William, Karen’s now-14-year-old niece and nephew, about five years ago. Tobias pushed his wife to bring the children’s Read More…
GARLIC Cayenne and Capsaicin, Natures Miracle Medicine In other parts of the world, and increasingly in the states, the medicinal benefits of cayenne are well known. In fact, there are over three thousand studies on the health benefits of capsaicin (cayenne’s active ingredient) and cayenne pepper, according to Dr. Patrick Quillin. It regulates blood pressure, Read More…
MARIJUANA Marijuana Laws by State What is Marijuana Decriminalization? Marijuana decriminalization eliminates criminal penalties, such as extended incarceration for possession of smaller amounts of cannabis. The typical penalties for people caught possessing marijuana within decriminalized limits (these limits may be anywhere from 10 to 100 grams depending on the state’s laws) are fines, usually a Read More…
HBCU Student Mikayla Harris Earns $15K Astronaut Scholarship, Mikayla Harris, an African American student from Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland, is one of the winners of the prestigious Astronaut Scholarship Foundation award. She received $15,000 in scholarship awards, among others. Harris, who is a senior from the School of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences, Read More…
This is What it Means to be Dyscalculic: The learning disability hardly anyone knows about KINDERGARTEN I don’t care because I don’t understand it so it’s easier not to care. I am in kindergarten. I love books. I love to read. I love books so much my mother has to purchase a set of of Read More…
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