In a recent televised wildlife documentary about a life-or-death confrontation between lions and a pack of hyenas battling for supremacy in the bush of an African game preserve, the narrator described how the advantage favored the big cats due to their strategy of killing the youngest members of the hyena clan. To mitigate the impending Read More…
Turkey tail mushrooms (Trametes versicolor) is often seen in forests decomposing dead wood. However, this mushroom – called “yun zhi” in Chinese and “kawaratake” in Japanese – can support the immune system and help fight cancer. A group of researchers from Poland looked at turkey tail mushroom’s effect on breast cancer. In particular, they zoomed Read More…
See the young man in this picture? He was 18years old when he was taken at the train station in Mobile, Alabama in 1952. There is $1.50 in his pocket. In that bag by his foot are two changed of clothes.( And if his mama was anything like most other mamas in the south, probably Read More…
The last American slave ship arrived in Mobile, Alabama, in 1860, despite the illegal importation of slaves. On board were approximately 160 West African individuals who had been captured and enslaved. One of the captives, named Cudjo Lewis, was acutely aware of the potential erasure of his birth culture as he toiled in this new Read More…
The branding of the syrup was a tribute to this woman’s gifts and talents. Now future generations will not even know this beautiful woman existed. What a shame. The world knew her as “Aunt Jemima”, but her given name was Nancy Green and she was a true American success story. She was born a slave Read More…
Levitt is a singer, songwriter, and creator of The Greyhound Diaries, a journey over 150,000 Greyhound miles to shed light on others struggling to get by Maybe it’s the hypnotic rumble of the bus wheels beneath me. Or sitting side-by-side with a stranger, as if I’m in a bar or a confessional. Maybe it’s the Read More…
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