How doulas could help prevent the harms that can happen during childbirth By Candace Y.A. Montague Molly Ferguson for STAT When Tamiya Griffin was expecting her first child in 2014, she had what she thought was a straightforward plan: deliver at the hospital down the road, the same place her mother gave birth to her. Read More…
Perspective
The Meaning Of Life Question Was Asked To A Science Professor
The meaning of life Question was asked to a Science Professor His Response was: “Science Doesn’t Deal With Meaning” I had just finished my lecture on Einstein’s special theory of relativity. The mathematical equations for one of his basic ideas, the so-called invariance of the space-time interval, filled the blackboards. I still had twenty minutes Read More…
The Gantt Report – The Babayka’s Boo
The Babayka’s Boo By Lucius Gantt Most of America’s imperialist press reporters seem befuddled when opining about the location of more than a few “top secret” documents wrongfully taken from the government when Donald Trump was voted out of office. It wouldn’t surprise me if Russian President Vladimir Putin knows exactly where the documents that Read More…
The Gantt Report – They Do What They Want To
They Do What They Want to By Lucius Gantt Every election year, African Americans are told what they want to hear. At election time, candidates from both major political parties visit your schools, visit your churches, stop by your businesses and attend your organization’s meetings to say, “I’m the best candidate for Black people and Read More…
Will The Ghosts of Antarctica Haunt The World Over
Jackson Ryan Will The Ghosts of Antarctica Haunt The World Over AS THE WHALING ship Hope rounded Chile’s Cape Horn in September 1840, a tempest stirred. Winds drove the vessel toward a vast field of sea ice. As night fell, the Hope became surrounded by frozen castles rising out of the Southern Ocean, forming an Read More…
Tennis Star Performs The Magic of Rituals
The Magic Rituals Tennis star Rafael Nadal performs an elaborate repertoire of rituals before and during every match. When he arrives at the stadium, he enters the court holding a racket in his hand, taking great care never to step on the lines and always crossing each line right-foot first. He places his bag on Read More…