Bishop Lamor Whitehead, who is a Brooklyn pastor known for his flashy lifestyle, has been sentenced to nine years in prison for fraud and extortion charges. He reportedly stole $90,000 from members of his church. According to prosecutors, Whitehead promised to help a parishioner buy a home but instead took her retirement savings for his Read More…
Religion
Invasive Seaweed Could Be The Next Biofuel To Keep Gas Cars On The Road
A photo of two people stood next to a car that has been charged using power generated by seaweed.© Photo: CCREEE Gas produced from the seaweed can run power plants to charge electric cars. A team of researchers on the Caribbean island of Barbados have been working to create a new sustainable fuel to power cars on the Read More…
Haitian-American group sues Red Cross over relief fund mismanagement
A Haitian-American organization has filed a class-action lawsuit against the American Red Cross (ARC), the International Red Cross and their affiliates, accusing them of exploiting Haiti’s poverty to raise over $500 million for disaster relief, only to mismanage or misappropriate the funds. The lawsuit, filed on Nov. 25 in the U.S. District Court for Southern Read More…
What Can I Do To Change My Life? For The Better
Originally Answered: What I can do to change my life? If I tell you, are you going to do it? Put the phone down after you read this. Get off the couch. Take a sheet of paper and write down top 3 things you want to have in your life. Better yet, take a cork Read More…
Emily Temple
I can’t think of another writer who is quite so universally beloved as Toni Morrison. Her work is magnificent, her legacy is unimpeachable, and she revealed her brilliance at every opportunity. She also taught for many years at Princeton, and I think it’s safe to assume she knew a thing or two about nurturing young minds. Read More…
The Best Way to Kill a Dynasty Is to Destroy Their Young’
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…








