A few years ago, my family and I got invited to my second cousin’s wedding. The bride (my cousin) and groom were wonderful people in their mid-twenties who had known each other since middle school. They were very much in love and had been deemed “the perfect couple” by our entire family. The wedding was Read More…
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NAACP Issues Travel Advisory in Florida
Chyna Fields cfields@naacpnet.org WASHINGTON – Today, the NAACP Board of Directors issued a formal travel advisory for the state of Florida. The travel advisory comes in direct response to Governor Ron DeSantis’ aggressive attempts to erase Black history and to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in Florida schools. The formal travel notice states, “Florida Read More…
This Full-Body Bodyweight Workout Builds All The Muscle
…with none of the equipment. If you ask me, bodyweight training doesn’t get the credit it deserve. People think you can’t burn tons of calories or build muscle without any equipment—but I’m here to tell you that you can. This full-body bodyweight workout will prove it. First of all, bodyweight workouts give you the Read More…
The Doting Boyfriend Who Robbed Armored Cars
Beginning in 2015, Houston was plagued by a series of brutal armored car robberies that bewildered FBI agents for nearly two years. To finally bring down the unassuming mastermind behind it all, the agents had to stage an elaborate trap—and catch him in the act. Illustration by Edward Kinsella. In September 2016, when FBI agents Read More…
Why Are 18-Wheeler Truckers Overly Competing Each Other And Driving Faster
Why do truck drivers going 1/2 mph faster than another truck on a 2 lane highway insist on passing the slower truck without speeding up, causing the rest of us to pile up behind them because the trucks are going 10 mph slower than the rest of us? As a trucker going on 25 yrs, Read More…