by Koba | Jul 2, 2015 | Culture
Positive Propaganda: With so much negative energy in the media about black people, racism, and etc, lets celebrate our black people that are doing amazing things. We should celebrate our people and their accomplishments more often. Jeanine Menze, also known as Jeanine...
by Koba | Jul 2, 2015 | Culture
Meet James & Tracy Spraggins. James, or PJ, is a professional musician and Tracy is a special education teacher. They’ve been married for 10 years. Tracy has been dealing with Lupus since the age of six. Lupus is a chronic inflammatory disease that, in Tracy’s...
by Koba | Jul 2, 2015 | Blog
How is that winter after winter, some people never seem to get sick? Check out of some of these science-approved tips: 1. No Stress According to Duke University research, stress is very damaging to the immune system and heart as well as increases your chances of...
by Koba | Jul 2, 2015 | Blog
Blacks have a higher risk of developing prostate cancer than whites, and for obese black men, their risk can quadruple as their weight goes up, a new study indicates. The findings from this large study should lead to a redoubling of efforts to encourage obesity...
by Koba | Jul 2, 2015 | Culture, Greatest Hits
This video is of an interview retired Episcopal bishop John Shelby Spong did with Keith Morrison of Dateline NBC back in August of 2006. Spong: I don’t think Hell exists. I happen to believe in life after death, but I don’t think it’s got a thing to do with reward and...
by Koba | Jul 2, 2015 | Culture
Nearly a third of both African American men and African American women have LDL-C (bad cholesterol) levels of 130mg/dL or higher according to the American Heart Association. The National Institute of Health considers this level borderline high. This is alarming...
by Koba | Jul 2, 2015 | Culture
A Catholic elementary school in California kicked a black child out of kindergarten for his haircut — even though its length and style were not different than those of many of his white classmates, the San Mercury News reports. On December 17 of last year, a teacher...
by Koba | Jul 2, 2015 | Blog
Vitamin and nutrient deficiencies may seem like concerns of the past, but that’s where you’re mistaken. The truth is that vitamin and nutrient deficiencies are still very much relevant today. “We’re a nation of being overfed yet undernourished. Vitamin and minerals...
by Koba | Jul 2, 2015 | Culture
Back in 2008, a heartbreaking story about little Johnny Jackson, a 10-year-old South Carolina boy, made headlines after he died more than an hour after leaving a community pool. “I’ve never known a child could walk around, talk, speak and their lungs be filled with...
by Koba | Jul 2, 2015 | Culture
Google has apologized after its photo application confused black people with gorillas. Over the weekend programmer Jacky Alciné tweeted a screenshot of photos he’d uploaded in which the app had labeled Alcine and a friend, both African American, as “gorillas.” “Google...
