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Interactive Body Map: What Really Gives You Cancer?

There’s abundant advice out there on what you should or shouldn’t eat, drink, swallow, or stand next to, to avoid cancer. But it’s often lacking in evidence and the jumble of messages can be confusing. This body map brings together

Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholarship

The Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholarship is for minority high school students in the United States. In addition to a financial grant, the foundation also provides its scholars with mentoring and leadership development opportunities, and internships. To be eligible, all applicants

How This Blogger Secured $50K in Sponsorship Deals in 120 Days

Black Southern Belle launched over a year ago. Founder Michiel Perry created the web site to fill a need for more black vendors in the area of good food, black art, quality merchandise, home decor, and slow southern living. She

How This Blogger Secured $50K in Sponsorship Deals in 120 Days

Atlanta, GA — Consumers suffering from allergies need a hypoallergenic detergent to keep them clean and comfortable, and Black-owned, Atlanta-based detergent manufacturer The True Products LLC fulfills that demand with its new fragrance- and dye-free laundry detergent scheduled to launch

The Real Reason Why Black Babies Die Twice As Often As White Babies

The Centers For Disease Control reports that African-American women and their babies are at a higher risk for pregnancy and birth complications, including pre-mature birth. Premature delivery is the most frequent cause of death among babies, and among black babies,

Television Academy Gets First Black CEO In Its 70 Year History

Hayma “Screech” Washington has been elected as chairman and CEO of The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, also known as the Television Academy. Washington is the first African-American to hold the position of CEO in the organization’s 70 years

Herbal Medicines: Toxic Side Effects and Drug Interactions

The simple fact that herbal medicines are drugs is underappreciated or not understood at all by most people. They include good drugs, bad drugs and completely useless drugs, but they are drugs nonetheless, and therein lies a lot of grief.

New Cancer Treatments: Scientists Have Programmed Bacteria to Kill Cancer

Scientists are successfully experimenting with a creative approach to treat cancer by genetically programming bacteria to invade tumours and destroy cells from within. In a study published this week in the journal Nature, authors showed programmed bacteria given to mice

Why Do We Fall for Fake News?

In recent weeks, the amount of online fake news that circulated during the final months of the presidential race is coming to light, a disturbing revelation that threatens to undermine the country’s democratic process. We’re already seeing some real-world consequences.

Here’s Why We Should Research Alternative Therapies

Acupuncture, chiropractic, herbal medicines, massage, and other therapies known collectively as complementary and alternative medicine, are big business in Australia, as elsewhere. About two-thirds of Australians use such products and practices over the course of a year. Nonetheless, the debate

Exercise Can Improve Cancer Recovery and Reduce Healthcare Costs

One in every two males and one in every three females in Australia will be diagnosed with cancer by the age of 85. Between 2008 and 2009, Australia spent an estimated $4,526 million on diagnosing and treating cancerous and non-cancerous

Dozens of Members of Congress Met With Religious Right Pastors to Drive Satan out of Power in the Capitol

Last week, conservative pastors gathered on Capitol Hill, where they joined dozens of members of Congress for a “Congressional-Clergy Town Hall [3]” organized by Wallbuilders and the Jefferson Gathering. Wallbuilders is a right-wing organization run by GOP operative and pseudo-historian

One Sociologist’s Compelling Theory for How the U.S. Empire Could Devolve Into Fascism and Then Collapse

A sociologist who predicted the collapse of the Soviet Union and 9/11 attacks warns that American global power will collapse under Donald Trump. Johan Galtung, a Norwegian professor at the University of Hawaii and Transcend Peace University, first predicted in

How Trump’s Immigration Enforcement Affects Families and Communities

When immigration officers forcibly remove individuals from their homes, it impacts the psychological, emotional and economic well-being of their families and communities. President-elect Donald Trump stated throughout his campaign that he wanted to leverage a “deportation force” to deport all

What Changes When Pope Francis Grants the Authority to Forgive Abortions

The Roman Catholic Church will allow priests all over the world to grant forgiveness for abortion. This announcement came from Pope Francis at the end of the Jubilee of Mercy – a holy year dedicated to forgiveness. When the holy

California’s First African American Doctor is Still Practicing at Age 93!

Watch the video below: Dr. James Hutchinson has been practicing medicine as a family doctor in San Mateo, California for more than 60 years. In fact, he was California’s first African American doctor. He remembers exactly how it was

DISCOVER SAMPSON COUNTY

Tucked into the southeast corner of North Carolina, known as the Coastal Plains, is beautiful Sampson County, which is bordered on the east by 300 miles of beaches and in the west the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountain ranges.

Alternative Financing Provides a Needed Lending Solution for Minority Business Owners

Minority business owners continue to face challenges when applying for loans from traditional banks and lenders, but entrepreneurs should consider alternative financing as a primary lending source. This is a much easier way to secure funds without facing race-based discrimination

America Says Goodbye to the First Lady and ‘Mom-in-Chief’

As she prepares to leave the White House, first lady and self-titled “mom-in-chief” Michelle Obama remains popular. Indeed, Obama was one of Hillary Clinton’s most powerful advocates during Clinton’s historic but ultimately unsuccessful presidential campaign. From Obama’s speech at the

Why Are America’s Labor Unions About to Die

I’ve written before on how the decline of organized labor beginning in the late 1970s gave birth to the backlash that fueled Donald Trump’s election. Labor’s deterioration weakened worker protections, kept wages stagnant and caused income inequality to soar to

The Disturbing Connection Between Bullying and Sexual Harassment

Over the past two decades, the national media has given considerable attention to disturbing stories of youth suicides that have resulted in part from bullying. The subject of bullying has also been a plot line in movies such as “Bully”

Misinformation on Social Media: Can Technology Save Us?

If you get your news from social media, as most Americans do, you are exposed to a daily dose of hoaxes, rumors, conspiracy theories and misleading news. When it’s all mixed in with reliable information from honest sources, the truth

Moving Forward: The Sampson-Duplin Spotlight

The Sampson-Duplin Spotlight made a quiet entry into Sampson and Duplin Counties with its October publication. By doing so, it became the first publication in the counties to publish news from a Black perspective. The community support of the Spotlight

Facebook’s “Ethnic Affinities” Is Digital Racism and It’s Time to End It

Racism is a malignant, powerful, and harmful reality for millions of persons of color throughout the world. Here, inside the United States, racism is institutionalized and we have the evidence that this dreadful, racially discriminatory system of oppression now has

Despite Progress, Colorectal Cancer Claims Thousands of Black Lives

Few diseases cause as much pain and suffering as cancer. While survivors, activists, policymakers and healthcare professionals have been successful in raising awareness for some types of cancer, others are not as high profile. Among them: colorectal cancer, the second

We Must Be at Our Best When Things Get Bad

I desperately called on my dear mother. Across the chasm of her death nearly 20 years ago, she reminded me of what she said to me and to her many children nearly sixty years ago. I felt her spirit moving

It’s Time to Give Our Money Marching Orders

In April 2005, I wrote an article titled, “Billion Dollar March,” at the behest of “The Ice Supreme Man” Ashiki Taylor in Atlanta. The article was in reference to our penchant for marching when we are upset, and then going

What Will You Lose If Consumer Financial Protection Goes Away?

As Americans adjust to the realities wrought by the recent elections, one of the most important consequences has yet to be fully explored: the future of consumer financial protection. Many successful candidates in the recent election repeatedly claimed that over-regulation,

Will Workplace Safety Survive a Trump Presidency?

On the campaign trail, Donald Trump repeatedly promised to bring back U.S. factory jobs. The message resonated with blue-collar workers and Trump’s success is credited, in large part, to voters who have seen their jobs disappear and livelihoods diminish as

Donald Trump’s Calibrated Race and Sex War

Don’t let his reluctant disavowal of a white nationalist group fool you—the real battle begins in the Senate. [spacer color=”8BC234″ icon=”Select a Icon” style=”1″] n the presidential appointments made so far by Donald Trump, the president-elect has signaled his willingness

How Are Undocumented Students Able to Enroll at American Universities

President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions of undocumented people, beginning on his first day in office. In response, students and faculty from 100 campuses around the United States have launched a campaign to demand that their universities become

Mexicans are migrating, just not across the US border

Mexican migration to the U.S. is in decline. The Pew Hispanic Research Center has found that since 2009, more than one million native-born Mexicans living in the U.S. returned to Mexico. But many other Mexicans never crossed the U.S.-Mexican border

Bridge the Political Divide at the Holiday Dinner Table

We are a divided nation; that is an understatement. What’s more, we increasingly hear we are living in our own “bubble” or echo chamber that differing views cannot penetrate. To correct the problem, many are calling for people to reach

How the archaeological review behind the Dakota Access Pipeline went wrong

This summer, Tim Mentz Sr. took to YouTube to tell the world about the destruction of his cultural heritage. A former tribal historic preservation officer of the Standing Rock Sioux, Mentz wore a baseball cap, rimless glasses and two thin

Why Woman-bashing Is a Serious Health Threat

Polls indicate that one demographic slice instrumental in electing Donald Trump was white women. Indeed, 53 percent of white women cast their votes in his direction. There’s current debate on why this might be – blatant or veiled racism, admiration

Why Repealing Obamacare May Not Be as Easy as Trump Thinks

Candidate Trump repeatedly called for repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act during the campaign, but it is unclear what President Trump will actually do about the ACA. It is not clear even with President Trump, and Republican majorities in

Labor, Civil Rights, Faith Groups Call on Trump to Denounce Hate-Fueled Acts

WASHINGTON—Labor, civil rights and faith leaders and others called on President-elect Donald Trump today to unequivocally denounce the hundreds of hate-fueled acts of harassment, vandalism, property destruction and even assault that have happened since his election. During the campaign, Trump’s

The Trump Effect and an Increase in Bullying

By Jeffrey R. Sprague Professor of Special Education, University of Oregon and The Conversation Donald Trump has won the presidency, but not before launching one of the most ugly and fractious campaigns in American history. As the 2016 election season now comes

Researchers Say Eating Like This Can Starve Cancer Cells Out of Your Body

Many of us are familiar with and fully appreciate the value of a low-carb, high-quality high-fat and moderate-protein diet, but implementing it can be a challenge. Domini Kemp and Patricia Daly have written an excellent resource to help with this,

Trump – What Americans Can Do

Donald Trump is our next President of the United States. It’s amazing what Americans can do. By Glenn Mollette America elected him to be our 45th President. The political establishment bashed him. Wall Street opposed him. Most of the prior Republican

Trump Won the Election, But White Supremacy Won’t Win Forever

By Julianne Malveaux I began election night with exuberance. I was among the many who forecast a Hillary win. The only disagreement among my circle was how big the Hillary rout would be. I thought she’d get at least 300

The Real Reason Trump Won: White Fright

By Christopher Sebastian Parker, Professor of Political Science, University of Washington Many presidents have assumed the reins of a divided nation, but we’ve never seen anything like the reaction to Donald J. Trump’s 2016 presidential election. It didn’t happen to Richard Nixon

Voting Rights: Questions Arise About Trump Vote Totals in 3 Key States

Voting rights advocates are scrambling to see if recounts are feasible in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania. By Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet A series of explanation-defying questions surrounding Donald Trump’s victories in key 2016 swing states has prompted a cadre of

What Trump’s Election Could Mean for Women: Fewer reproductive rights, new help for working families?

After a bruising campaign that focused heavily on President-elect Trump’s treatment of women, what will the new administration mean for women? Overall, Trump paid little attention to women’s issues during the campaign. His plans to “make America great again” focused

Obama Got Subtle Racism, Sexism Toward Clinton Is Out Right

On Nov. 1, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller retweeted the results of a poll showing Donald Trump leading Hillary Clinton in Pennsylvania. He did so by referring to the Democratic presidential candidate as “c**t” instead of Clinton. While elections, especially

Donald Trump tweeted himself into the White House

Donald Trump’s presidential election victory has been described as stunning, shocking and having elicited a “primal scream” from the media. The president-elect resonated enough with more than 59 million Americans that they pulled the lever for him in the voting

NAACP Statement on Presidential Election

BALTIMORE, MD – NAACP National President and CEO Cornell William Brooks issued the following statement regarding the results of the 2016 presidential election: “Even as we extend our congratulations to President-Elect Donald J. Trump, the NAACP, as America’s oldest and

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