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Every morning when I rise I make it a duty to be aware of where I am in space and time and to emit a spirit of gratitude and graciousness back towards the universe. I believe rising with a sense of mindfulness helps to alleviate the calm, but also helps with putting on my shield of armor for the battles ...

From 18-22, I spent four years working at McDonald’s. I worked a mix of part- and full-time over these years, always failing to find a “better” job. I never advanced up the rungs, never was a manager, never achieved anything of significance in my time there. Basically, I was the absolute stereotype of a deadbeat McDonald’s worker. Lazy, stupid, with ...

I decided to sit down with my friend Dr. Harold Koplewicz, President of the Child Mind Institute and a child and adolescent psychiatrist. What follows is an excerpt from our discussion. You can read the full interview here at PROJECT375.org. BM: Obviously mental health is inextricably linked to both your life’s work and mine. I’ve had my own battles and ...

“The saddest fact I’ve learned is: Nobody matters less to our society than young Black women. Nobody.” These words were delivered by Jim DeRogatis, music journalist, as he discussed his deep investigation into the many reported cases of R. Kelly stalking and raping an entire community of Black girls in Chicago, and the almost 15 years that had passed since ...

From the first magical moment on the screen, The Wiz Live on NBC treated families black, and hopefully otherwise, to the Broadway musical experience from the privacy of our own living rooms. This dazzling display of musical talent from an all-star black cast was not only entertaining, but it was also important for a variety of reasons that many who ...

Patti LaBelle sure knows how to connect with her super fans. In November, James Wright Chanel sang his way to viral YouTube stardom when he first tried Patti LaBelle’s sweet potato pies. Now he’ll whip some up alongside the legendary diva on her holiday cooking show on the Cooking Channel, People reports. Patti’s Pies are practically stuff of legend. The pies sold out ...

There has been no shortage of topics to discuss since Missouri’s Maplewood Richmond Heights High School principal Kevin Grawer started a Student Group on Race Relations (SGORR) last year. First there was the killing of Michael Brown, a local black teen whose death took place not far away from the high school’s district. Then this year, just a few hours away, ...

CINCINNATI (CN) – A grieving mother and three other relatives were in attendance Friday for a Sixth Circuit hearing regarding the death of Rodney Brown at the hands of Cleveland police in 2010. Officers had pulled Rodney Brown over on New Year’s Eve 2010 for allegedly driving with the headlights off. Brown’s family claims that officers asked 40-year-old Brown to ...

George Zimmerman, the man who shot and killed unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in 2012, has been suspended from Twitter. Twitter took down Zimmerman’s account, @TherealGeorgeZ, on Thursday after multiple sources report he posted topless photos of a woman he said was his ex-girlfriend, and shared what he claimed were her email address and phone number. “She cheated on me ...

“Little” Melvin Williams, the infamous Baltimore drug kingpin whose rise to power was one of the inspirations for HBO’s “The Wire” and who also appeared as an actor on the show, died Thursday at the age of 73. Williams told his friends that he was suffering from cancer, The Baltimore Sun reported. Williams, who was born in Baltimore on Dec. 14, ...