By Taki S. Raton May 1, 2015 Joshua, 6, and Jeremiah, 8 Roman Catholic religious leader and missionary Mother Teresa advise us to, “Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you.” American author Brian Terry shares in his words of wisdom […]
Ask Alma: The Uninvited
By Alma Gill, NNPA Columnist May 1, 2015 Alma Gill, NNPA Columnist Dear Alma, A colleague has invited me to her bridal shower, but so far I’ve received no invitation to the wedding. I’ve known for about six months that the wedding would be out of state at a resort. Her […]
Black Girls Matter
By Heymiss Progress April 24, 2015 Dear You: “I have no place to go in Madison where I fit in. I feel like I don’t belong and to be a young Black woman is unacceptable to a lot of people here.” That’s what I’ve been hearing over and over from young Black […]
Maya Angelou is the Face of the Newest Forever Stamp
By Jazelle Hunt, NNPA Washington Correspondent April 24, 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) — Less than a year after her death, Maya Angelou has been further immortalized on a U.S. Postal Service commemorative Forever Stamp. An all-star assembly gathered to witness the first-day-of-issue stamp unveiling ceremony, held at the Warner Theatre in […]
Lady Day’s 100th Birthday Marked by Release of New Book
By Elizabeth Stephens April 24, 2015 Billie Holiday Born Eleanora Fagan in Philadelphia on April 17, 1915, Billie Holiday, affectionately known to many as “Lady Day,” was undoubtedly one of the most highly-acclaimed female jazz vocalists of the Harlem Renaissance. Throughout her lifetime, she was honored with induction to the Rock […]
Yes, You Can Practice Self-Love!
By Heymiss Progress April 17, 2015 Dear Progress: What does it really mean to practice self-love? Dear Love: I can best describe practicing self-love as granting oneself permission to live fully. For me, it’s meant moving from a place of allowing others to bring me into miserable situations to actively […]
Young, Gifted & Black Series: New York 17-year-old Nigerian Immigrant Accepted Into All Eight Ivy League Schools
By Taki S. Raton April 10, 2015 Harold Ekeh Nearly one year ago, YG&B featured an April 12, 2014 article on Shirley, New York’s Kwasi Enin’s acceptance into all eight of the nation’s top Ivy League schools. Who would have known that almost to the day a year later, this series […]
3 Ideas to Meet Like-Minded People
By Heymiss Progress April 10, 2015 I’m often asked by folks “how do I meet like-minded people?” I’ve been able to meet like-minded people fairly easily since; well… I even talk to strangers on elevators. That said, I know that not everyone chats with the barista or librarian like me, so […]
What is Your Obesity Costing You?
April 10, 2015 More than 20 million Americans have Type 2 diabetes; most are overweight or obese. (Courtesy of Atlanta Black Star) Special to the NNPA from Our Weekly — Sometimes celebrities or otherwise physically fit people will put on a fat suit and document their experience with a video camera, usually to […]
Baltimore Pastor’s Book Links the Physical to the Spiritual
By Lisa Snowden-McCray April 10, 2015 Drew Kyndall Ross BALTIMORE, MARYLAND (NNPA) — Baltimore pastor, motivational speaker and fitness coach Drew Kyndall Ross believes that good physical fitness can help believers better serve God. “Our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit and God lives there,” he said. “Why then […]