Dr. Gerald Horne is an African American historian, author, and Communist who currently holds the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. He received his PhD from Columbia University and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a frequent contributor to Political […]
Time – In the anonymous letter, published for the first time in the New York Times Wednesday, the author refers to the Nobel Peace Prize recipient as “evil,” a “fraud,” and a “dissolute, abnormal moral imbecile.” The author threatens to expose King as an adulterer and in the end flat-out suggests that the leader commit […]
Melina Abdullah is Professor and Chair of Pan-African Studies at California State University, Los Angeles. She earned her Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of Southern California in Political Science and her B.A. from Howard University in African American Studies. Her research focuses on power allocation and societal transformation. Abdullah has authored several articles and […]
Beijing (CNN) — At the end of the APEC trade summit in China, U.S. President Barack Obama announced a climate change agreement with Chinese President Xi Jinping that would cut both countries’ greenhouse gas emissions by close to a third over the next two decades. Under the deal, the United States would cut its carbon […]
Mr. Wisdom is the owner of Mr. Wisdom’s Wheat Grass farm and Vegetarian Restaurant on Slauson near Crenshaw in Los Angeles. Mr.Wisdom cooks only organic vegan food. He also prepares organic juices, smoothies and energy/protein drinks which are all made with all organic ingredents and Kangen Water. Mr. Wisdom’s Organic Health Foods and Hare Krishna […]
Experimental mice have been telling us this for years, but pot-smoking humans didn’t want to believe it could happen to them: Compared with a person who never smoked marijuana, someone who uses marijuana regularly has, on average, less gray matter in his orbital frontal cortex, a region that is a key node in the brain’s […]
The Army is backtracking on a policy it published last month stating that “Negro” was an acceptable term to refer to black service members. According to CNN, “Army Command Policy,” known as regulation AR 600-20, received some negative publicity after the Army released the information. Officials apparently now realize the error of their ways. A section […]
When Glenn Ellis, Sr. enrolled in the pre-med program at the University of Pennsylvania, it was just the first step in his lifelong commitment to ensuring the health and well-being of others. The Birmingham, Alabama native has earned a well-deserved reputation as an internationally respected health educator and complementary medicine consultant. His second book, Information […]
Neferteri Shepherd is the founder of Single Mom Planet. She made her mark in the world of hosting television for UPN 20’s hit music entertainment show “Big City.” She was also the host of “Music Mogul” the online brain child of Grammy Award winning producer Rodney Jerkins who created the 3D Music World for aspiring artists and fans. […]
Two and a half years ago, the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act by a single vote. This year alone, between 8 million and 11 million Americans have been able to get health insurance that they did not have before, according to a new analysis by The Times. But this remarkable success has endured […]