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“Food desert” is a term commonly used to describe communities with little or no access to healthy food, including fresh fruits, vegetables, meats and diary products. Millions of Americans — mostly poor, many African-Americans — live in these areas. In fact, the United States Department of Agriculture reports that about 23.5 million Americans currently live […]
To answer this question, ask yourself the following questions and answer them as honestly as you can: SEE MORE IN OUR SPECIAL REPORT, “THE BIG ISSUE: ADDICTED TO FOOD” 1 Have you ever wanted to stop eating and found you just couldn’t? 2 Do you think about food or your weight constantly? 3 Do you […]
With the scheduled execution of Troy Davis in Atlanta, Georgia today, the controversy surrounding the execution is what has the whole world up in arms. Many claim that Davis is innocent due to numerous witnesses who initially claimed Davis was the murderer, now recanting their stories. Below are other examples of executions that many in […]
Our nation’s leader will be making a special visit to the Queen City this Thursday and we’re sure there are tons of things we’d all like to know. Just by some lucky strike, do you think you’d ever want to sit down one-on-one with the president? Maybe this week might be your chance. If you […]
How many times have you been up close and hanging out around the White House in Washington, D.C.? Not too often right? Well for one man, getting as close as possible seemed to be the plan as he decided to literally jump the fence on the western side of the lawn yesterday evening. Photo: Getty […]
Tyra Banks: model, actress, TV host, and now author? In what you would think this would be an autobiography, actually is a fictional tale about a girl entering the model industry. “Modelland” is about Tookie De La Crème, who is not exactly a perfect ten. She does her best to “walk the catwalk”, while surrounded […]
I’d imagine the last thing a parent thinks when dropping their barely legal child off at their freshman dormitory is if they will receive that dreadful call about a horrible tragedy. Making it to college is a time of celebration. But celebrations have been followed by mourning. On September 16, 18-year-old Dominique Frazier was stabbed […]
“To take a life when a life has been lost is revenge, not justice.”—DESMOND TUTU Unless something God-like and miraculous happens, Troy Davis, 42, is going to be executed tomorrow, Wednesday, September 21, 2011, at 7pm, by lethal injection at a state prison in Jackson, Georgia. Let me say up front I feel great sorrow […]
The Georgia state Board of Pardons and Paroles has declined to commute the death sentence for Troy Anthony Davis, convicted of killing off-duty Savannah police officer Mark MacPhail in 1989. The AJC reports that the board released its decision just after 8 a.m., after spending an entire day hearing from Davis’ supporters and then prosecutors […]
Rappers in the West African country of Senegal are becoming a powerful political force in their native country. Rappers have been at the forefront of riots and demonstrations that have forced the President of Senegal to not seek a third term. RELATED: Female Sex Tourism In Senegal Attracts Women Who Will Pay For Romance Tupac […]
This week, famed member of the Jackson 5 and elder brother to the late King of Pop, Jermaine Jackson stopped by ‘The View’ for a discussion on his brother’s life as described in his new book “You Are Not Alone.” With tons of controversy still stemming from the media frenzy surrounding Michael’s child molestation trial […]