Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa is a week-long celebration that is celebrated in the United States, as well as other countries with populations of African descendants. It is a holiday which celebrates and honors…
Mayor Should Stop Car Booting From Traffic Cameras
Booting Cars of Working Class Families Will Cost City More Than Fees Collected #StopBootingCars By Jeff Thomas News that Mayor Latoya Cantrell will not immediately remove all traffic cameras is…
Want to Improve? Ask Yourself These Two Questions
Answering yes to both questions is the first step to self-improvement. Peter Bregman It was the last race of the ski season. My son Daniel, 10 years old, was at…
No Stop and Frisk in NOLA
This is a repost of an old article regarding then State Treasurer John Kennedy’s attempt to promote bad policy in New Orleans. Since now Senator John Kennedy again wants to…
This Is the Damage That Holiday Eating and Drinking Does to Your Liver
This might be a fun month for you, but December’s a rough one for your liver. Levi Brown Four nogs? Your liver drinks them, too. Extra gravy? Your liver consumes…
2 Men—1 Black, 1 White—Commit Same Crime.
Guess Which One Ended Up Dead? Michael Harriot Derek Hicks (Indianapolis Arrestee Processing Center), Aaron Bailey (National Association Against Police Brutality via Facebook) Police aren’t racist. Critics of the Black…
How Racism in Health Care Has Affected Minorities Over the Years
Can Black People Trust White Doctors? Forced sterilizations and the Tuskegee syphilis study make this list by Nadra Kareem Nittle It’s long been said that good health is one’s most…
4 Health Benefits of Adult Friendships—and How to Create New Ones
By Emily Holland When you think of the lifestyle choices you make to stay healthy, diet and exercise are typically the first to spring to mind. At a young age,…
10 Simple Daily Practices That Will Make You Happier
Deep Patel Happy people don’t live drastically different lives. They just appreciate all there is to be happy about. Image credit: Chris Cole | Getty Images It’s a given that…
You’ve been charging your smartphone wrong
Do you know how to keep your smartphone’s battery healthy? Antonio Villas-Boas Probably not. In fact, you may have been hastening the death of your phone’s battery with your charging…