Physical, spiritual, and mental well-being for women of color

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Take a look at our 25th Anniversary issue with Sharon Leal

Embrace and celebrate who you are! It’s become a movement. That is the theme that many women have entered into this year. It’s so refreshing and liberating to see more and more women, especially women [...]
Finance

Marketing Opportunities in Business and Entertainment (MOBE) Announces Open Registration for 2018 MOBE Symposium

2018 Marketing Opportunities in Business and Entertainment Symposium to Connect African-American Brands and Producers to the 21st Century Business and Consumer Marketplace Newark, New Jersey– Registration is now open for the 2018 Marketing Opportunities in [...]
Health

TD & Serita Jakes

The Bible says “I wish above all things that you prosper and be in good health as your soul does prosper.” By Michael A. Graham H&S We thought it was very timely, to sit with [...]
Health

Increasing Diversity in Healthcare is Essential for the Black Community

By Dr. Patricia Maryland (NNPA Newswire Guest Columnist) Diversity is good for communities, companies and our nation. A plurality of viewpoints, experiences and beliefs has the potential to foster both understanding and innovation. And in [...]
Celebrity

The Black Girl Magic of “A Wrinkle in Time”

By Ronda Racha Penrice, Urban News Service LOS ANGELES and ATLANTA — “Black cinema” and “blockbuster” are suddenly becoming synonymous. “Black Panther” is already nearing a billion dollars in global box office receipts and Jordan [...]
Celebrity

Vivian Green: Singer, Actress, Mother

It’s very different.” By,Marlon Rice Vivian Green is currently right in the middle of a 13-city tour with the highly acclaimed stage play Two Can Play That Game. The play boasts an all-star cast [...]
Beauty

Maintain Your Fly: 5 Great Ways to Protect Our Hair and Skin During Winter Months

By Lia M. Spicer The season while beautiful gives frigid conditions, whipping winds, and indoor heating that strips away moisture resulting in dry skin, cracked and chipped nails, split ends and brittle hair. That means [...]
Health

The Arthritis Agenda: What’s Your Plan to Get Active?

By Regina Greer-Smith, volunteer patient advocate for CreakyJoints After years of debilitating pain, I was diagnosed with osteoarthritis in 2012. For years, I attributed the pain in my spine and knees to: Wearing mini-skirts during [...]
Education

FEBRUARY is American Heart Month

What is American Heart Month? American Heart Month, a federally designated event, is an ideal time to remind Americans to focus on their hearts and encourage them to get their families, friends and communities involved. [...]
Education

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is approving more generic medications

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is approving more generic medications every day. In 2016 alone, FDA approved more than 800 generic drug applications. Many of these approvals were for the first generic [...]
Financial

Credit Score Quiz

How much do you really know about credit Click here to Take The Quiz CreditScoreQuiz.org is an informational tool developed by the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) and VantageScore Solutions.CFA (www.consumerfed.org) is a nonprofit association [...]
Celebrity

Surviving A Ruptured Brain Aneurysm From ‘The Apprentice’ Star Stacie J.

It had been a long day and former ‘The Apprentice’ star, Stacie J., was preparing to go to bed Unlike most evenings when she and her children would have already been asleep, Stacie had a [...]