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Cleopatra Cowley-Pendleton said that the last three months have been an excruciatingly painful odyssey that has left her and her husband clinging “just to hold on.” It was at the end of January she and Nathaniel A. Pendleton Sr. learned that their 15-year-old daughter,Hadiya, had been killed by gunfire in a Chicago playground while trying to avoid […]
With one study ruling out lack of exercise as a leading cause of obesity among African-Americans, new research from Dartmouth’s Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Sciences (iQBS) and the Center for Genomic Medicine may off some clues as to why obesity rates in the black community continue to soar. According to a study of more […]
*Soledad O’Brien is going back to her alma mater. The former anchor of CNN’s now-cancelled morning show “Starting Point” was named a distinguished visiting fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, reports the Huffington Post. Harvard said O’Brien would spend the 2013-2014 year delving into topics related to public education in America. “On Appian Way, […]
May may be known for warmer weather and the onset of bikini season, but actress Lynn Whitfield is on a mission to raise awareness that the month is also known as National Foster Care Month. And with her new movie, King’s Faith, which tells the story of a foster family, releasing this month, she tells ET about what […]
Iyanla Vanzant spoke to ESSENCE.com about the episode, where she thinks DMX went wrong, and what we can all learn from him. E: What made you choose DMX? IYANLA VANZANT: His ex-wife [Tashera Simmons] wrote in and asked if we would be able to support him. And then he agreed that he needed some support and would do the […]
Every year, the public health and medical communities recognize April as STD Awareness Month. This month-long observance provides individuals, doctors, and community-based organizations the perfect opportunity to address ways to prevent some of nearly 20 million new sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) that occur in the United States each year. While most of these infections […]
As the 2013 baseball season kicks off, the legacy of Jackie Robinson, the first African-American player to take the field in the 20th Century, is remembered. This weekend, 42, a biopic starring Chadwick Boseman as Robinson, will hit theaters. To commemorate the occasion theGrio put together a list of 10 things you may not know about […]
Michael Cunningham, whose photographs of African-American women have been displayed in the Smithsonian Institution’s Anacostia Museum, Atlanta’s High Museum, Mobile Museum of Art and many others, will speak Friday, April 12, at Miles College, in advance of his exhibition, “Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats.”Cunningham is the co-author of a book with […]
The President and First Lady hosted Memphis Soul night at the White House last night with soulful performances from Queen Latifah, Justin Timberlake and “American Idol” finalist Joshua Ledet. Check out the pics… Last night, President Barack Obama and wife Michelle brought “Memphis Soul” to the White House for a taped special airing as part of their “In Performance at the White House” series. Mr. Prez opened the evening with remarks about […]
Ever wonder if those spelling bee kids know the meanings of some of those big words? Now they’ll have to prove that they do. Organizers of the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Tuesday announced a major change to the format, adding multiple-choice vocabulary tests to the annual competition that crowns the English language’s spelling […]
How to prepare your beds—and your body—for pain-free gardening and maximum enjoyment On a warm, sunny spring morning, you bound out of the house, eager to get busy digging, planting, weeding, and taking all the other steps to getting your garden started for the season. All day you keep at it, standing, stooping, leaning, kneeling, […]
About 250,000 people in the US have HIV and don’t know it. These people are unknowingly responsible for up to 75% of new infections. Almost half of new infections are among African Americans. For more than 20 years, Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Chairman and Founder of the Magic Johnson Foundation, has been committed to transforming Urban America through […]