According to the New York times, it’s not just the public polls. Recent private polls conducted by political campaigns are filled with bad news for President Trump. He is doing eight to 10 percentage points worse in many congressional districts than he did in 2016, Dave Wasserman of The Cook Political Report writes. His struggles have…
Read More The Latino gender gapLindy Washburn, NorthJersey.com 10/14/2020 On the afternoon of Sept. 22, I became a data point in the search for a vaccine to prevent COVID-19. That’s when I received the first of two shots in a clinical trial to develop a vaccine and became one of 30,000 volunteers to take a needlestick for science. Why am I doing it? A combination of altruism, curiosity,…
Read More I volunteered for a COVID-19 vaccine trial in New Jersey: Here’s what it’s been like since the shotBy Rosa Boshier Oct. 16, 2020 at 7:26 p.m. EDT “How is it that we have been so conditioned to privilege the emotional comfort of white people?” Ruby Hamad asks in the introduction to her essay collection “White Tears/Brown Scars,” which tracks the fraught legacy of White womanhood across the globe. Read book review HERE. Read the essay…
Read More Ruby Hamad’s essay about White women’s tears went viral. ‘White Tears/Brown Scars’ delves deeper into performative victimhood.By Patrice J. Williams October 16, 2020 [This article was speaking directly to me. I was just in my closet today. SIGH] Embrace your shape“Body shape is more important than size, and yes, there’s a difference,” says Morgan A. Wider, author of The Worthy Wardrobe: Your Guide to Style, Shopping & Soul. Assessing your body type is key to finding…
Read More 5 Brilliant Wardrobe Hacks for When Your Weight Is ChangingHow Old Are Your Members of Congress? Today the average American is 20 years younger than their representative in Congress. In 1981, the average age of a Representative was 49 and the average of a Senator was 53. Today, the average age of a Representative is 57 and the average of a Senator is 61. There are 44 congressional districts…
Read More Lagniappe4 Things You Can Do to Make Your Flu Shot More Effective Get vaccinated by the end of October for it to be most effective, according to the CDC A study in International Journal of Behavioral Medicine found that those who did not get more than five hours of sleep per night leading up to their flu shot made…
Read More Effective Flu ShotsWhen I moved back to the South, I rediscovered sweet tea. Now y’all know I’m diabetic, so sweet tea shouldn’t be on my radar, let alone on my dinner table. In spite of that, I have lots of black tea bags (no green or white for me) for making sweet sun tea, and it needs…
Read More Is There More to Tea than Sweet Tea?BeyGOOD & NAACP Grants for Black-Owned Businesses Amid COVID-19 BeyGOOD is on a mission to spread hope. Beyonce and her philanthropic company, BeyGOOD Foundation, and the NAACP have joined together to introduce The Black-Owned Small Business Impact Fund, offering $10,000 grants. The goal is to provide a lifeline for small businesses at the epicenter of…
Read More Grants for Black-Owned BusinessesBy Charlotte Cowles@charlottecowles Illustration: Lauren Tamaki In 2012, Alua Arthur quit her legal career to become a death doula. The problem was that she had no idea such a job existed. “All I knew was that there had to be a better way to give support during one of the most lonely and isolating experiences a…
Read More How Death Doula Alua Arthur Gets It DoneThe panel by the renowned Black artist, part of his “Struggle” series, was last seen in 1960. But someone had a hunch where it was. Read article HERE.
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