U.S.: Blacks More Likely to Get Less Sleep
Studies on sleep have shown how important it is to get a good night's sleep. Those who sleep for a shorter amount of time...
Africa: New Chief of UN Women Says Girls Education Will Help End Poverty
AllAfrica.com is reporting that Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the new Executive Director of the UN Entity for Gender Equity and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)...
Basketball Wives: With Friends Like These…
After online protests and much criticism in the media for bad girl behavior on the fourth season i.e. beat downs, bullying and sheer and...
What Saudi Arabia’s Stand Against Domestic Violence Means for the Muslim World
Writing for Aquila Style, columnist Fatimah Jackson-Best discusses the implications of Saudi Arabia's recent ban on domestic violence which includes all forms of violence...
What Saudi Arabia's Stand Against Domestic Violence Means for the Muslim World
Writing for Aquila Style, columnist Fatimah Jackson-Best discusses the implications of Saudi Arabia's recent ban on domestic violence which includes all forms of violence...
Hurricane Katrina: A Statistical Snapshot Eight Years Later
Mark Waller of Nola.com (The Times-Picayune) is reporting on the impact of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans eight years after the severe tropical storm...
Healthy Cowboys? Looney Tunes Cartoon Teaches Healthy Eating
In the United States, we are embarking on another three-day holiday, Labor Day weekend. According to the U.S. Department of Labor:
"Labor Day, the first...
Tanzania: Country Facing HIV Prevention Donor Crisis
AllAfrica.com is reporting that major donors supporting the fight against HIV/Aids in Tanzania have announced the withdrawal of funding by the year 2015. Donors...
Ethiopian Singer Eyob Mekonnen Dies at 37
BBC Africa is reporting that Ethiopian singer Eyob Mekonnen has died. The popular reggae singer suffered a stroke last Tuesday in the Ethiopian capital,...
Pregnant Ethiopian Olympian Dies; Baby is Saved
MSN.com is reporting that Ethiopian Olympic runner Meskerem Legesse of Wesport, Conn. has died after collapsing in a restaurant. The former 2004 Olympian and...
