Increased investment in early childhood education and care can eradicate many of the racial success gaps that persist throughout society, according to a report from the Center for American Progress (CAP). Early childhood encompasses birth through 3 years old, and children of color are already the majority in this as-yet-unnamed generation. The report, titled, “Investing in … [Read more...]
Creating Black history one Wikipedia page at a time
Though he was the first African American with a doctoral degree in educational psychology as well as editor of the Journal of Negro Education for 30 years, Charles Henry Thompson’s page on Wikipedia didn’t show much. It didn’t include his rich background of innovation and scholarship or even photography. Instead, it was a mere two sentences. That remained the case until … [Read more...]
Black women endure menopause longest
Sarah Finney, 57, said she gets hot flashes throughout her body at least once an hour. She even wakes up in the night with so much perspiration that she looks like she just left working out at a gym, she said. “Hot flashes are very annoying,” said Finney, a married mother of two who declined to use her real name. “A surge of heat goes through my body, sometimes accompanied … [Read more...]
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‘Beyond the Lights’ DVD review: Love in the time of hip hopera!
Noni (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) has it all, or so it seems. After years of trying to make it, the emerging pop singer is finally on the brink of super stardom, thanks to several hit singles she recently released, duets with her famous rapper boyfriend, Kid Culprit (Machine Gun Kelly). Nevertheless, when we meet Noni in the midst of a whirlwind tour of appearances on award shows, she’s … [Read more...]