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July 31, 2020
By Danaé Reid To the naked eye, Natalie Bustamante looks like your ordinary, successful, beautiful Latina woman, but below the surface there’s a history of physical pain and that once prevented her from completing even the simplest functions without one pill or another. Bustamante spent the bulk of her adolescence medicated for a myriad…
July 31, 2020
By Linda S. Wallace Dear Cultural Coach: Why do people put labels on their grandchildren? I hear people make statements like “my local grandkids, my Italian grandkids, my Mexican grandkids … my Jewish ready-made (adopted) grandkids.” I personally find this extremely inappropriate and have since learned that many parents of those kids are also annoyed….
July 31, 2020
I am an avid reader of books — so much so, that I was reading fluently at the age of 3. There was no book that I didn’t get my hands on with glee and in anticipation of what was within those covers. So, when I learned that professor, author and expert commentator Marc Lamont…
July 24, 2020
As we are waking up to see what the world has going on in the news, throughout your neighborhood, and all inside of your mind, individually and collectively, we wonder what can possibly happen next. Are you getting alarmed? Do you feel alone or scared? Who am I and what is going to be…
July 24, 2020
Dear Muva: It breaks my heart to even write to you about this, but I honestly believe my pain will help someone else. I met an amazing man about 15 years ago, and after dating for a while, we decided to be exclusive. As usual, I asked if he had any open relationships anywhere, and…
July 23, 2020
ABOVE PHOTO: The Rev. C.T. Vivian, second from left, talks to Juanita Abernathy, as Rep. John Lewis, left, D-Ga., and the Rev. Joseph Lowery, right, watch the second half of an NBA basketball game between the Atlanta Hawks and theToronto Raptors, Friday, Feb. 20, 2015, in Atlanta. The Hawks paid tribute to civil rights pioneers…
July 17, 2020
Q: Dear Cultural Coach: When immigrants keep their old customs and values, it changes our community. Their music is different, and there are shows in foreign languages on my TV. We are losing the home we once knew. People are walking around speaking a language we can’t understand. Businesses post signs in languages we can’t…
July 17, 2020
I believe that the current state of the world further complicates the already taxing path a person might be on in an effort to find inner peace. But there’s one group that I believe has been footing the bill of pain and agony for centuries, yet is vastly ignored. That group is Black women. Lately…
July 17, 2020
If you have been living anywhere in the United States and beyond, you heard about the “entanglement” of one Jada Pinkett Smith when a paramour spilled the beans unexpectedly and very publicly after 4 1/2 years of not speaking about it — at least according to Jada. As you can imagine, there were opinions and…
July 10, 2020
By Linda S. Wallace Q: If African Americans, Latinos and Asian Americans have cultures, then why don’t White Americans? If there is a European American culture, what is it, exactly? A: Yes, there is an Italian culture, an Irish culture, an English culture and now, according to some, a European American culture. Jeff Hitchcock, founder…
July 31, 2020
MILWAUKEE (AP) — More than 100 police agencies are withdrawing from agreements to send personnel to bolster...
July 31, 2020
ABOVE PHOTO: Actor-director Werner Herzog, left, and actress-director Regina King. The Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday...
August 3, 2020
Washington, D.C. – The NAACP will kick off its 111th Annual Convention on Monday, August 3, 2020, with...
July 31, 2020
By Danaé Reid To the naked eye, Natalie Bustamante looks like your ordinary, successful, beautiful Latina woman,...
July 31, 2020
BPT The threat of COVID-19 in nursing homes and assisted living facilities has led elderly individuals and...
July 31, 2020
ABOVE PHOTO: Cuba Gooding Jr. (Photo: Denis Makarenko / Shutterstock) By Florence Anthony Oprah Winfrey has set...
