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“After evaluating 5,069 people referred for an exercise stress test to detect coronary artery disease, Dr. Carl J. Lavie, director of the exercise laboratories at the Ochsner Clinic Foundation in New Orleans, and his colleagues found black patients overall had a higher level of obesity and a lower exercise capacity than white patients. The most [...]

“In addition to undermining incentives, social promotion makes it much more difficult for struggling students to ever catch up. Retaining students who haven’t learned the material allows them to be grouped with other students who have similar academic skills and needs, improving the odds that they will receive the appropriate instruction and learn what they [...]

Howard U. to Boast First Black College Daily
The Hilltop, the student newspaper at Howard University, plans to become the nation’s first black daily college newspaper on Feb. 28, editor-in-chief Ruth Tisdale said today (more…)
Website designed to get rid of coach (Jackson State)
This season had many Jackson State football fans disappointed about the team’s performance. One [...]

Name: Tavares Forby
Yahoo IM: Lets Talk teeforb
DOB: 04/11/76
Place of Birth: Compton, CA
Current Location: San Diego (Rancho Bernardo) California
Occupation: Electrical Engineer
Registered Party: Republican
Main Hobbies: Motorcycles (sport bikes), snow boarding, radio controlled cars, guns
Brief History:
Here’s a little bit about myself and my views. I was born and raised in Compton, California and moved to San Diego [...]

A recent study printed in this month’s edition of the American Journal of Public Health (link to article) suggests that racism and discrimination leads to premature delivery and low-birth weight babies among blacks. Mind you, this study was conducted between 1992 and 1995.
Now, I have no problem in admitting that racism does exist in America [...]

This is really messed up. As a former resident of the Atlanta area, I remember how they tried to blame well off blacks (especially those in Hollywood) for not coming to the aid of the school. Some people even went as far as to blame the government for the financial mess of the school.
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Salt is just one of those things that many of us just can’t live without. Just about every meal that we eat today contains some level of salt. Salt in of itself is a very good thing; however it is the type of salt that many of us use that warrants a closer [...]

People who have been taught that cow’s milk is the “perfect food” may be shocked to hear many prominent medical doctors are now saying dairy consumption is a contributing factor in nearly two dozen diseases of children and adults.
Doctors say cow’s milk can lead to iron deficiency anemia, allergies, diarrhea, heart disease, colic, cramps, gastrointestinal [...]

Name: aloe vera
Scientific Name: A. barbadenis
Description: A member of the lily family, rich in anti-inflammatory substances, helps soothe and promote healing of skin problems, acne, minor burns, bug bites, rashes, keeps skin soft and supple, relieves pain and itching. Provides an airtight moisture barrier so that wounds do not dry out. Its anti-viral effects [...]

Million Dollar Baby
(Blackfilm.com)
Release Date: December 17, 2004 (limited), January 21, 2005 (wide)
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Director: Clint Eastwood
Producers: Tom Rosenberg, Albert S. Ruddy, Clint Eastwood, and Paul Haggis; based on the book by F.X Toole
Screenwriter: Paul Haggis
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Hilary Swank, Anthony Mackie, Jay Baruchel, Christina Cox, Kimberly Estrada
SYNOPSIS:
In the wake of a painful estrangement [...]

SOUTH BEND — The world changed dramatically for Chandra Johnson on Nov. 30, and she felt the need to symbolize that change in a bold way.
She shaved her head last Saturday as a response to the news that Tyrone Willingham had been fired as head football coach at the University of Notre Dame.
…Seeing her shaved [...]

For years, the United States has been on its phony quest to solve the middle east crisis. Photo op after photo op somehow convinces people on both sides of this issue that serious progress is taking place in the dispute between Israel and their Palestinian neighbors. The same American dollars that aids [...]

Broadcast Lobbying Tops $222 Million
One story you won’t hear on the news
“A new investigation by the Center for Public Integrity has found that the broadcast industry spent more than $222 million lobbying the federal government from 1998 through June 2004â€â€Âa period of increasingly intense battles over ownership rules.
In addition, television and radio companies contributed more [...]