Theodore Wafer, Renisha Mcbride’s killer, was found guilty of second-degree murder and sentenced to a minimum of seventeen years in prison. Wafer was accused of shooting McBride, 19, when she emerged on his front porch early morning on November 4, last year. It was about 4:40 AM when McBride made her way onto the Wafer’s front porch. […]
Washington, D.C.-based psychiatrist and race theorist Frances Cress Welsing rocked the fields of cultural and behavioral science with her 1970 essay The Cress Theory of Color-Confrontation and Racism (White Supremacy). This striking theory of the origins of racism is rooted in the effects that varying degrees of melanin–the color-producing pigment in skin–can have on […]
DR. FARID ZARIF, PhD, NATURPATH, Director, Nutrition / Dietetics, MPH, ND, PhD, (MD/PhD candidate St. Luke’s University School of Medicine). He as Doctorates in: Clinical and Holistic Human Nutrition & Naturopathy: Masters in: Sports Medicine & Public Health. Over one hundred and fifty published articles. consisting of: Clinical and Holistic Treatments, Integrative Medicine, Bariatric Medicine, […]
California is in the grip of a drought that has gone on for three years. The lack of rainfall has left the soil parched. Wildfires have destroyed property and consumed thousands of acres of vegetation. A new study says things could get much worse. According to scientists, these extreme conditions suggest we could be heading […]
Kiya Gezahegne joined an unruly, jostling throng surrounding a priest who wielded a 12th-century gold and bronze cross, one of the most sacred artefacts in Ethiopia. A young man shut his eyes and trembled from head to toe as he was blessed. Finally, Gezahegne stepped forward and stooped so the priest could tap the cross […]
SAJI Yoga Mind Gem: I release any emotional or mental condition that limits the expression of my happiness. Today I speak the truth of my desires and allow myself to find balance in all things. I honor and trust the God power within to transform my mind, body and spirit to embrace wholeness. I accept […]
Nana Gyamfi (right) has been a human and civil rights attorney with a specialty in criminal defense since 1994. Inspired by lawyers C. Vernon Mason, Alton Maddox, and Dr. Lennox Hinds and their work on behalf of the people in the Howard Beach, Tawana Brawley, and the Central Park Five trials, Nana graduated from Cornell […]
Joy Reid is host of “The Reid Report” on weekdays at 2 p.m. on MSNBC. Reid was the former Managing Editor of theGrio.com, a daily online news and opinion platform devoted to delivering stories and perspectives that reflect and affect African-American audiences. Reid joined theGrio.com with experience as a freelance columnist for the Miami Herald […]
Rickie Byars Beckwith is one of the 21st century’s most revered singer-songwriters whose transcendent music opens the heart, touches the soul, and uplifts the spirit. Rickie’s extensive music catalogue is heard on the radio and on soundtracks for movies and television. Her songs of unconditional love and spiritual transformation are the highlight of consciousness raising […]
Dr. Delbert Blair Historian, Lecturer, Engineer, Poet, Minister, Researcher, Educator and Metaphysician. He applies the oral tradition of the griots, along with extensive and pragmatic research. He is the Founder, Director and chief Consultant of “The Meta-Center” located in Chicago Illinois. Website: www.themetacenter2.com