What if you could delete the memory that causes you the most pain? It almost sound like science fiction, but it’s very much real. Researchers say they think they’ve figured out a way to erase painful memories and post-traumatic stress. In the study published in the Journal of Neuroscience, a team of scientists lead by…
The war in the Congo is one of Africa’s longest running conflicts, yet the 150 year-old struggle is usually one of the least covered parts of the world. Sadly, when Congo is in the news we often hear narratives of merciless mass rapes used as weapons of war. However, there is a new story line…
We all have the list in our minds. You know, the (long, long) list of what we’d like our ideal partner to be like. Some of us have even written it down. But it’s there—lurking in our minds whenever we meet a potential boo. We compare, edit, scratch some things off, make exceptions, or use…
From The Grio – Prince William of Wales married Catherine Middleton today during an event that some have deemed “the most anticipated wedding ceremony of the decade” and others have criticized asoverblown media circus. Cakes, carriages, and celebrity cameos will mark the occasion, with Beyoncé and Jay-Z rumored to be delivering a rare joint performance. Hundreds…
Just when you thought the First Couple could not get any more dope- there’s this.
In her new video, Kelly Price is tackling those ‘daddy issues.’ “Not My Daddy” is the second single off ‘Kelly’, Price’s new album that drops May 3rd. There’s more star power in and off the video screen with actress Regina King in the director’s chair and Stokley of Mint Condition making a cameo as well….
I did not have the heart to wake up at 4A.M. for the start of the Royal Wedding coverage. For the Brits, it was perfectly timed, love confirmed before their eyes but for me, it was ungodly early. Luckily, the festivities across the pond have been replayed on nearly every news network and given top…
Unfortunately more people aren’t talking about this… Recently, students and teachers at the Catherine Ferguson Academy, a Detroit-area school for pregnant girls and young mothers, got the unfortunate news that it will possibly face closure at the end of the school year. The school is one of the only of its kind in the country,…
On the heels of the historic press conference in which President Obama released his long form birth certificate to silence the “carnival barkers” and birthers, the Arizona Independent, a weekly paper, published the immigration file of Barack Hussein Obama, Sr., the President’s father. The file, obtained by the paper via the Freedom of Information Act,…
She may have already lived 61 years, but Bineta Diop is finally being recognized for her work to advance gender equality, and not a minute too soon. The only African woman on TIME’s list, Diop is founder of Femmes Africa Solidarité (F.A.S). The organization focuses on empowering women as peacemakers in the most fragile African…
