In the midst of the holiday season, you will most likely use your phone to pay for gifts or chip in for a meal with friends. Mobile payment apps make transferring money an easy process. However, it’s important to keep your personal finance information safe while using them. Following these Read more…
What does Angela Bassett, Phylicia Rashad, Tracee Ellis Ross and the females in your family have in common? Whether they are Aunties in real life (or in our head), we see more and more evidence of Beautiful Black Women aging gracefully through all stages of life. Historically, our culture protects Read more…
Throughout the various articles in this magazine, we’ve been talking about various ways that you might take actionto create a healthier lifestyle. It is just as important to recognize that we not only need to create that lifestyle for ourselves, but for others in our family and community as well. Read more…
Queen, no matter what others want you to think, you only have so much time and energy to spend each day. Don’t exhaust your resources on anything that you can’t influence. Worrying about the rain won’t make it stop. Being annoyed by the fact that you’re only 5’ 2” tall Read more…
When you hear the words “Flint, Michigan”, what images do you conjure up? The original issue was the switch from the Detroit water source system to the Flint River while waiting for a separate water pipeline to be completed. Since 2014 I’ve watched my sisters and brothers up the road Read more…
Historically, black people – especially black women – have been confronted with a myriad of inequalities, ranging from socioeconomic, cultural, and health aspects. Consequently, public and political discourses relating to wellness, more often than not, tend to focus on the numerous disparities between black women and the rest of the Read more…
Hey There – I know, I know…we’ve been living with technology throughout this pandemic and have started to develop fatigue from the technology. The last thing you want to hear about is technology for your time off. I get it! You just want to vaca freely and get a break Read more…
A fictitious mini story Dear Diary,It’s day 112. As I lay in this bed and think about my day, it’s hard to imagine how much my life has changed. For years I have been there to serve others. I was a nurse – a caregiver through and through. I always Read more…
Let’s talk about what I’m coining the “Triple Structure” Effect on Black people’s immunity. There are three types of structures that are influencing what is going on with black people’s health and immunity systems. The first structure that we want to think about is racism in itself. Racism is when Read more…
I have coronasomnia – and I’ve got a feeling you do too, my Sister. Recent research shows that blacks, dealing with continual racial and political attacks, distrust of the medical system and holding of shift-based jobs that require us to alter our sleep cycles. In the midst of the pandemic, Read more…