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Jennifer Hudson has truly traveled the distance of a lifetime in 29 years. From the Chicago churches that nurtured her budding talent, to Hollywood stages, where she picked up award after award culmin

The nation's employers added a net 192,000 jobs in February, the Labor Department reported on Friday. That was close to economists' expectations of 196,000 jobs. The change for January was meanwhile

You’re probably wondering why you need to know what vitamins are best for you because you already take a multivitamin. Use this list, which includes the top 10 vitamins African American women need and

March 4, 2011 — Pregnant women taking topiramate (Topamax, Ortho-McNeil Janssen) to treat epileptic seizures or prevent migraine headaches have an increased risk of bearing children with a cleft lip o

Motivational Tip: Take the attitude of a student; never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new. There's no limit to how far you can go when you are committed to learni

Watchman Cinema’s 85-minute documentary The Child: America’s Battle for the Next Generation unveils a pervasive attack against the deep bond between parent and child in American law and culture. Paren

March 4, 2011 Twenty-seven percent of young men and 29 percent of young women ages 15-24 have never had any kind of sex, according to a study by the National Center for Health Statistics. That’s up

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. — Alone with his psychiatrist, the patient confided that his newborn had serious health problems, his distraught wife was screaming at him and he had started drinking again. With his l

MIAMI (AP) — The side door to the newly refurbished gym opened, a blast of sunlight splashed into the darkened corner, and 100 children began shrieking in unison. LeBron James was thrilled. "It never

Thanks for your concern, Life Always, but there are other places to put your energy. The big billboard in New York City’s Soho District blared the offense: “The most dangerous place for an African-Am

Britain has just released more of its massive collection of X-Files -- over 8,000 pages of documents detailing UFO investigations, eyewitness testimony and military concerns about possible extraterres

Britain has just released more of its massive collection of X-Files -- over 8,000 pages of documents detailing UFO investigations, eyewitness testimony and military concerns about possible extraterres

It was a beautifully warm spring day when I drove to the Hiding Place lodge, located about an hour outside of Nashville. The retreat center was tucked at the end of a private, winding, and wooded road

Nationwide -- Writing in "Right to Life News", a beautiful document about our right to life, the Rev. Jesse Jackson asked an amazingly salient question which shouts across the decades: "What happ

Hours after she dazzled the red carpet at the Vanity Fair Oscars party, Serena Williams was in a Los Angeles hospital receiving emergency treatment for a blood clot in her lungs. According to Peopl

(BlackDoctor.org) -- Does skin of color age differently? This is an interesting question, since most people do believe that Black skin "doesn't crack." In general, the process of aging for skin of co

Merrillville, IN -- Darlene M. Washington wakes up one day and decides to create an electronic bookstore for her titles to be bought and read all over the world. Just like that, DMWBooks.com was born!

Nationwide -- BlackStudents.com, a popular online resource for African American high school and college students, has published their annual listing of 2011 scholarship opportunities. The scholarships

Nationwide -- It's been said that there comes a critical moment in every African-American comedian's career when he's asked to put on a dress. Among those who've succumbed to that subtle pressure over

Book Review: "True You" By Janet Jackson Janet's new book entitled True You: A Journey to Finding and Loving Yourself, is an unusually humanizing tome in which she is forthcoming about the host of ch

Singer Chris Brown has unveiled the artwork for his fourth studio album called "F.A.M.E." to be released on March 22, 2011. The album will feature appearances from Bruno Mars, Justin Bieber, Lil Wayne

Predicting Risk for Breast Cancer: HALO® Now there’s a test that may aid doctors in more accurately predicting which women are at higher risk for developing breast cancer. It’s an in-office system,

A whopping 75 percent of those under 30 describe themselves as "not interested" in the royal wedding. Why are so many joining me on the grinch list this year? Allow me to posit a few theories. The

"Inside Job" won the 2011 Academy Award for best documentary on Sunday night. The film's director used his acceptance speech to deliver pointed criticism of Wall Street and the financial industry.

On Thursday, the space shuttle Discovery blasted into space for its final mission. People around the world watched the liftoff, but only a lucky few got to see the shuttle from the skies. Passenger