Zombie Preparedness Wonder why zombies, zombie apocalypse, and zombie preparedness continue to live or walk dead on a CDC web site? As it turns out what first began as a tongue-in-cheek campaign to engage new audiences with preparedness messages has proven to be a very effective platform. We continueContinue Reading
Bunny Wailer, last surviving founder member of the Wailers, dies aged 73 Reggae artist and three-time Grammy winner found worldwide fame alongside Bob Marley in the early 1970s Signature sound … Bunny Wailer performing in 2016. Photograph: Getty Images Bunny Wailer, the co-founder and last living member of Jamaican reggaeContinue Reading
“The Hate That Hate Produced” was a television documentary about the Nation of Islam presented by journalists Louis Lomax and Mike Wallace on “Newsbeat” (a program of New York’s WNTA-TV) on July 10, 1959. Dramatically edited to maximize its shock value, the documentary introduced the Nation (and Malcolm X) toContinue Reading
Seems the wisdom of man hasn’t got much wiser Than the very beginning of our time Agree or war has been our way of compromising Let live and love has become our biggest lie Seems to me that fools are even more foolish Thinking of themselves and nobody elseContinue Reading
Stress causes disease and stops you being the creator of your life POSTED 16TH JULY 2019 MALA When we are in survival mode we are stressed. Your brain and body are knocked out of balance. Stress steals energy from you. When you are feeling under threat by someone or something, you areContinue Reading
CHEIKH ANTA DIOP (1923-1986) POSTED ONJUNE 14, 2008BY CONTRIBUTED BY: ANNA MICKLIN Cheikh Anta Diop, IFAN laboratory, Dakar, 1976 Photo by Jake Scott, Fair use image Distinguished historian and Pan-Africanist political leader, Cheikh Anta Diop was born in Diourbel, Senegal on December 23, 1933 to a Muslim Wolof family. Part of the peasant class, his family belonged to the African Mouride Islamic sect.Continue Reading
John Henrik Clarke – A Great and Mighty Walk In the course of his long and varied academic career, John Henrik Clarke made tremendous contributions to the disciplines of African and African American studies. For more than six decades, he lectured on Black history all over the world, from communityContinue Reading
New iOS 14 feature warns you if someone is spying on you through your iPhone: Look out for the orange dot at the top of your screen Dot pops on an iPhone display as a warning that apps are watching and listening It’s orange when microphone is in use andContinue Reading
6 Biggest Takeaways From Kanye West’s Interview on Nick Cannon’s Podcast ‘Cannon’s Class’ Nick Cannon summoned none other than The College Dropout star Kanye West when he announced, “Class is in session!” for his latest Cannon’s Class podcast episode. In a 44-minute interview on Tuesday (Sept. 1), Cannon sat down with the multihyphenate near West’s Wyoming ranch forContinue Reading
How Ego Hurts You (& How to Overcome It) “As we have seen, having–the concept of ownership–is a fiction created by ego to give itself solidity and permanency and make itself stand out, make itself special. Since you cannot find yourself through having, however, there is another more powerful drive underneathContinue Reading
14 Most Memorable Quotes From Fight Club Chuck Palahniuk’s fight club was made into an awesome movie with Brad Pitt and Edward Norton. Here are the best quotes from the classic. BY BEN SHERLOCKJUN 18, 2020 Fight Club was the movie that defined a generation of young men. It might notContinue Reading
Psychedelic Toad Venom Is the New Trendy Hallucinogen by Jena Hilliard | October 11, 2019 ❘ Trendy New Psychedelic Toad Venom Takes the US By Storm Comparable to the likes of ayahuasca, psilocybin mushrooms, and mescaline, a new mind-altering drug is hitting the US psychedelic scene – toad venom. The drug comes from a rare species ofContinue Reading
Master P Talks ‘No Limit Chronicles,’ Building Generational Wealth in the Black Community (Exclusive) By Latifah Muhammad 12:29 PM PDT, July 24, 2020 Master P wants to inspire and encourage economic empowerment. The music mogul’s rise to the top of the rap game is the focus of the BET docuseries No Limit Chronicles, debuting Wednesday, July 29. The five-episodeContinue Reading
‘Coronavirus is a poor person’s virus’: Silcon Valley’s elite are throwing lavish parties where guests take 15-minute rapid COVID tests and use private jets to hop from one ‘safe’ city to the next as they ride out the pandemic Silicon Valley’s elite have been carrying on with their lives andContinue Reading
‘Dopamine Fasting’ Is Silicon Valley’s Latest Trend. Here’s What an Expert Has to Say CIARA MCCABE, THE CONVERSATION 30 NOVEMBER 2019 It’s the latest fad in Silicon Valley. By reducing the brain’s feel-good chemical known as dopamine – cutting back on things like food, sex, alcohol, social media and technologyContinue Reading
The Ultimate Guide to Posture Brett and Kate McKay • March 8, 2016 Last updated: July 13, 2020 Take a peek into most every office in America. What do you see? Workers hunched over their computers. Look at your fellow commuters on the subway. How do they sit? Slumped over their smartphones. Survey theContinue Reading
Oliver Stone thinks Hollywood has gone crazy. By David MarchesePhotograph by Mamadi Doumbouya Beginning in 1986 with the release of his films “Salvador” and “Platoon,” Oliver Stone kicked off a decade-long run of remarkable success. Many of the controversial and stylistically brash films that he made during this era were box-office hits and establishedContinue Reading
DID FRANK MATTHEWS GET AWAY WITH IT? THE NEW YORK DRUG KINGPIN HAS BEEN AT LARGE SINCE 1973 Last Updated On: January 19th, 2018 – By Jeff Burbank New York mug shot Wanted Poster Written: February 3, 2016 It was the first week of January 1973. Frank Matthews andContinue Reading
How a secret meeting on Jekyll Island led to the Fed Kai Ryssdal and Bridget BodnarOct 20, 2015 LISTEN NOW The Jekyll Island Club. Evangelio Gonzalez/Flickr The United States Federal Reserve has received a good deal of flack over the years. Whether it’s ire over looming interest rate hikes or full-blown conspiracy theories,Continue Reading
Was Fred Hampton Executed? Seven years after the shootings of Fred Hampton and Mark Clark by the Chicago police, a civil suit reveals the sordid details behind the assassination. By Jeff Gottlieb and Jeff Cohen DECEMBER 25, 1976 Fred Hampton in 1969. (AP Images) Ready To Fight Back? In the predawn hours of DecemberContinue Reading
From King To Comic: The Story Behind The Real Black Panther, Mansa Musa February 19, 2018 – 3:19 pm by Xavier Hamilton There are many parallels between the fictional T’Challa of Wakanda and the non-fictional Mansa, leader of the 14th century Mali Empire. When Marvel announced in 2014 that they would beginContinue Reading
Baldwin’s Nigger (1969) was Horace Ové‘s first film. Shot in a plain and simple verité style in black and white, the film represents a triumph for the filmmaker in presenting dialogue between black people as if no white people were present. This allows the speakers and audience to deal with issues without the need toContinue Reading
Quincy Jones Documentary Quincy Jones Has a Story About That Frank Sinatra. Michael Jackson. Ray Charles. Malcolm X. Elon Musk. Truman Capote. Buzz Aldrin. Prince. Tupac. Even Leni Riefenstahl. Quincy Jones has run with them all. Chris Heath stays up late with the 84-year-old music legend who has aContinue Reading
These American cities will soon be under water Michael B. Sauter and Thomas C. Frohlich 24/7 Wall Street The steady rise in global surface temperatures is largely attributed to human-caused greenhouse gas emissions. With rising temperatures, the world’s ice has been melting and sea levels have been rising. As aContinue Reading
Marcus Garvey, “The Negro Moses” Robert A. Hill – University of California, Los Angeles Marcus Garvey is regarded as the leader of the largest organized mass movement in black history and the progenitor of the modern Black Is Beautiful revival that reached its apogee in the 1960s and 1970s inContinue Reading
Kanye West announces that he’s running for president on Twitter… and Elon Musk says the rapper has his vote Kanye West announced his 2020 presidential bid in a tweet on Saturday The rapper is entering the race just four months before the election It is unclear if he has filedContinue Reading
The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam has marked July 4 for an imperative message to be delivered. During his message, titled “The Criterion,” Minister Farrakhan will speak on a variety of subjects including the current state of the United States of America, the world at large,Continue Reading
The People and the Police: Washington D.C.’s Police-Community Relations Program, 1968 May 20, 2015 By Audrey Amidon, Posted In Motion Pictures “The question always comes when you live in a community that’s oppressed and people are living like we have to live in the black community, how do you get a handle onContinue Reading
From Picasso To Basquiat: The African Bridge Rakaa (Iriscience) Follow Jan 29, 2013 · 5 min read There are very few artists who have transcended both traditional stylistic parameters and critical close-mindedness to achieve world recognition and inspire a movement. Two such artists are the legendary Spanish painter and sculptor Pablo Picasso, whoseContinue Reading
Documentary ’13TH’ Argues Mass Incarceration Is An Extension Of Slavery Transcript Filmmaker Ava DuVernay talks about her new documentary, 13TH, which explores the history of race and the criminal justice system in the United States. The film’s title refers to the 13th Amendment. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: The awards season is uponContinue Reading
Kanye West inks major 10-year collaboration deal with Gap to bring Yeezy label to the masses … with the struggling retailer ‘hoping partnership will generate a billion dollars’ Kanye West signed a 10-year deal with Gap to bring his Yeezy fashion label to the retailer The Yeazy Gap line willContinue Reading
The Summer of Love was a social phenomenon that occurred during the summer of 1967, when as many as 100,000 people converged on the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, initiating a major cultural and political shift. Although hippies also gathered in major cities across the U.S., Canada and Europe, SanContinue Reading
WHAT IS CRACK COCAINE? (Photo credit: DEA/drugs) Crack cocaine is the crystal form of cocaine, which normally comes in a powder form.1 It comes in solid blocks or crystals varying in color from yellow to pale rose or white. Crack is heated and smoked. It is so named because it makesContinue Reading
Nascar failed to fight racism for 72 years. Don’t praise its support of Bubba Wallace yet Nascar If Nascar hadn’t been so keen to take the path of least resistance in the past, its only black driver would never have been forced down his hard road Andrew Lawrence @by_drew TueContinue Reading
Blacks Britannica Racism in public TV by Joel Dreyfuss from Jump Cut, no. 21, Nov. 1979, pp. 4-5 copyright Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media, 1979, 2005 There is a significant if unflattering lesson about the state of American public television in the fact that it is more often criticized forContinue Reading
The Purpose Of Life Is Not Happiness: It’s Usefulness For the longest time, I believed that there’s only one purpose of life: And that is to be happy. Right? Why else go through all the pain and hardship? It’s to achieve happiness in some way. And I’m not the onlyContinue Reading
(1963) MALCOLM X, “RACIAL SEPARATION” POSTED ONJANUARY 22, 2013BY CONTRIBUTED BY: BLACKPAST Malcolm X, Martin Luther King press conference, March 26, 1964 Public Domain photo by Marion S. Trikosko, Courtesy Library of Congress (2003688131) On October 11, 1963, Malcolm X gave a speech at the University of California, Berkeley, in which heContinue Reading
Dr Dre and Jimmy Iovine: ‘We’re thinking about who’ll be the next Steve Jobs’ By Jonathan Heaf 19 May 2020 Talking beginnings, business and billion-dollar Beats, Dr Dre and Jimmy Iovine reveal how their partnership kickstarted a digital revolution… It takes a beat to find music mogul Jimmy Iovine’s Los Angeles mansion. HangContinue Reading
Officials to Block Qaddafi Gift to Farrakhan By Richard W. Stevenson Aug. 28, 1996 Clinton Administration officials said today that they would almost certainly reject an application from the Nation of Islam and its leader, Louis Farrakhan, to be allowed to accept a donation of more than $1 billion from Col.Continue Reading
Dave Chappelle’s Netflix Special: Three Key References to Know As he addresses police brutality, the death of George Floyd and nationwide protests in “8:46,” the comic examines overlooked subjects. Dave Chappelle in his new special.Credit…Netflix By Melena Ryzik June 12, 2020 Dave Chappelle released a lacerating new special, “8:46” — theContinue Reading
“Look, Europe aint no Continent. You got AFRICA, ASIA, ANTARCTICA, AUSTRAILIA, and the AMERICA’S all starting with “A”. Then “EUROPE”, Dat SHIT aint separated by a body of water. They made that bullshit up!!! Paul Mooney is keepin’ it real funny Comedian Paul MooneyBy MARK DE LA VINA, CORRESPONDENT | Mercury NewsPUBLISHED: AprilContinue Reading
There was police brutality and there was atrocity, and the press was just as atrocious as the police. Because they helped the police to cover it up by propagating a false image across the country. If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are beingContinue Reading
George Floyd: Nick Cannon shares powerful ‘I Can’t Breathe… Again!’ video after joining protests in Minneapolis ‘F*** the elite and the top three per cent,’ he raps Roisin O’Connor @Roisin_OConnor Monday 1 June 2020 08:53 Nick Cannon has shared a spoken word video on his social media accounts that speaks out againstContinue Reading
Did Man Who Armed Black Panthers Lead Two Lives? By RICHARD GONZALES • OCT 3, 2012 All Things Considered ShareTweetEmail VIEW SLIDESHOW 1 of 9 Huey Newton co-founded the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in 1966 in Oakland, Calif., with Bobby Seale. This 1970 photo shows Newton in Philadelphia. RUSTY KENNEDY / AP In the mid-1960s, the BlackContinue Reading
The Last Poets: the hip-hop forefathers who gave black America its voice Music It is half a century since the Last Poets stood in Harlem, uttered their first words in public, and created the blueprint for hip-hop. At an intimate open house session, they explain why their revolutionary words areContinue Reading
As You Like It, Act II, Scene VII [All the world’s a stage] William Shakespeare – 1564-1616 Jaques to Duke Senior All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, HisContinue Reading
What is ‘martial law’ In simple terms, martial law is the replacement of civil rule with temporary military authority in a time of crisis. While its imposition is rare, the United States does have several noteworthy instances where martial law came into play, including in times of war, natural disastersContinue Reading
BET Founder Calls For $14 Trillion In Slavery Reparations BET founder Robert Johnson argued Monday that “now is the time” for white America to acknowledge damages resulting from slavery, and for the U.S. Government to provide reparations in the sum of a $14 trillion wealth transfer to help prevent the country fromContinue Reading
LL Cool J shines a bright light on racist police brutality as he delivers a rapid-fire rap about George Floyd and other high-profile cases By KEVIN KAYHART FOR DAILYMAIL.COM PUBLISHED: 03:49 EDT, 1 June 2020 | UPDATED: 13:04 EDT, 1 June 2020 He’s a legendary pioneer of the Rap/Hip-Hop genre who’s never been at aContinue Reading
Bob Marley at 70: legend and legacy The reggae superstar would have been 70 this Friday. His friend Vivien Goldman asks how a hard-working activist came to represent feelgood partying, and salutes his enduring influence Vivien Goldman Thu 5 Feb 2015 13.54 ESTLast modified on Mon 3 Dec 2018 10.37 EST Bob MarleyContinue Reading
Police in riot gear fire rubber bullets and tear gas at thousands of protestors demanding the arrest of four Minneapolis cops involved in the death of black man George Floyd Chaos erupted at a Minneapolis protest Tuesday night over George Floyd’s death on Monday Police in riot gear threw tearContinue Reading
Fela Kuti: Chronicle of A Life Foretold When Fela Anikulapo-Kuti died in August 1997, Nigeria lost one of its most controversial and inspirational cultural figures. Here, the Africa-based writer Lindsay Barrett maps the extraordinary trajectory of Fela’s life, detailing the emergence of his patented brand of Afrobeat, his anarchic lifestyle,Continue Reading
Peter Tosh: the Stepping Razor still cuts deep in Jamaica Peter Tosh Day is 20 April in Jamaica – an appropriate time to celebrate the singer of Legalize It. But there’s far more to the reggae legend than his love of ganja Vivien Goldman Wed 20 Apr 2016 04.00 EDTLast modified onContinue Reading
Minnie Riperton – 10 of the best She had a five-octave vocal range, inspired Stevie Wonder and gave birth to Maya Rudolph – the tragedy is that this huge musical talent died aged only 31 Stevie Chick Wed 29 Jun 2016 06.56 EDTLast modified on Wed 31 May 2017 11.37 EDT 1. TheContinue Reading
Anunnaki 101: The Ancient Gods of Sumer Gaia Staff September 6, 2018 4 min read Who were the Anunnaki and why do we care? The short answer is: The Anunnaki were the deity pantheon of the ancient Sumerians. And interest in the Sumerian culture has been active and persistent sinceContinue Reading
“Where to Invade Next” – Michael Moore (2015) Michael Moore’s Where to Invade Next (2015) is another one of his personal cinematic essays about American society, but it has some distinguishing features that make it stand out among his oeuvre. First of all, despite the acclaim that a number ofContinue Reading
Beautiful Jim Key and the former slave who taught him to count and use the alphabet Pete Monaco, The Eighth PolePublished 9:38 a.m. MT March 25, 2019 Beautiful Jim Key (Photo: Public Domain) William Key was born into slavery in 1833 and grew up on his owner’s farm in Shelbyville, Tennessee.Continue Reading
Do you need to be a dick to be successful? By Conrad Quilty-Harper1 March 2017 Film director Max Joseph, the co-host of MTV show Catfish and the editor of Casey Neistat‘s viral Nike advert, has made a new documentary series with new social network Vero which asks whether you need to be a dickContinue Reading
Something Phenomenal: Waking at about 3:40 am? by Lois Wetzel | Jan 1, 2020 | Ascension / Current Changes, Consciousness, Meditation, Spiritual Teachings Waking at 3:40 am and the Initiation Practice: This is interesting. Yes. I DO awaken at about 3:40 am each morning. I get up and go into the living room, lie on the couch, andContinue Reading
The War on Drugs Halted Research Into the Potential Benefits of Psychedelics Now it’s finally starting up again. By DON LATTIN Timothy Leary on a lecture tour in 1969 at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Dr. Dennis Bogdan In the fall of 1965, a 33-year-old father of threeContinue Reading
20 of the worst epidemics and pandemics in history By Owen Jarus – Live Science Contributor, All About History March 20, 2020 Plagues and epidemics have ravaged humanity throughout its existence, often changing the course of history. An influenza ward at a U.S. Army Camp Hospital in France during the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918.Continue Reading
Beneath Antarctica’s Ice, Intriguing Evidence of Lost Continents By Stephanie Pappas November 13, 2018 Beneath the Antarctic ice lie the remnants of “lost” continents. (Image: © Vipersniper/iStock/Getty Images Plus) A new map reveals the remnants of ancient continents lurking beneath Antarctica’s ice. The map shows that East Antarctica is made up of multipleContinue Reading
Become a powerful force for change The principle that human beings possess naturally endowed universal rights is the basis of the American form of government and inspiration for democratic movements throughout the world. Rights are considered the guardian principles of human dignity and justice. Yet, as precious as they are,Continue Reading
Little Richard (1932–2020), one of the founding fathers of rock & roll Little Richard, the flamboyant father of rock ‘n’ roll whose “Tutti Frutti” changed the world, died Saturday at the age of 87. Over the course of a career that veered from down-and-dirty rock ‘n’ roll to raising theContinue Reading
MARVIN GAYE JR. (1939-1984) POSTED ONFEBRUARY 13, 2008BY CONTRIBUTED BY: ASHLEY JONES Born on April 2, 1939 in Washington, D.C. Marvin Pentz Gaye, Jr. was named after his father, a minister of the apostolic church. From a young age, the church played a large role in Gaye’s music career. He beganContinue Reading
How the Rat Pack Got Its Name BY STACY CONRADT JUNE 8, 2016 More than half a century after their heyday, the term “Rat Pack” still conjures up images of Frank, Sammy, and Dean. But the phrase didn’t originally refer to the group of guys most people think it does—andContinue Reading
Ernest Hemingway Biography (1899–1961) Nobel Prize winner Ernest Hemingway is seen as one of the great American 20th century novelists, and is known for works like ‘A Farewell to Arms’ and ‘The Old Man and the Sea.’ Who Was Ernest Hemingway? Ernest Hemingway served in World War I and worked inContinue Reading
The Most Secretive Club in America Atomic bombs, giant owls and the president’s pissing tree, deep in a forest north of San Francisco Andrew Chamings Follow Feb 4, 2019 · 8 min read Bohemian Grove. Seems pretty chill. Photo courtesy of archive.org (FCC). There’s a great little kitschy dive bar in Lower NobContinue Reading
The American Experience Malcolm X: Make It Plain Nearly 30 years after his death, Malcolm X continues to cast a long shadow, his legacy filled with myth and misperception. If “Malcolm X: Make It Plain” does nothing other than live up to its title, it would serve a worthwhile purpose. ButContinue Reading
ELDRIDGE CLEAVER (1935-1998) POSTED ON FEBRUARY 4, 2009BY CONTRIBUTED BY: VICTOR HENRY JR. Eldridge Cleaver, October 19, 1968 Courtesy Library of Congress (ppmsc.01265) Eldridge Cleaver, author and civil rights activist, was born on August 31, 1935 in Wabbaseka, Arkansas. Cleaver, aContinue Reading
Amazon worker activists vandalize the road outside Jeff Bezos’s $23m home in DC as his employees demand hazard pay and more protection from coronavirus Protesters painted huge graffiti outside the Washington DC home of Jeff Bezos Nine activists wrote ‘Protect Amazon Workers’ in big red, yellow and white paint HugeContinue Reading
Redd Foxx, original name John Elroy Sanford, (born December 9, 1922, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.—died October 11, 1991, Los Angeles, California), American comedian known for his raunchy stand-up routines. His style of comedy, which featured foul language and highly adult subject matter, influenced generations of comics. He was also a television actor, star of theContinue Reading
Climate experts call for ‘dangerous’ Michael Moore film to be taken down Planet of the Humans, which takes aim at the green movement, is ‘full of misinformation’ says one distributor Oliver Milman @olliemilman Tue 28 Apr 2020 08.54 EDTLast modified on Tue 28 Apr 2020 09.28 EDT A still from Planet of theContinue Reading
“There will come a day, when we will realize Jeffrey Epstein wast the most “prolific pedophile” this country has ever known. So do I think He was killed? One hundred percent, yes I do. Because He made his whole living blackmailing people. There were a lot of men in thoseContinue Reading
Why does it take a pandemic and people to die, for people to listen to me. When I say something futuristic they say I’m crazy, they say I’m disrespectful. Damon Dash is still hustling through the coronavirus pandemic Damon DashGetty Images Damon Dash has found a silver lining amid the coronavirus pandemic,Continue Reading
Marlon Brando was truly unique in how He used His celebrity to raise awareness to His Causes and Concerns. 1973 March 27 Marlon Brando declines Best Actor Oscar On March 27, 1973, the actor Marlon Brando declines the Academy Award for Best Actor for his career-reviving performance in The Godfather.Continue Reading
Nat King Cole crowns a very short list of the most identifiable and memorable voices in American music. This ground breaking American icon’s impact continues to cross the world’s cultural and political boundaries. The story of his life is a study in success in the face of adversity andContinue Reading
Academy Award-winning Scottish actor Sean Connery is best known for playing 007 in the early ‘James Bond’ spy movies. He has also starred in films like ‘Robin and Marian,’ ‘The Name of the Rose,’ ‘The Untouchables,’ ‘The Hunt for Red October’ and ‘Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.’ Who IsContinue Reading
J Dilla: the Mozart of hip-hop ‘His music is full of subtle things’ … J Dilla. Photograph: Johnny Tergo/AP Childhood cello lessons paid dividends for the late J Dilla when he shook up urban music with his maverick beats. Now the classical world is saluting one of its own TheContinue Reading
One ingredient that is so missing for this journey to be understood and accepted, is “LOVE” but it is not the word itself. It is the electrical communication that is between you and the other person or everybody besides yourself. But to be able to reach there to accomplish thatContinue Reading
‘Death is part of life and it’s time to start living again’: Anti-lockdown protesters clash with healthcare workers in Colorado as demonstrations erupt across U.S. to lift stay-at-home measures Nurses clashed with anti lockdown protesters in Colorado Sunday, defiantly standing in front of the cars of demonstrators who flocked toContinue Reading
Before Columbus: How Africans Brought Civilization to America It has now become common knowledge amongst academics that Christopher Columbus clearly did not discover America, not least because is it impossible to discover a people and a continent that was already there and thriving with culture. One can only wonder howContinue Reading
Narmer Narmer (c. 3150 BCE) was the first king of Egypt who unified the country peacefully at the beginning of the First Dynastic Period (c. 3150 – 2613 BCE). He has also, however, been cited as the last king of the Predynastic Period (c. 6000 – 3150 BCE) before the rise of aContinue Reading
Why is the Rockefeller family still fabulously rich? As you know, wealth rarely lasts much further than grandchildren. Taxes, expenses, dilution of the well-being of children and their children and the inevitable corruption of large amounts of money ultimately affect family conditions. Yet the Rockefeller family challenged all of this.Continue Reading
“In real life, just like in Macbeth, all women are not just pure and true. Just because I write some songs about bad women, though, that doesn’t mean I hate women. I’ve written songs that show great love and respect for women, too. Songs that talk about strong, upstanding women andContinue Reading
Africa has made many outstanding contributions to world civilization, of which the following are a few selected examples: Despite suffering through the horrific system of slavery, sharecropping and the Jim Crow era, early African-Americans made countless contributions to science and technology (1). This lineage and culture of achievement, though, emergedContinue Reading
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “The Other America” Still Radical 50 Years Later Continue Reading
36 Books Every Young and Wildly Ambitious Man Should Read Editor’s note: This is a guest article from Ryan Holiday. If there is one thing the great men of history have in common it’s this: books. They read, a lot. Theodore Roosevelt carried a dozen books with him on his perilous explorationContinue Reading
The Radiant Child Jean-Michel Basquiat was an influential African-American artist who rose to success during the 1980s. Basquiat’s paintings are largely responsible for elevating graffiti artists into the realm of the New York gallery scene., his spray-painted crowns and scribbled words, referenced everything from his Haitian and Puerto Rican heritageContinue Reading
Fallen Hedge Fund Star Proves Elusive Once worth $500 million, Florian Homm was driven by money, power, sex and drugs. But when his hedge fund crashed, he went on the run. He tells Christopher Goodwin how he survived an assassination attempt and FBI manhunt – and why he’s now aContinue Reading
In Ponzi We Trust Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul is a scheme made famous by Charles Ponzi. Who was this crook whose name graces this scam? Continue Reading
Looking For New Year Inspiration? Meet Chuck Feeney–The James Bond Of Philanthropy Steven Bertoni : Forbes Staff Tech In the spring of 2017, I interviewed Chuck Feeney, the founder of both Duty Free Shoppers and private equity giant General Atlantic–and one of the wealthiest entrepreneurs in the world. At least,Continue Reading
This is the original film that Tom Cruise remade in 2017. These are two totally different films. I prefer Dennis Hopper’s version. Continue Reading
Bill Withers was in his 30s with a job making toilets. Then ‘Ain’t No Sunshine’ changed his life. Singer and songwriter Bill Withers’s discography flourished long after he retired from performing, but he opted out of the spotlight in favor of spending more time with his family. (Michael Ochs Archives/GettyContinue Reading
Historical documentary about 1918 Swine Flu or Spanish Flu and the role of World War I in spreading the disease among troops making it into a worldwide plague of devastating proportions. The video covers where it began, how and where it spread, the symptoms, how it affected America and whetherContinue Reading
