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Suspect #2 of Boston Marathon Bombing Has Been Caught
Suspect #2 of Boston Marathon Bombing Has Been Caught It has been a tough week for people in Boston. Lives have been lost and others’ lives will be changed forever. Police believe they have suspect #2 (Dzhokar Tsarnaev) in custody after hours of searching that left the city of Boston “on lock down.” All residents were […]
Holocaust Remembrance Day
There are times in our history when human beings can justify participating in unspeakable, evil acts against others because of perceived differences. The Holocaust is one of those moments. Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day. This time in history is part of all of our American History. To learn more about the Holocaust and the courage […]
Have You Been Catfished?
The story of Manti Te’o, a Notre Dame football player and Heisman trophy finalist, has been all over the press. He met a girl named Lennay on Faebook, who he thought could be the love of his life. “She” turned out to be a “he.” Te’o had been “catfished.” Catfish is a term coined by […]
Get Pumped for Beyonce at Halftime!
Beyonce will definitely be doing lots of body poppin. If you want to get your body ready for dancing for halftime, get warmed up with her “Let’s Move Campaign” video, an initiative by First Lady Michelle Obama. Let’s go Bey! #superbowl47
Happy Super Bowl Sunday!
With Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys and Beyonce on the mic, we all win. The game is off to a great start. Can’t wait for Halftime with @beyonce. Let’s go 49ers #superbowl47
Emeli Sande Drops Her New Album, Our Version of Events!
The British are coming! The British are coming! I have as much excitement as Paul Revere with the British, but in a positive way, of course. Over the past few years, there have been many soul singers imported to the U.S. from Britain like Amy Winehouse (until her untimely death), Adele and now Emeli Sande. […]
Mental Illness: A Misunderstood Disease
Reblogged from Familiar Minds: I met Jen a little over a year ago at a leadership seminar hosted by the organization where I work in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. I immediately connected with her and her young daughter Dawn. Little did I know, Jen and I would share a deeper connection over both having a loved […]
The Crazy Ladies of Reality TV
I thought that I’d seen it all with the MTV Super Sweet 16 birthday parties. That is until, I watched The Real Housewives of Atlanta. Phaedra went “coo coo for Cocoa Puffs” with her son, Ayden’s 1st birthday party. Did he really need 12 cakes for his birthday? There was one to represent 12 months […]
Cyberbullying Can Land You in Court Like Dharun Ravi
Today former Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi, 20, was found guilty of invasion of privacy and bias intimidation for using a web cam to tape his rommate, Tyler Clementi during a private intimate moment with another man in the room that they shared. The guilty verdict was announced today in a New Brunswick, New Jersey […]
Find a Mentor
People will often say you need a mentor to get to where you want to be in a certain job. Well, that doesn’t always work for everyone. What if you don’t know anyone who is a photographer, an architect or a magazine editor? Sometimes you have to improvise and make it up as you go […]
