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Special Sister Minority Health Month Q & A Feature: Dr. Melody McCloud, Author of “Living Well, Despite Catchin’ Hell”

April 10th, 2011

April is National Minority Health Month
Do Negative Media Images Affect Our Psychological and Physical Health?
What inspired you to become an author? The writing bug evolved over time. As a student I’d frequently see “Well-written” on my term papers, and I’d sometimes write poetry. In 1994 I self-published Medical Bloopers, a book of medical anecdotes; and [...]

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iask wounded warrior & family outreach with Walter Reed Army Hospital

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iask 5th Anniversary Sister Buddy Mixer--Saturday, May 16 2009

Join us for our 5th year Anniversary Sister Buddy & Gents Mixer from 3:30-6:30PM on Saturday, May 16, 2009. The national buddy group call in will also take place on May 16, 2009 in the morning. We will post those details as well shortly.

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Mr. wOw Waits for Anderson Cooper and GLAAD to 'Man Up' and Confront Willow Palin November 22, 2010
Is Willow Palin homophobic or just ‘an ignorant teenager’?Mr. Wow | Today 11:40 am Several weeks back, CNN’s Mr. Anderson Cooper and GLAAD (the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) got together to condemn Vince Vaughn and Universal Pictures because there’s a line in Vince’s coming bomb, "The Dilemma," about e […]

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Did Blacks Start the Trend of Heckling Obama? May 26, 2013
After President Obama was heckled during his speech on counterterrorism Thursday, some people wondered how many times these types of interruptions have happened to the POTUS. The Huffington Post's Earl Ofari Hutchinson writes that the trend began with black protestors but has carried on thanks to the heightened American fringe culture, like the Tea Part […]

Jack & Jill Politics

Your Friday Clash Song: Drop Your Bombs Between The Minarets … May 24, 2013
In honor of Pres. Obama’s announcement yesterday that the Administration is scaling back the endless “war on terror” … a special version of “Rock The Casbah,” featuring Mick Jones, Rachid Taha, and Brian Eno, recorded at the 2005 Stop The War Coalition concert in London. A sad bit of irony here. According to Wikipedia: The [...]The post Your Fr […]

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No New Year’s Resolutions, Just be Resolved in 2012 December 31, 2011
“It is never too late to have a life, and never too late to change one.”–Nike, Just Do It (1990) It’s that time again–New Year’s Eve 2011 is about 5 hours and counting here on the East Coast and almost 8 hours away for those in the West or around the world. 2011 was quite [...]

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A Favorite Tracy Feith May 22, 2013
The First Lady met with 6th graders from Willow Springs Elementary School in Fairfax, Virginia, who were visiting the Decatur House in Washington, D.C. today. As part of the visit, Mrs. O announced a $1 million grant from American Express to the White House Historical Association to preserve the house and slave quarters. For the appearance, Mrs. O turned t […]