Gazing through the window of the South African Airways carrier as it flew over Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe’s adventure capital, I saw what I thought was the smoke from a huge forest fire. The “smoke
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Further east than its Caribbean cousins, Americans seeking a tropical-weather escape sometimes overlook Barbados. But it’s just this extra distance, along with a stable government, that makes Barbad
BY Robert S. Anthony
You’ve seen the ads: Valerie Bertinelli lost 40 pounds using the Jenny Craig diet program. Marie Osmond lost 50 pounds on Nutrisystem. Both plans rely on portion control through prepared foods deliv
BY Chandra Orr
A new exhibit at the Strivers Gardens Gallery in Harlem, New York City, focuses on works that have been repurposed from ordinary materials like buttons, vinyl records, thumbtacks and QR codes into fin
BY Clarence V. Reynolds
Why is it so difficult for Black men in this American culture to be true to themselves? As a Black man in America, do you really feel free; are you ready for freedom? Are you comfortable with the impa
BY Clarence V. Reynolds
Jack cardiologists have declared war on heart disease among African- Americans, the leading cause of death in the community. “It’s not justifiable to have a system where the average Black man has
BY Salome Kilkenny
Reviewed by Linda ArmstrongTennessee Williams’ classic play A Streetcar Named Desire, set in New Orleans’s French Quarter, is enjoying a stunning revival at the Broadhurst Theatre on West 44th Str
BY Linda Armstrong
On Super Bowl Sunday, Ferris Jackson, 72, crossed the finish line of the Galveston Mardi Gras Marathon in Galveston, Texas. He had done the same just three weeks earlier at the Chevron Houston Maratho
BY Ferris Jackson
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BY Ginny Frizzi
Godspell, last seen on Broadway in the early 1970s, is back on Broadway and it is a joyful time at the theater. Playing at the Circle in the Square Theatre, at Broadway and 50th Street, the play tells
BY Linda A. Armstrong










