I get emails from all over the world.  It was no surprise when I received an email with a photo attached.  Happy, shiny Black couple beaming from the base of the Eifel Tower.  They were in Paris.  I deleted it.  Photo proof that another girl was living the dream, offered to me, but in my stubborn mind had cast to the side. 

            One cold day when I was living on the East Coast a few years ago a very good Black man came to me, out of the blue, and said, “I’m going to marry.  I’m considering

By Gloria Dulan-Wilson ~   Just finished watching the Obama/Romney Debate Numero Uno:  Let me just say for the record that while Romney panned his grin for the audience, and showed that he had done a great job of rehearsing how to be engaging,  tn the realm of the Mitt-twit's dog and pony show, that dog won't hunt. There was a play entitled “The Great White Hope” about the legendary boxer, Jack Johnson, where the fight promoters sought feverishly for a white opponent to defeat the legendary boxer.

Sweet Beginnings workers and staff care for the job-creating bees.

   By Joshunda Sanders ~

- Some people see a bee and want to swat it. Brenda Palms-Barber sees a bee and thinks about products it helps to produce and jobs it creates.

Palms-Barber is executive director of the North Lawndale Employment Network (NLEN) in Chicago. The nonprofit organization partners with about 100 agencies to help low-income people, primarily former offenders, find and keep jobs.

In 2004, she launched Sw

Come to the turquoise waters and beautiful desert landscape of Makadi Bay on the Red Sea. Set in a beautiful natural bay, the luxurious resort town of Makadi offers you tranquility and peace of mind like no other town in Egypt. Let go of your stress at the state-of-the-art Indian inspired Spa, or play a round of golf with friends while enjoying the amazing scenery.

With diving and water sports also high on the list of things to do in Makadi, the bay is a wonderful beach getaway destination on the

Dr. M's Revolution on the Rocks Tour Schedule for November, 2012

Tentative Schedule for Dr. M's Revolution on the Rocks Tour

November 1, Friday

7:30pm  Book Party at Umoja House, 2015 Bunker Hill Rd., NE, Washington DC
For more information, call Baba Lumumba @ 202-526-4039

November 2-4

Black Power to Hip Hop Conference, Howard University
Contact Brother Salim, National Black United Front, 202-525-3449

Nov 9, Friday, 7:00pm

Reading and book signing at Moonstone Art Center
110A S. 13th Street

Philadelphia, P

Sometimes I don’t think I took enough time to think why someone selected me to be their friend, lover, or associate.  I should have.  It seems as if I was always just happy to be wanted or needed that I never questioned why.  Once in a circle, or assigned to a role, for some reason, I was determined to stay “on the job.”  I was so afraid of failure that I didn’t mind losing.  Today,  I examine opportunities and it seems as if the things freely given are those which have the greatest cost in the

Greetings & Blessings

Here is a list of Holy Prayers & Invocations.

I recommend printing this page.

May you find inspiration from this.

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Esta Lior

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It’s the end of my writing hour.  My son has just walked in.  I hear him in the kitchen and he’s eating the last of the butter burgers and hand cut fries.  He pours some tea and walks down the stairs into the basement.  Mentally, I’m checking on all of my cubs.  My mind also rests to that man, Himself, down the road.  I see him as I hope he is.  Resting.  Well.  And my good friend sleeping warm with puppy dreams dancing through his head.  I wonder if all six are well.  And I hope they will all b

I have two sons and two daughters.  Yet I spend almost every waking hour fretting, worrying, crying, and agonizing on one child.  Joslyn Lavonne is 29.  John Van II is 24.  Grant Worthington is 22.  And my Sarah Vaughn is 14.  Yet I concentrate over my one son and beg Allah the Merciful for him to find his respect, dignity, purpose and reason. 

            Joslyn is a beautiful college graduate who keeps her own house while attending graduate school.  My Sarah can have the world.  Grant is his ow

Question for Plato Negro from Gregory Fields, Professor of law and student at Academy of da Corner

Dr. M and Professor Gregory Fields at Academy of da Corner, 14th and Broadway,

downtown Oakland CA.  photo Walter Riley, Esq.

And Professor Gregory asked Plato Negro: "Most humble master teacher, Plato Negro, Dr. M, Rumi, Saadi, Hafiz, the consensus is that you are one of the wisest persons in the world, especially here in the Bay Area. It is conceded you know 99% of what is to be known or is known, t

By Nsajigwa sisi kwa sisi

Sometimes in life fiction story do come true..!

Have you heard the popular story of kondi, the young boy who was eager, determined and persistent to make his own toy car-the galimoto?

It is in the book titled “Galimoto” (1990) by Karen Lynn Williams about which a child main character- a seven years old boy named kondi had dreamed of making a toy car. This was seen as impossible for a little boy of his age. Nevertheless he did all he could, going places to places, taking

The beautiful island nation of Mauritius is located in the Indian Ocean. It looks like a tiny dot in the vast expanse of the mighty Indian Ocean. This small island nation was initially discovered by the Arabian sailors. After its discovery, this small island nation has gained much popularity throughout the world. Its charm and beauty has made a mark among the famous tourist destinations across the globe.

In today’s world, Mauritius acts as an ultimate holiday destination. Every year thousands of

Open Letter to the North American Africans of Houston's Third Ward