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Oklahoma highway patrol pulled over an ambulance on the way to the hospital for reckless driving when it swerved into oncoming traffic to avoid hitting a car that had slowed down in front of it. The OHP claim that after pulling the ambulance over, one of the EMTs assaulted an officer. That assault was not caught…

Cynthia Gordy of Essence sits down with Anita Hill, now a professor at Brandeis University and talks shop regarding President Obama’s choice in Sonia Sotomayor as a replace for David Souter and the Senate confirmation testimony that made her a hero for women in some circles and a pariah in others. It’s been nearly twenty…

Newark Mayor Cory Booker sits down with Bill Moyers of PBS to discuss race, politics and the American future. The brotha is a young up and comer who seems to really care what’s going on in his community and this interview is certainly worth the sit-down.

Paul Miller, better known as DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid, is the man the Sunday Star Times calls “Einstein with a better haircut, a streetwise black Tolstoy, sharp as Zorro’s sword, funny as Falstaff.”  He made his name on the international art scene juggling multiple roles as a composer, multimedia artist, writer and DJ. His…

What’s sad is that there are people who really feel this way.

Vitamin D Deficiency Puts Black Women at Risk A study conducted at the Unversity of Pittsburgh has found that Vitamin D deficiencies among Black women increase the risk of vaginosis, a bacterial disease that affects the vagina, BET reports. The higher pigment leads to harder absorption of the vitamin and increases risk of vaginosis. The…

NYPD Cop Killed by Fellow Officer CNN reports that Officer Omar Edwards was shot dead by plainslothes officers as he chased a man he saw breaking into his car. Edwards, an East Harlem resident, had recently ended his shift when he saw a man rummaging through his car. He drew his gun and pursued the man. Plainclothes officers…

I always soak my grains in water overnight. It makes them more digestible and shortens their cooking time. Unlike with beans, you can cook grains in the same water in which they are soaked. For the complete meal, try the Asparagus and Sweet Potato Curry and Lemon-Ginger Sweet Lassi. Recipe Card

For my curry, I make a zesty sauce in which paper-thin sweet potatoes are simmered until meltingly tender. Then I add the freshest asparagus available and simmer it briefly at the end, until al dente. The black pepper and fresh cilantro pulls everything together into one cohesive, zip, pow, bang in your mouth. Since asparagus,…