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Cooking at Home with Imperfect Produce
One of the major advantages of living in a large Metropolitan area is that we have so many dining choices whether we stay in or eat out. Also, over the past couple of years, there has been an influx of companies that offer subscriptions to their “meal in a box” services.
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Take Your Workout Outdoors for a Fresh Boost
As temperatures rise and the sun shines brighter, you might start taking your workouts outside more often. To ensure your body’s comfort and safety, you may need to refresh your fitness regimen.
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Staggering homeless count stuns LA officials
The stunning increase in homelessness announced in Los Angeles this week — up 16% over last year citywide — was an almost incomprehensible conundrum given the nation's booming economy and the hundreds of millions of dollars that city, county and state officials have directed toward the problem.
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'Big Little Lies' receives big boost from Meryl Streep
"Big Little Lies" wasn't crying out for another season, and frankly has to overcome some skepticism about doing one. Casting Meryl Streep has gone a long way in that regard -- making "Big's" list of big names even bigger -- while creating a cat-and-mice game that's again considerable fun, if unlikely to quite match the original's beguiling mix of soapiness, humor and mystery.
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The upside to dyslexia, even as a journalist
As a parent, if you were told your child would be a creative, intelligent, big-picture thinker with a strong sense of grit and resilience, you'd be happy, wouldn't you? That sounds like a great set of skills for life success, doesn't it?
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Trump hails D-Day veterans as 'among the very greatest Americans'
Weaving a harrowing narrative of the mission to storm the Normandy shore in an attempt to retake Europe from the Nazis, President Donald Trump on Thursday hailed D-Day veterans as "among the very greatest Americans who will ever live."
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Former Vice President Joe Biden's complicated position on abortion had seemed to have evolved this year
Former Vice President Joe Biden's complicated position on abortion had seemed to have evolved this year when the American Civil Liberties Union posted video of him telling a woman at a May presidential campaign event that the Hyde Amendment had to go.
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Trump issues early morning barbs ahead of D-Day commemoration
After two days spent basking in royal attention, President Donald Trump turned Wednesday to more solemn matters: commemorating 75 years since the Normandy landings.
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NAREB Takes Fight for Black Homeownership to Congressional Hearing Hicks tells lawmakers: Black-White 'economic divide' was created by U. S. Government
The rate of Black homeownership in America - now at 41.1 percent, according to 2019 U. S. Census numbers - is even lower than it was when the U. S. Fair Housing Act was signed into law 51 years ago on April 11, 1968.
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Cardi B dropped her new song 'Press.' Everyone is trying to dissect the lyrics
Cardi B's "Press" has fans trying to break down every lyric, photo and cryptic post from the artist about what her new song really means.
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CBCF Highlights Impact of Philanthropy at #SClassic19!
Reps. Lacy Clay and Stacey Plaskett to co-chair summer event that raises funds for talented students working to continue and complete their education
The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc. (CBCF) announced today it would host the 27th Annual Mervyn L. and Stephanie Tubbs Jones Memorial Scholarship Classic at the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Golf Resort, Spa and Marina in Cambridge, Md. from June 23-24, 2019. The two-day event, featuring honorary co-chairs Congressman Lacy Clay and Congresswoman Stacey E. Plaskett, will reiterate the need for and impact of academic scholarships for African American students.
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Congress should pass the USMCA trade deal
Congress will soon vote to approve -- or reject -- the biggest trade deal in a generation.
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Tickets on Sale for Candytopia Houston TODAY at 12 pm CT
Colossal Candy Creations, Flying Unicorn Pigs and Marshmallow Tsunamis to Invade Space City Beginning June 14
Candytopia, the candy-coated experiential adventure that has delighted over 750,000 guests across the country, is bringing its confectionery wonderland to the heart of Houston at the The MARQ*E entertainment center (7620 Katy Fwy, Suite 360 Houston, TX 77024). The limited-run engagement will debut June 14. Candytopia, the candy-coated experiential adventure that has delighted over 750,000 guests across the country, is bringing its confectionery wonderland to the heart of Houston at the The MARQ*E entertainment center (7620 Katy Fwy, Suite 360 Houston, TX 77024). The limited-run engagement will debut June 14.
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A private group says it's started building its own border wall using millions donated in GoFundMe campaign
A group that raised millions of dollars in a GoFundMe campaign says it has broken ground on a project to build its own stretch of border wall on private property.
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There's one thing Democrats need if they want to break the Electoral College
Why bother amending the Constitution when you can just agree to ignore it? That's essentially the idea behind the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, whereby states agree to pledge their electoral votes to whichever candidate wins the popular vote nationwide.
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Featured Artist Of The Month: Local R&B Crooner Amaru 'The Musical Nomad' Opens Up About Childhood Trauma And Giving A Free Concert For Charity
With his soul-stirring melodies, Amaru 'The Musical Nomad', sung to an audience of community supporters, activists and individuals who deal with mental health daily.
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“Ladysitting: My Year with Nana at the End of Her Century” by Lorene Cary
You were their hope for the future. For your elders, your birth represented things they wished would happen but that they’d never know. It was a joy for them to see you come into the world but for you, as in the new book “Ladysitting” by Lorene Cary, it’s harder to see them go.
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Class of 2019: Saluting African American and Hispanic High School Valedictorians
Twelve years (13 if you include Kindergarten) of school makes the hassle definitely worth the tassel. High school seniors across our city don the ceremonial cap and gown for one of the most important walks of their life, the walk to receive their diploma. With bright smiles and wide eyes, they accept their diploma in their right hand and turn their tassel with their left hand.
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Cardi B postpones several concerts to recover from plastic surgery
Cardi B has postponed three upcoming concerts in order to recuperate from recent plastic surgery procedures, her publicist Patientce Foster told CNN.
