Spirit/Health
Coming Apart At The Seams
Steve Harvey's tearful breakdown, Pastor Donnie McClurkin's emotional rant and Tiger Woods's destructive behavior provide insight into the contemporary crisis of Black masculinity, which has as much to do with the real structural challenges that Black males face as it does with desires within Black communities for performances of Black masculinity that are no longer viable or sustainable.
(Keynote Address, 2010 American Masculinity Studies Association, Atlanta, GA)
By Mark Anthony Neal
May 25, 2010,
10:59
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Spirit/Health
Charlie Wilson Talks Cancer
Charlie Wilson, lead singer of the Gap Band, is still one of the most recognizable voices in R&B. Last year, in the midst of his remarkable comeback, Wilson was diagnosed with prostate cancer. After successful treatment, Wilson now serves as a national spokesperson for the Prostate Cancer Foundation. He talked with NewBlackMan about his struggles with the disease and the importance of Black men staying on top of their health.
By Mark Anthony Neal
Dec 2, 2009,
11:48
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Spirit/Health
Heritage. Renewal. (For My Parents)
It had been some time since I listened to “Sun Moon Child”—a daily affair last autumn—when I prepared to bury my mother some 18-plus months after my father. I struggled to find the rhythms--the music to get me through the passing of another parent.
By Mark Anthony Neal
Sep 2, 2009,
12:28
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Spirit/Health
Obama’s Health Care Charade
President Obama has gone to extraordinary lengths to suppress advocates of single-payer health care. He has choreographed a grand theater of faux-change from which majority U.S. opinion is totally excluded.
By Glen Ford
May 13, 2009,
13:59
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Spirit/Health
Neti Pots Rescue Your Nose!
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| Image from chievolution.com |
Nasal irrigation, or nasal flushing, with neti pots has become a growing trend.
By Miya Nashonne
May 13, 2009,
13:42
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Spirit/Health
Teens Embrace Yoga
Hatha yoga—the physical aspect of the 5,000 year old art—is now also a growing trend for teen-agers.
By Miya Nashonne
May 13, 2009,
13:22
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Spirit/Health
Video Game Fitness
A video game has provided a fun way for one teenager to get fit and stay fit.
By Evan Odoms
May 12, 2009,
11:30
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Spirit/Health
Is Her Ass Off Limits?
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| February 2008 issue of Newsweek. |
Never before has a First Lady's body been subject to the amount of scrutiny and surveillance as is the case with Michelle Obama; she has been rhetorically poked, prodded and groped.
By Mark Anthony Neal
Nov 21, 2008,
11:36
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Spirit/Health
Distant Lover(s)
After a hiatus, Patricia Elam returns to the Heart-to-Heart advice column. What to do with a younger man who won't completely stay or completely go away? And can love thrive when two people are separated by an ocean?
Oct 8, 2008,
07:35
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Spirit/Health
Heart to Heart: Honestly...
A new boyfriend does not keep his promises. To spark drama and a break-up, a lover steals $600. A girlfriend lies about her past relationship with a tattoed thug and former substance abuser. Patricia Elam answers all, heart to heart!
Aug 14, 2007,
09:14
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Spirit/Health
Heart-to-Heart: Booty Call
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| Patricia Elam |
One reader is celibate at 41 and staying at home...Another is furious at a BC (Booty Call) friend...And finally, another has met the perfect man (who, unfortunately, doesn't want a relationship).
By Patricia Elam
Nov 29, 2006,
12:12
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Spirit/Health
Heart to Heart Advice
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"I was seduced by a professor I met at a college holiday party," writes one reader. Another complains that her boyfriend's wife won't let him see her. By Patricia Elam
Apr 6, 2007,
07:22
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Spirit/Health
Heinous Medical Experiments
Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present is a comprehensive history of the often heinous medical experimentation, abuse and neglect of African Americans. The book reveals the hidden underbelly of scientific research and the earliest encounters of Blacks and the medical establishment during slavery. From Democracy Now!
Feb 1, 2007,
14:36
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Spirit/Health
Health For Life: HYPERTENSION AND BLACKS
The ‘Black’ Pill: Do Blacks need a race-specific medicine for cardio-vascular disease?
By Charlene Muhammad.
Apr 9, 2006,
08:42
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Spirit/Health
Heart to Heart: SeeingBlack.com's Funky Advice Column
Heart to Heart: SeeingBlack's Funky Advice Column. What to do When Daddy is a Molester. By Patricia Elam
Apr 9, 2006,
08:47
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