Terri Schlichenmeyer
Nov 1 2012

Authors: Robert Cantu, M.D., and Mark Hyman

The game, as they say, is the thing.

It’s the thing at your house, that’s for sure. Ever since your child’s friends started playing sports at school, it’s been the No. 1 topic around. He craves competition. She wants to sign up yesterday. He sees trophies and medals and honestly, you see them, too. After all, having a pro athlete in the family is a good thing, right?

For your child, it’s all about the game. Still, you’ve got lots of reservations and, according to Robert Cantu, M.D., that’s great.

Oct 24 2012

Author: Katie Smith Milway, illustrations by Eugenie Fernandes

So how are you feeling today?

If you’re feeling well, that’s great! But think about the last time you felt really sick. That’s when Mom took you to see the doctor, who looked down your throat, checked your ears, and sent you home with some medicine.

Oct 18 2012

Author: Paul Carrick Brunson

When you think about your future, you can see yourself clearly.

You’ll have a great place to live, filled with all the things you love. You’ll work a job you enjoy, maybe travel a little, and spend time with family. One day, you’ll even retire somewhere warm.

Yep, when you think about the future, you can just see yourself.

Unfortunately, that’s the problem. You can just see yourself.

Oct 11 2012

Author: By Lutishia Lovely

You’re a person who knows what she wants.

You can make up your mind in a snap, decisively sizing up the situation, weighing the options in your head. You rarely regret the solution you choose. You know what you want—and you get it.

That goes for relationships, too, but in the new book “Divine Intervention” by Lutishia Lovely (c.2012, Dafina, $15 / $16.95 Canada, 320 pages), a whole church full of people can’t seem to settle on love.

Sep 27 2012

Authors: Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes

It should have been a dream job.

You’d wanted to work at that business since forever. You thought about it for years, in fact, imagining what it would be like. It was the exact job you said you wanted when adults asked you what you wanted to do when you grew up.

But when you landed the position (finally!), you were astounded. Like so many things in life, anticipation was better than reality, and the job stunk.

Sep 20 2012

Author Kelli London

“No” is a foreign word.

It’s something you simply cannot understand. It just doesn’t compute. Not in your vocabulary.

When you want something—whether it’s a boy, a job, a grade, a pet, or a new gadget you must have— ain’t nobody better say that word to you because you don’t get it.

It. Just. Doesn’t. Make. Sense.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.