As I was leaving for work, I passed my mom in the living room. She was watching the news and she told me that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. I thought it was an unfortunate accident. I was actually in a good mood that morning....
Summer is near and when the weather gets hot, we start looking for ways to cool down. We know that ice cream cones and lemonade get all the love, but here are a few variations to bring you out of the summertime rut. Peanut Butter/Banana...
When studying a foreign language it is important for students to gain exposure to their new language outside of the classroom. A good way to do this is to get a conversation partner. A conversation partner is someone who will sit with a student...
As a thirty-something-year-old adult, I found myself overworked and overwhelmed. I stopped to analyze my life to see what was making me miserable and I knew I had to change my life around. Being an adult can be stressful and as the years go by,...
When I visit my childhood neighborhood in Cleveland, I get sad. I remember a vibrant street where children played outside until dusk, old people sat on their porches, and teenagers gathered at the "bad" end of the street to talk about things...
I recently read an article online where people were debating the use of the term African-American vs. black to describe people whose ancestors came from Africa. People seemed to be split down the middle. Some were adamant that we should call...
I was born in Cleveland, Ohio, a very segregated city like many in this country. I lived on the predominately black East Side of town and under the age of five, like most kids, I didn't have any concept of race outside of the fact that some people...