A new study the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry reveals that caffeine may be the ingredient in coffee that stops the onset of diabetes. Diabetes affects millions of individuals across the world.

Find out how you can get some sexier-than-sweet bow-accented pieces of your own. And after that check out how celebs are rocking the bow trend themselves.

Thelonious Monk is considered one of the giants in American music. He is the second most recorded jazz composer and regarded as the founder of bebop, style of jazz characterized by fast tempo, instrumental virtuosity and improvisation based on the combination of harmonic structure and melody. John Coltrane is one of the best American jazz saxophonist and composers. He helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz and later was at the forefront of free jazz, a style not defined by traditional jazz techniques. What do the two have in common besides their love for jazz and notable accomplishments as it relates to the music?

Want to accessorize your summer wardrobe?  Go simple with hoops, or add a shot of color with ethnic-inspired drop earrings. Here are some inexpensive earrings to punch up your wardrobe that won’t break the bank:

A slimmer, sparkling Jennifer Holliday graced the small stage last night to perform a collection of songs for Harlem-based charity, Centre for Urban and Community Services (CUCS).

Clues & Catagories for June 15th, 2010

One of the reasons I hate working out is because gym gear has become so boring - shapeless, lifeless, dull, and completely unsexy. But model Reina Montero shows us that a simple pop of color can change all that.

Everyday people sacrificing their lives and jobs was the backbone of the civil rights movement. No matter how these heroes were berated and beaten they kept singing in the face of danger knowing their fight was righteous and their cause just. Negro spirituals and activist singers provided the soundtrack for a movement that changed America […]

Author and poet Maya Angelou returns to Charlotte for a much-anticipated event honoring women leaders and raising scholarship money for deserving students through the United Negro College Fund this Saturday. Our very own, VP/General Manager, Debbie Kwei-Cook, will be honored with the Excellence Award. The Excellence Award was established to honow women who have made […]

Laura Dieckman was just 12 when her parents let her leave home to work full time for Scientology's religious order, the Sea Organization. At 16, she married a co-worker. At 17, she was pregnant.

VIA ELEV8 The link between spirituality and gratitude has recently become a popular subject of study. While these two characteristics are certainly not dependent on each other, studies have found that spirituality is capable of enhancing a person’s ability to be grateful and therefore, those who regularly attend religious services or engage in religious activities […]