By Dr. Tich Changamire, Chief Medical Officer, CareFirst, BlueCross BlueShield While I – and many – have the same recommendations every year for how to become our best selves through healthy lifestyle choices, this year, I want to focus on preventive medicine as part of our overall well-being. Investing in our health fosters a culture
By Nijiama Smalls, The Black Girl’s Guide to Healing Emotional Wounds Consider this scenario: Your partner says something off-putting to you at a party in front of your closest group of family or friends. While you know your partner loves you and would never intentionally harm you, you still feel frustrated, angry, and ashamed. Your
By Vorlea Chaneyh Mood is everything nowadays. The realizations and lessons we learned through COVID-19 have shown how swiftly life can change. In some instances, changes sparked by the pandemic are irrevocable and force us to embrace a “new normal.” New normals may come with challenges, but we are able to manage them effectively with the
By Michelle Richardson, Special to the AFRO The Dance Institute of Washington (DIW), a minority-led dance organization in the nation’s capital, will stage its annual holiday performance celebrating Kwanzaa, the annual celebration of African American culture. Kwanzaa is celebrated from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1. ‘The Spirit of Kwanzaa’ is a winter holiday celebration that
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com D.C.-based Momentus Capital, a nonprofit, mission-driven financial services organization, and leading department store Macy’s, are working together to invest in diverse-led suppliers. The pair recently launched S.P.U.R. Pathways: Shared Purpose, Unlimited Reach (S.P.U.R. Pathways), a multiyear funding program that seeks to help diverse-owned
By Marcia Ra-Akbar, Special to the AFRO There is no denying the growing popularity of yoga. With more than 300 million participants worldwide, its integration of mind, body, and soul has created its unique lane in the fitness sector. The benefits of yoga are long documented and widely known, and in an era focused on
By Stan Popovich, BlackPressUSA Do you struggle with your mental health and have a difficult time in getting the people you know to be more understanding? In some cases, your colleagues might give you a hard time regarding your anxieties and depression. As a result, here are seven suggestions on how to deal with the
BY TIMOTHY E DASHIELL, Capital News Service BALTIMORE — In Baltimore City, the Maryland community with the highest numbers of needy students and the most demand for experienced teachers, the salaries of teachers with a master’s degree decreased from 2010 to 2020 to the lowest in the state, according to data from the Maryland State
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com Baltimore-based construction company Whiting-Turner, on Dec. 15 will begin groundbreaking on Mondawmin Mall’s Target, which has been vacant since 2018. CEO and President Tim Regan, who is privately funding the project, will also announce the name of the soon-to-be active community town center.
By Mylika Scatliffe, AFRO Women’s Health Writer, mscatliffe@afro.com It has been just about a year since Wanda Bibbins declared it was her last autumn season in the Baltimore suburbs. Bibbins, 54, is ready to leave the four seasons experienced in the Maryland area for the promises of year-round sunshine offered in sunny Florida. Ever since