Juripunek

Over the past few weeks I've been hearing a lot about Maria Kang , the fitness and lifestyle blogger who was under fire for her now famous headline that read,  "What's your excuse?"…

My best friend and I were in the throes of the same tired conversation we had every New Year's Day: Are we more than friends? It never ended with any resolution. He did not hesitate. "I woul…

Black girls run? Of course we do. In 2009, Toni Carey and Ashley Hicks created Black Girls RUN! in an effort to tackle the growing obesity epidemic in the African‐American community and provide encou…

All the questions you were too confused or too busy to ask.  Reader Tip: Follow the hyperlinks in the post below for more information and additional resources. On October 1, 2013, a historical accomp…

Things have been hopping in The Mi-Me Lab. After a long day of making and shipping products, tweeting, pinning and and replying to emails, this half of the Mi-Me Crew is exhausted. I’m usually tired …

Emergency Rooms and Lack of insurance create a cycle of poverty for the poorest Americans and disparately African Americans.  Last week, when former U.S. Senator and current President of the  Heritag…

Somewhere in a research laboratory, an African American woman with a medical degree is helping to solve the mysteries of breast cancer. She is working with colleagues to find out why young African A…

Full disclosure time. Had  Finding the Joy in Cancer  not been written by someone I knew, I probably wouldn’t have read it. Even though the word "joy" is bolded in the title, I assumed that…

This week marked a victory for humanity and our country's ability to acknowledge the worth and value  of people of color. For one family it marks another milestone in the journey of a story that…