"Still Hungry in America:" How Ironic is it that Obesity is the Biggest Health Problem Among the Poor?

NPR revisits the Mississippi Delta, where, during the 1960s, black people were literally starving. Today, 40 years later, early onset diabetes and obesity are the most pressing health concerns. Check out the audio report.
“Still Hungry in America. In the spirit of Walker Evans’ Depression-era photographs, [the book] chronicled poverty in the American South during the [...]

A Gift to Save An HBCU Comes With a Catch

The catch is that the current board members must step down. The college in question is LeMoyne-Owen College in Memphis, TN. Like many HBCU’s, the college has been in financial difficulty for some time. Recently, though an anonymous donor pledged $2.5 million dollars to help cover June expenses with the caveat that [...]