The Rebirth of the Female MC

Tiye Phoenix, pictured.
“With a lack of female representation in Hip-Hop’s front line, one woman has surpassed the generic life span of most performers. Having been submersed in drum patterns, melodies and sixteens for close to two decades and a member of the all female Soul Food Symphony, Tiye Phoenix is breaking the mold in whichever [...]

Who’s Up For Surgery Abroad?

Medical tourism is a burgeoning industry that captures the health and wellness dollar from developed countries. It is touted as a revolution in health care sweeping Asia and some Latin American countries, which is projected to balloon into a $4.4-billion business by 2012.
For a fraction of the cost that hospitals in rich countries charge under [...]

F!%@ the Troops: On Watler Reed Army Medical Center

The pathetic state of Walter Reed Army Medical Center is not an example of military or bureaucratic incompetence, but a revelation that the American military is nothing more than a social welfare institution for low-income white, blacks and hispanics. Any institution that you cannot leave when you want to is a jail, and that [...]