November 17, 2024

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News Spotlight: The Real ‘CSI’: How America’s Patchwork System of Death Investigations Puts the Living at Risk

Rina Risper052 mins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Andres Cediel/FRONTLINE)

In detective novels and television crime dramas like “CSI,” the nation’s morgues are staffed by highly trained medical professionals equipped with the most sophisticated tools of 21st-century science. Operating at the nexus of medicine and criminal justice, these death detectives thoroughly investigate each and every suspicious fatality.

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Uncovering Latin America’s African Roots

Rina Risper09 mins

 

 

 

Professor Henry Louis “Skip” Gates, Jr. (pictured) in Salvador Carnival in BLACK IN LATIN AMERICA.  Courtesy of Jemila Twinch

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Mother Flippin’:One Funny Mother – Depression Doesn’t Exist

Rina Risper06 mins

 

 
By Tashmica Torok
 
There is a commercial about an anti-depressant medication that has the catchiest tune playing in the background.  I joke with my husband that if depression had a theme song, it must be that little ditty.  While lightly giggling at my own joke, I usually hum the tune for him.  It is a remarkably jovial sound bite to apply to such a serious condition.  

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“Chicken Soup for the Prisoner’s Soul”: I’m Sorry, Dad

Rina Risper04 mins

 

By Dale Gaudet
 
Dear Dad,
 
Even in my world of loneliness and misery, I cannot begin to imagine the pain and suffering you’re being forced to deal with. My only wish is that I could be out there to look after you, as you have done so many
times for me.

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Get It Right: Still Dreaming

Rina Risper04 mins

 

 
By DeAndre Davis
 
Are we giving Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. credit for a work still in progress? I say yes. You say we have overcome, we have a black president ; Dr. King said judge a man by the content of his character not the color of his skin. This works two ways. President Barack Obama didn’t have the most votes  because he was the best candidate ever, a lot of black people just voted solely on skin color. 

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Ask Tamara: My 15-Year-Old is Sexting!

Rina Risper05 mins

Dear Tamara:

 
I just found out a few days ago that my 15-year-old daughter has been “sexting” on her cell phone with a boy from her school. Up to this point I have never checked my daughter’s phone or gone through her text messages. I just trusted her to be responsible and do the right thing? And although I disagree with her “sexting,” I feel bad that I invaded her privacy. I want to talk to my daughter about her actions, but I don’t want to jeopardize my daughter’s trust and even worse become one of those snooping parents that constantly checks up on her child and only causes her child to become even more secretive.
 

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In My Opinion: A New Egypt Unfolding!

Rina Risper015 mins

 

 

 
 
 
By Manish Madan
 
I am sick, I am tired … within the same moment, I am pleased but exasperated seeing a stubborn stand-off of an obstinate and retiring Egyptian leadership with their own people. I am well beyond the comprehension of a thirty-year old man who is unable to find some positive reasons for an octogenarian Hosni Mubarak to cling on to the powers and continue ruling the nation against the will of its populace. 
 
 

 

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Your Other 8 Hours: Eliminating Poverty: Lesson From Childhood

Rina Risper06 mins

 

By Robert Pagliarini, 
Tribune Media Services
 
Which country has 43.6 million residents in poverty, including one in five children? Bulgaria? Croatia? Thailand? Jordan? Bahamas? No. Each of these countries has a lower poverty rate. Sadly, the mystery country is the United States of America.

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News Spotlight: Hot Off The Press! The New Citizens Press Celebrates 10 years!

Rina Risper03 mins

 

 

LANSING, MI —  The New Citizens Press (TNCP)  newspaper is celebrating its 10 year  anniversary at the Creole Gallery located at 1218 Turner Street on Saturday, February 19.  There will be live entertainment and an awards ceremony. Doors open at 6:00 pm for networking and dinner. The entertainment will begin at 7:00 pm.


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Urban Housecalls: Winter Weather Safety

Rina Risper09 mins

 

 

 

 

 

By Karla L. Robinson, MD
 
With most of the country blanketed in snow and ice, it’s important to make sure you are aware of the top reasons for injury during the winter weather season.  Here we will review some of the health risks associated with the snow and ice and provide some tips on practicing winter weather safety.

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