How Not to Kill Your BBQ Guests This Weekend

Anyone who has tasted lukewarm potato salad and barely lived to tell the tale can appreciate the importance of food safety.  Here in Washington, DC, it’s hot as all hell and I still am wary of eating anybody’s potato salad except my own, my mom’s, and my grandmother’s. To keep you from poisoning your guests, [...]

Shouldn’t We Be Able To Fire Bad Teachers?

Most people will answer, “of course” but it’s not that easy. Teachers belong to unions that prevent bad teachers from getting fired. Parents and students in Chicago Public Schools are dealing with this conundrum at the moment. And the Chicago Tribune editorializes on the issue: Bad teachers aren’t so hard to identify. Students know who [...]

Grammar Matters: Your Always Welcome Here

If the sign looks correct to you, then keep on reading!  It should be “you’re always welcome here,” – not “your.”  Though a common mistake, Copyblogger calls the your/you’re error as one of the five that make you look dumb. Nobody wants that! Every time I see this type of error I cringe.  So let’s [...]

Get Tested Today: Find A Local Testing Location

Find HIV/AIDS Prevention & Service Providers Enter your address, city and state, or ZIP Code: GO For more information on this widget, please visit AIDS.gov.

Reality Check: National HIV Testing Day

June 27th is National HIV Testing Day (NHTD).  Did you know this?  Were you aware?  Is this news to you?  See, I exist in a bubble that being I work in public health focused on HIV and STD’s/STI’s.  I’m used to the calendar of health awareness days and health months that occur to help organizations [...]

The Week That Was: blackgirlgrown on Twitter

Not just mad, but personally offended # RT @BlowTheTrumpet: More black men discussing/debating the Celtics & the Lakers than the White House Summit on Black Men and AIDS…. # RT @aisha1908: In my view, the man who reduces a woman's worth to the "flesh" she shows in her attire is not "worth" himself @NigerianLamb # [...]

What Tuesday’s Primaries Mean for Young Women

By Jessica Grounds, Executive Director of Running Start Nikki Haley, Susana Martinez, and Elaine Marshall’s primary wins Tuesday night are once again focusing the nation’s attention on women running for political office.  While it is an exciting year for all of us who work hard to promote bringing more women to elected office, we must not [...]

Google Voice for Everyone!

I love my Google Voice phone number.  It allows me a business number without the expense of an additional line.  It has become invaluable as a business tool for those of us on budgets!  You’re able to pick your area code and Google Voice will generate a phone number complete with a voice mail box.  [...]

African American Columnists Roundup

Bob Herbert discusses depressing plight of the City of Detroit, once one of America’s great cities: The city of Detroit is using federal money to destroy thousands upon thousands of empty homes, giving in to a sense of desperation that says there is no way to rebuild the city so let’s do the opposite: let’s [...]

Texting and Driving: Not Just the Kids

Parents: You’re setting a bad example when it comes to texting and driving.  Adults are just as bad as teenagers when it comes to texting.  According to a Pew Research Center study, 47 percent of adults who text said they have read or sent messages while driving.  That compares with 34 percent of texting teens. [...]

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