National

TIME recently recognized six influential Black teenagers for their "30 Most Influential Teens of 2015"

Holiday

via:time Here’s something you didn’t know about Thanksgiving:  The woman who wrote the classic nursery rhyme “Mary Had a Little Lamb” also played an integral role in making Thanksgiving a national holiday. After a 17-year letter-writing campaign, magazine editor Sarah Josepha Hale finally convinced President Abraham Lincoln to issue an 1863 decree recognizing the historic […]

The way different people think about time is important to consider because by seeing life from a past, present, or future perspective could affect your life in a variety of ways. While past-oriented people see life as something involved with tradition, future thinkers are always planning for upcoming events, even if they’re years away. Those […]

Every once in a while, though, there are a few days that just change up the entire sequence, becoming a bull in a china shop in terms of elevated clarity. Maybe there was a build-up to this emotional catharsis or perhaps you never saw it coming. Either way, what changes the course of your day in growth and evolution are the defining sequences that you ultimately remember, even if you were originally caught off guard and did not understand their significance at the time.

When I’m thinking about what to write, I often find myself thinking of the small moments in life that tend to make me smile and reflect on the most. I tend to get my best musings when I least expect it, such as during my daily coffee run or while maneuvering down a busy walkway […]

via:eurweb Time magazine released its annual “Time 100″ list of the 100 most influential people in the world on Thursday, and among 2011’s chosen are educator Geoffrey Canada, Newark Mayor Cory Booker, Oprah Winfrey, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, EPA Chief Lisa Jackson and pop singer Bruno Mars. Read More

I know it’s uncouth to say, “I told you so,” but in this case I did. SOURCE: USA Today