Slaves ate for survival, not for nutrition. So when African Americans went ahead and consumed soul food for centuries on end, health in the black community became a fatal epidemic. In 2020 half of the black population is obese, according to recent CDC reports. And African American women have the highest rates of obesity compared…
I grew up in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. This means I grew up on a lot of donuts, munchkins, egg and cheese croissants, and iced or hot coffees from Dunkin’ Donuts. Or as anti-fried deliciousness boring people now know it: Dunkin’. Dunkin’ Announces the Closing of 800 Stores Today Dunkin’ ($DNKN) announced it is closing…
Makur Maker, a five-star Kenyan-Australian forward considered an elite prospect by almost everyone, made headlines when he turned down offers from Kentucky, Memphis, and Oregon to attend Howard University. Maker is the first five-star prospect to commit to an Historically Black College or University in the modern era of the NCAA. With high-profile prospects like…
Oh how naive I’ve been by running a few mild advertisements on Facebook. After all Loud News Net isn’t a criminal enterprise (yet). As our fans know, we write stuff about life and the world around us. Little did I know my actions were so appalling to Zuck’s holier-than-thou “community standards” A.I. bots, that our…
Heroin use has gotten rural, and whiter after authorities leaned hard to cut down on prescription opiates making their way to the streets. In no place has this rung more true than Ulster County. Woodstock, NY has a history it can’t escape. Forty-seven years after the last tab of brown acid was consumed in Bethel, this…
As the weekend comes to an all too soon close, I find myself scrolling through rare Cheetos for sale on eBay. How I ended up here is of no significant importance. So why don’t we just breeze right past that. I mean, it probably involves weed. I was both amazed and terrified at what I…
If there’s any music collective that defines weed in hip hop culture, it’s Wu-Tang. You know about their love for Kung-Fu, but peep this article for some comic book knowledge that helped to shape the WU and still influences them today. Wu is the Word, Tang is the Sound of The Sword What better way…
