Rendering the Fat in Harlem

H. Kenneth Woods, chef and owner of Sylvia’s restaurant, cooks southern fried chicken using a soy bean oil that doesn’t contain trans fats in this Friday, Sept. 29, 2006 file in New York’s Harlem neighborhood. (AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh) “This will be better for people’s health, but we’d like to know where to go from here,”… [Read more…]

What’s Good in the Neighborhood?

It’s Cheaper to Keep Her

Bluesman Johnnie Taylor sang about it back in the 70s, when he emphatically stated that it’s “Cheaper to Keep Her.” Johnnie was obviously onto something according to a recently study by the Institute for American Values. On virtually every indicator of economic well-being, married African Americans do better, says Linda Malone-Colon, one of the authors… [Read more…]