From greenest to happiest: Healthiest cities for women
Self.com has news for traveling women, with the help of BestPlaces.net, for the top 10 healthiest cities in America for women. Although Chicago made it only as a "bonus" for...
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‘The New New Rules: A Funny Look at How Everybody But Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass’ by Bill Maher
Chances are if you're watching HBO's "Real Time With Bill Maher" or reading one of his books, you're aware there's a good chance the political talk show host Bill Maher...
Top 10 most educated American cities
Poor Chicago. It didn't make the cut for top 10 best educated American cities (Rank 55, Grade: C-) but the Midwest did come in at number one. According to Men's...
‘Machu My Picchu: Searching for Sex, Sanity, and a Soul Mate in South America’ by Iris Bahr
If you've never heard the term "TMI," you'll know exactly what it means by the time you've finished reading Iris Bahr's new book. But, in between her giving you too...
Malcolm X’s story critical in race relations
Every so often a book comes along that changes the world in some way. Maybe it heralds the start of a social movement, or enlightens the world about events long...
‘Piano Rats’ by Franki Elliot
I used to enjoy poetry. I'd go to spoken word events nonstop, attend theater performances such as HBO's "Def Poetry" tour and read poetry books. Then there came a time...
‘O’s Best Advice Ever!: Make Over Your Life with Oprah & Friends’ by the editors of O, The Oprah Magazine
I can count on two hands the number of times I've watched full episodes of "The Oprah Winfrey Show," but I've read two of her other "O, The Oprah Magazine"...
CityPASS provides admission to five VIP locations
If you're one of those Chicagoans (like me) who never takes time to enjoy your own city and visits other cities instead, here's a $76 reason to cut that out....
‘Is Marriage for White People? How the African American Marriage Decline Affects Everyone’ by Ralph Richard Banks
When I was little, I remember constantly having to defend "The Cosby Show" as realistic. My parents have been married for 31 years. My grandparents were married for 49 years...
‘The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World’ by John Wesley Carlos and Dave Zirin
Olympic runner John Carlos wants things done, and, as the people close to him came to understand, he demands that change within 48 hours. However, John Carlos had more than...