Depression is a common issue affecting many Americans, with 18-20% struggling with it, and can be caused by a variety of factors such as health issues, financial hardship, and Seasonal Affective Disorder, but can be combated with exercise, a balanced diet, sufficient sleep, prayer, meditation, yoga, deep breathing, and social involvement.
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“The Double Tax: How Women of Color are Overcharged and Underpaid” by Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, foreword by Chelsea Clinton
“The Double Tax” by Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman discusses the extra costs placed on products for women, which are even higher for Black women, and offers solutions to help close the gaps in the system.
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Joliet Area Unites in March Against Gender-Based Violence
The Zonta Club of the Joliet Area organized a March and Rally in downtown Joliet to commemorate the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, with men leading the march and rally to raise awareness of the impact of gender-based violence in the community.
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New research shows eating more eggs might help keep your mind sharp
Women who ate five or more eggs per week had better semantic memory and executive functioning than those who eat fewer or no eggs each week, according to a recent study.
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Ask Health: Does drinking more water benefit your health?
Hannah Harper increased her water intake by 30% for 30 days to see if it would improve her health, and found that drinking more water improved her headaches, energy, and athletic performance, but did not improve her overall energy levels.
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Unintended outcome when smoking while Black and Brown
Our experiences inform us that the implementation of a menthol ban will inevitably and undoubtedly create an increased number of stops, frisks, and interactions between law enforcement and members from Black and Brown communities. According to the Prison Policy Initiative, Black and Brown residents in the U.S. continue to have a long and troubled legacy of disproportionately larger numbers of police stops and interactions with the police. The proposed menthol ban will do nothing to quell this troubling reality.
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Investigators exonerate men convicted in the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X
Two of the men found guilty of the assassination of Malcolm X are expected to have their convictions thrown out on Thursday, the Manhattan district attorney, and lawyers for the two men said, according to the New York Times.
The stunning reversal recasts history and reopens the case of the slaying of Malcolm X, who died in a hail of gunfire at the old Audubon Theater in New York’s Harlem area.
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Schumacher Family Farm exhibit on display at Joliet Historical Museum
Hundreds of people visited the Iron Bridge Trailhead at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie over Labor Day weekend, and two of those visitors grew up at the historic site. Alvin (“Al”) and Robert (“Bob”) Schumacher brought together four generations of their extended families to what is now the Iron Bridge Trailhead on Sept. 4 to share their stories of growing up on the Schumacher family farm – “Fairview Farm.” For some of the children, it was the first visit to Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie to hear family stories about farm life in Illinois in the 1930s.
