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Recent Awards & Stories:
University of Maryland Med School Fellowship on Bioethics, Health Disparities, and Clinical Trials:
New America Media/ Cal Endowment Fellowship on Health:
USC Annenberg Fellowship on Reporting on Health:
New America Media Fellowship on the Stimulus (ARRA):
New America Media Fellowship on CA Policy:
Recent Huffington Post Blogs:
The smoke was thick at the Forum during a recent Prince concert. At least in the section I was sitting in with my twelve-year-old, who kept asking, "Mom, what is that strange smell?"
"Shut up and enjoy the concert!" I wanted to say, but instead I would fan her...
Like many adult children, I sometimes look back at my mother and lament over all of her child-rearing 'mistakes.' (Not as much now that I have children of my own.) Nevertheless, I must give her credit for making my brother and I respect her -- particularly her time.
"I'm the only one left. They're all gone."
An elderly relative is telling me of the recent death of her 91-year-old sister. I listen as she fondly describes growing up with four siblings and the emptiness she feels now that they aren't around anymore. I am confused because...
"The wheel of history turned at a blinding pace."
Obama speaking on the fall of Mubarak, February 11, 2011
I know my children get tired of hearing me say this: "You are living through historic times!" I'm sure other generations have felt this way. I've heard my...
I received my first cigarettes around the time I got my first iron, stove, and refrigerator. This was the sixties, and the appliances were toys. The cigarettes were candy. Looking back, I don't know what bothers me the most these days. The fact that I was being prepared for...
Visit Like Sunshine and Rain an anthology of essays on growing up black in L.A. 'back-in-the-day' (1965 - 1980) by Linnie Frank Bailey
First published by Doubleday in 1998, this best-seller remains a classic must-read for today's busy woman struggling to balance daily living and spirituality.
Using stories from their own lives, Linnie Frank and Andria Hall discuss the importance of faith in all areas of daily contemporary life... work, family, relationships, marriage, parenthood, career, church, community, etc.
Andria Hall & Linnie Frank Bailey circa 1997
R.I.P. Andria Hall
(1959 - 2008)
