by Cherie S. White | May 20, 2026
Aspartame, known commercially as Nutrasweet, is an artificial sweetener that is 200 times sweeter than sugar. Aspartame consists of the amino acids phenylalanine and aspartic acid as well as methanol, or methyl alcohol or wood alcohol.Although aspartame is widely used...
by Cherie S. White | May 20, 2026
May 20 marks the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Florida finally received news of their freedom, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued.On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing enslaved...
by Cherie S. White | May 20, 2026
Fisk University President Agenia Clark on Thursday announced a $900 million plan to remake the historically Black university’s North Nashville campus, complete with a 100,000-square-foot data and technology center. Details remain limited as the 160-year-old...
by Cherie S. White | May 18, 2026
Chances are you’ve never heard of or seen the chaga mushroom, but its benefits are causing quite a stir in the health industry. The chaga mushroom grows on birch trees in grows mainly on birch trees in northern Europe, Asia, Canada, and the northeastern United States....
by Cherie S. White | May 18, 2026
Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little in a hospital in Omaha, Nebraska on May 19, 1925. His parents were Grenada-born Louise Little (née Norton), a multilingual seamstress by trade, and Georgia-born Earl Little, a Baptist preacher and handyman. Before he married Louise in...
