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Atlanta woman has an antidote for burnout – napping for self-care and social justice

August 31, 2019Nicquel Terry Ellis , USA TODAYComments Off

Nap Ministry, founded by Atlanta’s Tricia Hersey, provides a safe space for rest and self care. Naps, she says, are a form of social justice.

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‘I could not ask for better children,’ mom said on Instagram before killing adult kids in apparent murder-suicide

August 30, 2019Nicquel Terry Ellis , USA TODAYComments Off

Atlanta policesilent on more details in the apparent murder-suicide deaths of Christopher Edwards Jr., sister Erin Edwards and mom Marsha Edwards.

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Ex-wife, children of Atlanta surgeon Christopher Edwards found dead in apparent murder-suicide

August 23, 2019Nicquel Terry Ellis , USA TODAYComments Off

Authoritiessay they believe Marsha Edwards shot Christopher Edwards Jr. and Erin Edwards before turning the gun on herself.

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Kamala Harris and Alpha Kappa Alpha: Black sorority was a source for life lessons, sisterhood

July 20, 2019Nicquel Terry Ellis , USA TODAYComments Off

Kamala Harris’ sorority sisters say Harris got some of her earliest leadership experience as an Alpha Kappa Alpha woman at Howard University.

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Missouri won’t renew license of St. Louis Planned Parenthood, state’s last abortion clinic

June 21, 2019Nicquel Terry Ellis , USA TODAYComments Off

Missouri’s health department will not renew the license of Planned Parenthood of St. Louis. An injunction will keep the last abortion provider open for now.

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St. Louis Planned Parenthood to defy law as central Missouri still reels over abortion access

June 20, 2019Nicquel Terry Ellis , USA TODAYComments Off

Planned Parenthood of St. Louis says it will defy Missouri law, putting the last abortion provider in the state closer to closing as rural areas reel.