Durham County families of all backgrounds can turn to charity programs for Christmas and other holiday help. Income qualified residents that can meet the terms and conditions in place by each organization can be provided free or low cost toys for their children, books, games, or maybe an entire holiday meal. The programs available go […]
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Is “binge-watching” leading to disease?
Thanks to streaming services such as Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime, binge-watching has become the norm. With these services, viewers have access to an entire season of a television show on a single day, as opposed to traditional broadcast television where viewers have to wait a week between new episodes. In this new age of […]
Empowering with Art: Panmela Castro of Brazil
In this week’s piece in the Empowering with Art Series, we are heading to Brazil, the largest country in South America. It was not until 2006 when Brazil passed its first criminal law against domestic violence, the Maria da Penha Law on Domestic and Family Violence. This law was named after Maria da Penha, who […]