Attiyya Anthony

You're beautiful-- no; this is not the chorus to a James Blunt song, but rather an affirmation, a statement of truth. Maybe taking long soothing baths, applying foundation & powder or regular but painful eyebrow threading techniques are the ways that you upkeep your physical beauty. But I tell you...

Cans of tuna, sardines, and tomato paste, don't exactly sound like the building blocks for success, but for almost 20 years, these types of cans have been used to create life size design structures for social change.

Last week marked the closing of Canstruction, a project founded...

Just as the Occupy Wall Street message spread from Zuccotti Park to over 1,285 cities in approximately a month, the Bank Transfer Day Movement, which reared its head on Saturday, Nov. 5 is also producing some spin-offs. Fresh off the heels of the Bank Transfer Day is a Balance Transfer...

Portland, Maine is a popular seafood cove. It's known for it's fantastic lobster, scallops and other sea delicacies, but the seafood isn't the only attractive feature Portland has to offer. Portland, Maine has a budding folk music scene that has nurtured several artists.

In a time when folk has...

Laura's a bit psychic.

I'll let you be the judge though. Two years ago, Laura Newman began writing a comedic film entitled We are the Hartman's, which debuted at the 2011 CMJ Film Festival on Thursday.

The plot follows Jordan, played by Ben Curtis, an employee at Hartman's...

It may seem that you have nowhere to run, and you are doomed to spend between $36 and $120 annually for your debit card. If you're like me, you're thinking, 'How can they charge so much for something that used to be free?' 'How can they charge me to use...

Nowadays, college students face more burdens than ever before in history -- as unemployment runs over nine percent and food, gas and tuition prices all take turns skyrocketing -- more and more people are turning back to the books, rather than back to work.

But you guys knew that already....

The institution of marriage is certainly grabbing the news these days -- with homosexuals getting the right to marry in New York, gay marriages being offered via lotteries, and J.Lo and Marc Anthony splitting up. Marriage isn't like it used to be in the 1960s! It's no longer 'till death...

Giving can go wrong -- especially when it's on a large scale and in the hands of celebrities with terrible money management.

Being a celebrity is a beautiful thing -- the masses know your name, you have the option to live in a multi-million dollar estate, many of your...

The children are the future.

Whitney Houston said this in her iconic song "Greatest Love of All." Walt Disney said "Our greatest natural resources are the minds of our children." So we know that young minds are the fires behind revolutions and the catalyst for change, but when given the...

At a press conference this week Mayor Bloomberg made a statement that resonated in the ears of NYC homeless advocates. "There aren't very many panhandlers left, in all fairness to the MTA, come on," he said. Bloomberg added that the MTA has "worked very hard to fix that."...

On Friday, 11 small businesses were awarded for keeping the American dream and entrepreneurial flame alive at the Business Outreach Center (BOC) Network annual Entrepreneurial gala.

In Battery Gardens, approximately 150 small business owners, investors, city council members, and guests joined to honor the BOC Networks most...

With sacrifice comes great discovery and breakthrough. I've been living by the previous statement for the majority of my life. I learned sacrifice when my family lost their home in Hurricane Charley in Port Charlotte, Florida, when a gunman robbed me for $300, and when my uncle fell with the...

Last night was a proud milestone for about 200 formerly homeless, incarcerated and drug addicted citizens, and family members who came to support the Doe Fund's Ready, Willing & Able 20th graduation ceremony yesterday evening.

The men and women who graduated from the Ready, Willing & Able program (RWA)...