About My name is Saad Ahmad Rashad, well that’s what they call me in Brooklyn. I’m a Muslim brother from another mother who is just trying to chill yo and use whatever skills Allah swt has blessed me with to bring positive change in the world. I love writing, entrepreneurship and activism. Email: Saad@chillyoislamyo.com

Before Tuesday night, Newt Gingrich came close to promising that he would win both Mississippi and Alabama – he came second in both. That means that if the heart and base of the Republican Party truly doen’t like Mitt Romney, then Rick Santorum stands out now as the alternative. Santorum’s candidacy remains a long shot – [...]

Cecil Williams has been locked up since 1986. “If you ain’t got piece of mind, you can’t do the time,” says the 64-year-old, who is serving a life sentence for first-degree murder. Williams says he came to that peace of mind after being admitted to the True Grit, Senior Structured Living Program at the North [...]

A gunman on a motorbike opened fire Monday at a Jewish school, killing a rabbi and his two young sons as they waited for a bus, then chased down a 7-year-old girl, shooting her dead at point-blank range. It was the latest in a series of attacks on minorities that have raised fears of a [...]

The day before he died, Nik Zoricic was hurling stones down a curling rink in a friendly battle against the Swiss skicross team. It was a day of good times and lots of laughter — a typical one in the skier’s life. “His last days were just as full of life as the rest of [...]