An Exclusive Interview with NBA Veteran Etan Thomas About His New Book “Fatherhood”
Fatherhood Week, Day Two: During his 10-year NBA career, Etan Thomas developed a reputation as a sensitive, socially conscious, deep-thinking athlete. In fact, the title...
Here We Go Again: Tennessee’s Orlando Shaw, With 22 Kids by 14 Women, May Get Reality Show
By NICK CHILES First we got tortured by the travails of rapper Shawty Lo and his stable of baby mamas, now we stumble across this...
Saving Our Sons: The Cliffnotes Version of My Ebony Series on Black Boys
By NICK CHILES When I decided to become a journalist about three decades ago as a junior at Yale, I envisioned myself stomping across the...
A MyBrownBaby Salute to Ebony Magazine for the Cover Story, ‘Saving Our Sons’
By NICK CHILES I have been writing about black males for most of the past two decades, but I’ve never been as excited about a...
If We Let Shawty Lo’s Show Get on the Air, We Will Have Failed Ourselves
By NICK CHILES Surely there has to be a line out there somewhere—a level of degradation, of downright sewer-level grossness, that is so low even...
Good Week for Black Boys—Thanks to Work of Shawn Dove and a White Billionaire
BY NICK CHILES The plight of young black boys has always been of special interest to me. Having raised one black boy into manhood and...
Shocking News: A Father’s Lifestyle Will Affect His Unborn Children—And Grandchildren Too
By NICK CHILES As the father of three well-rounded, academically and athletically successful children, I have always been aware that fathers played a crucial role...
For Black Parents, Maybe Co-Habitation Deserves a Second Look
By NICK CHILES For most of us, we don’t have to look far to find evidence of the growing attraction of co-habitation over marriage for...
He Is: Celebrating Fatherhood and the Best Elements Of A Great Dad (VIDEO)
Today we wind up our week-long celebration of the release of “Fatherhood: Rising To the Ultimate Challenge,” the new book by NBA veteran Etan Thomas...
Fatherhood: NBA Veteran Derrick Coleman Talks Fatherlessness, Anger In New Book On Dads
We’ve been celebrating the release of “Fatherhood: Rising To the Ultimate Challenge,” the new book by NBA veteran Etan Thomas with MyBrownBaby contributor Nick Chiles, all...
