Working Through Final Month Of Pregnancy Is Just As Bad As Smoking: New Study
And yet another study to remind moms-to-be that America’s maternity leave laws suck donkey booty and need a major overhaul for the sake of our...
Supreme Court Decision Offers A Chance for Black Children in Prison
By JACKIE JONES The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling Monday that mandatory life-without-parole sentences for juveniles aged 17 or younger is unconstitutional is relatively good news...
With Families and Kids Starving, Republicans Try to Slash Food Stamps
By NICK CHILES Conservatives are waging a strange, scary, immoral war on the federal food stamp program at a time when it is needed most,...
{On the Parenting Post} Young, Gifted & Black
This week, as part of a blog-a-thon hosted by Parenting.com’s Mom Congress, I wrote an open letter to my daughters about what their father and...
You, Me and He What We Gonna Do About This Co-Sleeping?
By Kia Morgan Smith I've got a confession. My husband's been having many sleepless nights and I'm to blame. Someone has come in between us...
Dear Michele Bachmann: Shut Up About Black Moms and Breastfeeding
Here’s what I’m gonna need: I’m gonna need Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin, Michele Malkin and Fox contributor Sandy Rios and them to sit down and...
Are More Black Women Saying “No†To Motherhood?
I was about 11 or 12 when I started thinking about having babies. There was nothing nefarious about it I didn't have a boyfriend (or...
{Bringing Up Boogie} Ready or Not? Deciding When and Where My Black Boy Goes to Kindergarten
By Bassey Ikpi This afternoon, my father handed me a brochure for St. Mathias Catholic School. It's that time. Boogie will turn 5 next November...
{Bringing Up Boogie} For Black Moms Whove Considered the Cuss Out When the Playground Banter Is Too Much
Editor's Note: I dug deep into the MyBrownBaby Crates for this piece, which I gathered together one Sunday afternoon while I was fussing around on...
