Black Women & Breast Cancer Research: Black Moms Needed For Important Health Studies
By TARA PRINGLE JEFFERSON Each year, 19,000 new cases of breast cancer occur among African American women. That’s 19,000 too many. According to the American...
Get A Degree, Go Straight To Jail: A Mom Learns A Tough Lesson After Shoplifting
By SHARISSE TRACEY SMITH Right after graduating from college I went to jail for shoplifting. I charged the four storage bins in my shopping cart...
President Obama’s Morehouse Speech: Encouraging Class Of 2013 To Be Great Black Men, Fathers
I have to be honest: as much as I adore President Obama, I tend to watch his speeches in front of African Americans with baited...
Kicking My Bad Habits: How I Got Fit. Plus: Join Me Today For a GoogleChat W/ MomsRising!
I was tired all the time, my energy was crap, the scale was showing numbers I’d never seen before and my pants—well, they were starting...
After Teen Arrested for Science Experiment, Florida Officials Dismiss Charges
By NICK CHILES Apparently there are some grownups in Polk County, Florida, who have some sense. We just got word that Kiera Wilmot, the 16-year-old...
Angelina Jolie’s Double Mastectomy Highlights the Inequity In Breast Cancer Treatment For Blacks, Poor
First, let me say this: I think that Angelina Jolie’s decision to have a preventative double mastectomy to address her exceptionally high risk of breast...
Turned Up & Tapped Out: Why I’m Giving Up On Black Radio That Plays Rap Music
I officially give up on Black radio stations that play Hip Hop. Seriously. I’m over the disrespect. Finished with the blatant disregard for the audience....
Black Children and Education: Early Schooling, Family Support Is Key To Closing Gap, Says Steve Perry
By HEATHER HOPSON The Call “She’s in!” That’s what the director of a nationally recognized preschool told me over the telephone last week. Those two...
A Mother’s Love: A Love Letter To The Woman Who Gave Me Away {Diggin In the MBB Crates}
Editor’s Note: This will be the 10th Mother’s Day I’ll have without her, and though I’m sure it will nowhere near as painful as the...
Absentee Black Fathers: A Black Dad Says It’s Time More Brothers Take Care Of Their Children
By SHAWN TAYLOR When my daughter was born, I didn’t experience the love at first sight that so many parents talk about. In fact, I felt...
