Morehouse Students Charged With Raping Spelman Student: Melissa Harris-Perry Weighs In From Our Perspective
I was so moved by Melissa Harris-Perry‘s discussion yesterday about rape culture on college campuses. Yes, I know: it’s been a popular discussion of late,...
A village answers ‘What does it mean to raise a Black child in the 21st century?’
By SHAWN TAYLOR I’ll get right down to it. I asked several people the following question: What does it mean to raise a Black child in...
Teen Charged For School Science Project Gone Bad: Where’s the Justice In Zero-Tolerance?
This right here is why America’s public schools stay failing black children: A 16-year-old Florida student with a rep for being one of the smart,...
As Our 10-Year-Old Cheers the End of State Tests, We Wish They Would Go Away
By NICK CHILES When our 10-year-old tumbled off the schoolbus today, the relief on her face tucked all up in that broad smile, it signaled...
Fatherhood Fitness: How One Black Dad Took Control Of His Health—For His Daughter’s Sake
By SHAWN TAYLOR The invincibility of youth is amazing, but it fades: the reality of my body’s limits now hit in my knees, the small of...
Obama Family Tattoo: President Tells Sasha & Malia If They Get Inked, He and Michelle Will, Too
My President and First Lady are so gangsta, particularly when it comes to Sasha and Malia and any ideas the First Daughters may have had about...
Steubenville Coach Gets A Two-Year Contract Extension—and the Students Lose
Clearly, something ain’t right in the community well out in Steubenville, Ohio. It is there where teen girls get drugged. And raped while unconscious. And...
In Our Ever-Present Cloud of Doom, Let’s Be Thankful We Have Air We Can Breathe
By NICK CHILES Every once in a while as a parent, you stumble across stories or tidbits of information that help you to gain some...
Spare the Rod: A Black Father Spanks His Daughter and Vows Never To Do It Again
By SHAWN TAYLOR A couple of years ago, I was very deeply involved in putting together an anthology entitled Ass-Whooping’s Greatest Hits: Reflections on the Spankings We...
To a 10-Year-Old, Boston Marathon Carnage is Just Another Day in the American News Cycle
By NICK CHILES There is a numbing familiarity to these scenes now, when Americans unite for a moment to share their horror at another despicable...
