White Man Accused Of Slapping Black Baby Says His Son Was Dying, Pleads Not Guilty
Joe Rickey Hundley, the 60-year-old Idaho man accused of slapping a 19-month-old African American baby in his face and demanding the child’s mother “shut that...
In NYC Stop-and-Frisk Trial, A Window Into Every Black Parent’s Worst Nightmare
By NICK CHILES Currently unfolding inside a Manhattan courtroom, couched in the language and apparatus of the U.S. legal system, is a rare window into...
We Belong Together: Raising Our Voices In Support Of Immigrant Women and Mothers
MyBrownBaby is in Washington, D.C., today, proudly joining We Belong Together, a diverse group of women from across the United States who’ve come together to...
Steubenville, Ohio Rape Case Shows Teen Cruelty Unleashed by Social Media
By NICK CHILES Now that the verdict has been delivered in the Steubenville, Ohio, rape case, sending two football players to imprisonment in the juvenile...
Tina Fey Says Daughter Can’t Be Quvenzhane Wallis: Wanting What’s Best For Your Kid
Tina Fey’s 7-year-old daughter Alice “lost her mind” over Quvenzhané Wallis, the Beasts of the Southern Wild actress who, at age 9, became the youngest...
Thick Lips, Brown Skin and Kinky Hair: A Black Girl’s Journey To Loving the Skin She’s In
By DARLENE ROBINSON MILLENDER My eight year-old daughter said something the other morning that made my heart skip a beat. We were in her room...
Kelly Rowland: Beyonce’s Mom Taught Me To Love My Dark “Chocolatey” Skin Color—Plus Fresh Links
Kelly Rowland is quite the toast of Hip Hop and R&B radio and even Tinsel Town, with her sultry voice and lyrics flooding airwaves and...
Black Children and Black History: The Importance Of Teaching Our Kids the Complexity Of Us
I was in the car headed to the Atlanta OneMillionRising rally with Mari and three of her female classmates, singing Prince’s “Adore” loud and off-key,...
Black Girls Have Quvenzhane’s Back, Plus: Michelle Obama’s Mom Dancing, Daddy’s Money Sneaks & More
I promise you this: the backlash The Onion faced after calling Best Actress Oscar nominee Quvenzhané Wallis the “c” word was swift and severe, but it...
For 10-Year-Old Lil Poopy, Smacking Grown Woman Ass Is Just Another Day at Work
By NICK CHILES As the saying goes, you don’t need a license to be a parent. Almost anybody can do it. But that doesn’t mean, however,...
