Would You Buy a Bulletproof Backpack for Your Child?
By NICK CHILES Would you buy your kid a bulletproof backpack? Apparently a whole lot of parents are answering that question with a hearty “Yes!”...
California Pre-School Sex Scandal: School Closing Its Doors After 4- and 5-Year-Olds Admit Oral Sex
A church-run pre-school in Carson, California is shutting down after parents found out kindergarteners were allegedly giving each other oral sex, and now families of...
ADHD Diagnoses In Black Children Increases By 70 Percent—Along With the Use Of Strong Meds
African American and Hispanic children have seen a jump in their diagnosis rates for Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder—a trend that comes as more psychiatrists...
Latest Cop Outrage: Bronx Boy, 7, Handcuffed, Questioned by Police for 10 Hours
By NICK CHILES There’s been a lot of discussion in recent days about posting armed police officers in every school in the country as a...
Lil Wayne’s ‘No Worries’ Made Me Question Myself as a Dad To Black Daughters
By NICK CHILES It was Lil Wayne’s song “No Worries” that did it— sent me hurtling down yet another slippery slope on the rollercoaster ride...
Michelle Obama’s Hair: FLOTUS Bangs Are Sexy, Grown and Inspiring For Moms
Virginia Republicans are hijacking the state’s electoral vote system, Congress is prepping for another debt ceiling knock-down, drag-out, and, for the first time ever, the...
Celebrating Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., The Prince Of Peace
Today, as a nation, we celebrate what would have been Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 84th birthday, perhaps the most gratifying element of his legacy...
Black & Proud: How I Teach My Children to Love Their African-American Heritage
It’s a ritual I began the first day my girlpie, Mari, started kindergarten. I’d fluff her super cutie outfit, adjust the fancy barrettes in her...
Chris Rock’s Stalker Petitions To Get Shawty Lo & Mamas Back On Oxygen
A day after a nearly 40,000-signature petition pressured the Oxygen network to pull the plug on a reality show chronicling Shawty Lo and the 10...
Kudos to New York for Putting Safety above Politics with Gun Control Measures
By NICK CHILES Though it may come as a surprise to much of the country, there are a whole lot of Republicans in New York...
