Univ of Texas Prof Says Single Moms to Blame for Black Student Failure
By NICK CHILES Lord, I beg of you, please save black parents and the black community from the instant experts who pop up to explain...
Shoplifting Mom Shot Dead In Walmart Parking Lot By Guard—In Front Of Two Children
Bringing the definition of “overkill” to a new level, an off-duty police officer moonlighting as a Walmart security guard shot to death a Houston mother...
The Curse Of the “Phat” Booty, Plus: Love & Slavery, the Central Park Five, Mariah Carey & More
I spent a lifetime being ashamed of my bodacious butt and thick thighs, and a second lifetime being too afraid to flaunt it out of...
Racism From An 8th Grader’s Perspective: A Generational Public Service Announcement
We tend way too much to think of eighth graders in stereotype—to dismiss them as incredibly self-centered little human beings. Spacey. Sullen. Hormonal. A little...
Food Stamp Mayor Cory Booker Challenges Us To Consider the Plight Of the Poor
Newark Mayor Cory Booker has lived in a tent in front of Newark, NJ’s worst housing project in protest of the city government’s negligence, saved...
Disgusting Disrespect of Children in Meridian, Miss. Will Make You Want to Cry
By NICK CHILES We’ve written here before about the dangers children face when schools employ police officers as school safety guards, but the case of...
Jada Pinkett-Smith On Willow Smith’s Hair, Beauty And Her Daughter’s Right To Own Her Own Body
Jada Pinkett-Smith gives sound advice on raising confident Black girls—and we're here for it.
From the Heart: Responsible Holiday Giving That’ll Mean More To Others Than To You
By SHAY STEWART-BOULEY Now that the winter holiday season is almost here, I feel it is my public duty as a career servant to the...
Black Belt Uncle Beats Nephew To Death For Not Picking Out Clothes Fast Enough—And We Ask Why
By DR. STACEY PATTON First, there’s the headline: Paul Adams, Black Belt, Allegedly Beat 6-Year-Old Nephew To Death With Belt. Then a picture of an African-American...
Breastfeeding Is Not Creepy—And Neither Is The Breastmilk Baby
So, apparently the Earth is about to spin off its rotational axis and the sun is two seconds from stopping its shine now that the...
