For Many White People, Opposition to Health Care is All About Race
By NICK CHILES For the life of me, I still have the hardest time figuring out why so many white people are so vehemently opposed...
POW! SCOTUS Upholds Obamacare—A Win For Women & Children, Plus: Nora Ephron, Sparkle Links
If you and your brood are lucky enough to not have to worry about little things like pregnancy being a pre-existing condition, your kids being...
Supreme Court Decision Offers A Chance for Black Children in Prison
By JACKIE JONES The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling Monday that mandatory life-without-parole sentences for juveniles aged 17 or younger is unconstitutional is relatively good news...
Kansas City Mom Arrested For Starving and Locking 32 lb, 10-Year-Old Child In Closet For Years
Sweet Jesus, be a lifer named Bertha who has a soft spot for babies and a daily fist for child abusers, particularly the Kansas City,...
With Families and Kids Starving, Republicans Try to Slash Food Stamps
By NICK CHILES Conservatives are waging a strange, scary, immoral war on the federal food stamp program at a time when it is needed most,...
Jerry Sandusky’s Son Says He, Too, Was Abused, Plus: Other MyBrownBaby Fresh Links
A bombshell in the sex abuse trial of Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State coach accused of molesting 10 young boys: his adopted son, Mike...
If You Want to Improve Student Performance, Pay Them Cash
By NICK CHILES There is a way to use rewards to improve student performance on standardized tests: Pay them cold cash! That was the conclusion...
George Zimmerman Jail Cell Phone Calls Show Just How Delusional and Disgusting He Really Is
A half-dozen jail cell phone calls between George Zimmerman and his wife, Shellie Zimmerman, reveal the two were plotting and planning to have a nice...
A Word About The Writer’s Life: Honoring Erica Kennedy
In my old life, before blogging, before kids, before authoring New York Times bestsellers, before my advice columns at Parenting and my freelance writer’s life,...
When It Comes to Dating and Hooking Up Sites, Leave the Kiddies Out of It!
By NICK CHILES Now we get word that an online social and dating site called Skout has shut down its teen section after reports surfaced...
