I Am Troy Davis And You Are, Too: Pondering The Death Penalty, Reasonable Doubt & Black Men
Troy Anthony Davis could be my father. My husband. My brother. My son. My nephew. My friend. One of us. And I am sorely reminded...
{On the Parenting Post} Young, Gifted & Black
This week, as part of a blog-a-thon hosted by Parenting.com’s Mom Congress, I wrote an open letter to my daughters about what their father and...
{On the Parenting Post} Remember Our America
Bells will toll and sirens will sound and tears will make their way down the faces of those whose family members were on the planes...
{Dr. Ivor Is In} Obesity, Exercise and Black Girl Hair: What We Teach Our Daughters
By DR. IVOR HORN All the ladies who have put off a workout for the sake of the ‘do raise your hand. I know mine...
{On the Parenting Post} Happy Labor Day To the Hardest Laborers Of Them All: Moms
I'm almost certain I walked into the hospital backward, bent over and pointing at my spine when I went into labor with my Lila, groaning,...
MBB Fresh: Mobilizing Moms In Support Of Women’s Health & Economic Rights (HERrights)
By KRISTIN ROWE-FINKBEINER On the anniversaries of the 1920 passage of the 19th Amendment and the 1963 March on Washington, which are this week, MomsRising is...
Justice For Mitrice Richardson: Remembering the Daughter Who Deserved Protection
It was in September 2009 that MyBrownBaby contributor Nick Chiles wrote “A Father’s Painful Reality: It Takes A Village To Protect Our Daughters,” a moving...
Why White People Adopt Black Children
By RACHEL GARLINGHOUSE African Americans have every reason to be suspicious of white people adopting black babies. From slavery to unethical medical experimentation to Jim...
Gentrifying the ‘Hood: Don’t Just Talk About It BE About It.
My friend Elita, of the incredible breastfeeding blog Blacktating, is a passionate sistah who has a voice and isn’t afraid to use it. She’s also...
I Made A Baby With the Devil: A Black Moms Story of Parenting and Domestic Abuse
By MICHELLE BOND Many years ago, I met a man who seemed normal, but was actually the devil. Well, not literally the devil. He was...
