ENOUGH. [Don’t Let Aiyana Jones Die In Vain]
Her name was Aiyana Jones and she was only 7 years old.The dimples in her chocolate cheeks and that hand on her hip tell a...
Nobody Wins A War
I was thoroughly turned out yesterday by neo-soul/hippie/rock star Raheem DeVaughn’s new album, The Love and War Masterpeace. I’ll tell you this much: that man...
The Beautiful Revolutionary: Remembering Lena Horne
Lena Horne taught me how to write. It was back in 1997, when she was about to celebrate her 80th birthday, and the lovely Ms....
The Joy of the Parenting Do-Over
By NICK CHILES One of the unequivocal joys of parenthood is re-living some of the most exciting events from our past through the eyes of...
How to Braid Black Girl Hair the RIGHT Way
So the state of Illinois is backtracking on a law that requires hair braiders to get a cosmetology degree and be licensed before they sit...
Boycott Arizona
Last week, I had the distinct honor of attending a dramatic reading, poetry slam and awards ceremony for the Marel Brown Creative Writing Program, an...
Real Friends Don't Call Friends "The Maid"
Miss Millie: You kids are so clean. You wanna come work for me? Be my maid?Sophia: Hell no. from The Color Purple These lines, and...
Soar With the Angels, Dorothy Irene Height (3.24.1912 4.20.2010)
Black women are the backbone of every institution, but sometimes they are not recognized as even being there, even in the civil rights movement. There...
Celebrating and Finally Loving! My Curves
Editor's note: I wrote this piece after a riveting conversation with the brilliant T. Allen-Mercado of Tea & Honey Bread, who is exploring body and...
To Hell With Marriage Vows
I’ve been itching to write about all this cheating husband mess running all up and through Hollywood, but my girl/co-author Mitzi of the hysterical Mitzi...
