Dont Stare Too Hard: Of Wives and Hair
By NICK CHILES When your wife changes her hair, it has the effect of an earthquake in the house. And if extra hair was added,...
Michael Jackson: Icon, Legend, Missed Forever
The babies want to know if Michael Jackson went to Heaven. If his soul went right away, or if it's gonna take a few days....
Happily Ever After: A Positive Image of Black Marriage
I’m such a fan of Lamar and Ronnie Tyler, the power couple behind one of my favorite websites, BlackandMarriedWithKids. Every day of the week, the...
Evidence Those Extra Math Lessons Are Worth Every Penny
So we’re sitting at the table, throwing down on some spaghetti and homemade chunky tomato sauce with meatballs and sausage when the dinnertime conversation between...
On Being 28 and Celebrating Another Year of Life
By ALLISSA HOSTENThe 16th birthday is considered sweet. At 17 or 18 (depending on your state) you can drive without a nervous parent breathing over...
Or Maybe I'll Just Enjoy The Color Purple…
I've been laboring at two jobs since the summer of sophomore year at Brentwood High School, when I kicked off my working life pulling a...
MyBrownBaby Redux: Damn that Lil' Wayne–Now I Have To Live Without My Radio.
Black radio apparently is facing an uphill battle against a bill that would charge radio stations millions of dollars in fees to play music for...
They’ll Wear The Armor: Guarding My Babies From The “N” Word
I know their day is coming. It is as certain as wet rain, as sure as the yellow in the sun. They are, after all,...
Where's The Media Frenzy When Brown Babies Go Missing?
Late last month when I wrote a blog about the delicious site Black And Married With Kids, one of MyBrownBaby’s followers, Kat of The Kat...
What Bad Knees, Good Drugs, and Teenagers Are Made Of
So the boy jacked up his knee doing some ungodly, torturous exercises called the “clean and jerk,” and “squats” in his weight-lifting class, and more...
