Neighbors Gone Wild
By DENENE MILLNER He's full of life, my nephew energetic, incredibly funny, frighteningly brilliant, and, at age nine, still comfortable enough in his kid-hood to...
OUR FIRST FAMILY
By DENENE MILLNER He never talked about it much, my dad. But he's a 70-something black man, born and raised in the seat of the...
A HAIR-RAISING EXPERIENCE
By MEERA BOWMAN-JOHNSON A week before my daughter's dance recital, her instructor, Miss Debbie, pulled me aside. We're asking that all the girls wear their...
MOS DEF FOR PRESIDENT!
I’ve long had a jones for the rapper Mos Def, whom I met years ago when I was an entertainment reporter for the Daily News....
PURE GOLD: How To Make Love Last
My in-laws, Helen and Walter Chiles, recently celebrated their 50th anniversary, and the good folks at The Root saw fit to honor their fete by...
ITS MILLNER MRS. CHILES IF YOURE NASTY (or my kids teacher)
By DENENE MILLNER You should know that I really like my maiden name. Millner is an original a cut above the standards Miller and Milner,...
Damn that Lil' Wayne–Now I Have To Live Without My Radio.
By DENENE MILLNER So I'm in the car on my way to Target with my daughters when I realize I pulled out without my pack...
GOTTA LOVE THOSE GOP FAMILY VALUES: Bristol Palin’s Pregnancy
Bristol Palin's teen pregnancy—and the GOP's urge that we respect her privacy—is quite the double standard when it comes to pregnant Black teen stereotypes.
