In NYC Stop-and-Frisk Trial, A Window Into Every Black Parent’s Worst Nightmare
By NICK CHILES Currently unfolding inside a Manhattan courtroom, couched in the language and apparatus of the U.S. legal system, is a rare window into...
How To Kill A Bug In 50 Screams Or Less (When Your Man Refuses To)
Okay—y’all know how I feel about bugs. I don’t do bugs. Like, ever. Forreal, forreal? I’ll burn down the house to keep from squishing one...
We Belong Together: Raising Our Voices In Support Of Immigrant Women and Mothers
MyBrownBaby is in Washington, D.C., today, proudly joining We Belong Together, a diverse group of women from across the United States who’ve come together to...
Steubenville, Ohio Rape Case Shows Teen Cruelty Unleashed by Social Media
By NICK CHILES Now that the verdict has been delivered in the Steubenville, Ohio, rape case, sending two football players to imprisonment in the juvenile...
A Black Marriage Week Treat From Tray Chaney, Plus Michelle Obama In Vogue and Justin T. On Fallon
Sunday marks the kick-off day for the 10th Annual Black Marriage Week, a celebration sponsored by Marriage, Inc. of Kankakee County, along with Wedded Bliss...
Kim Kardashian and Her Expanding Pregnant Belly: Um, She’s SUPPOSED To Get Bigger. Geez.
Trust: Never in a gazillion years did I ever think I’d be defending Kim Kardashian—she who came up on a bad sex tape with Brandy’s...
Louis Armstrong Had A Child: A Daughter Claims Her DNA—And, Finally, Her Legacy
By SHARON PRESTON-FOLTA Dear Dad, I thought that telling our story would bring me some peace. I laid that burden, too, on time—thought that the...
Tina Fey Says Daughter Can’t Be Quvenzhane Wallis: Wanting What’s Best For Your Kid
Tina Fey’s 7-year-old daughter Alice “lost her mind” over Quvenzhané Wallis, the Beasts of the Southern Wild actress who, at age 9, became the youngest...
Thick Lips, Brown Skin and Kinky Hair: A Black Girl’s Journey To Loving the Skin She’s In
By DARLENE ROBINSON MILLENDER My eight year-old daughter said something the other morning that made my heart skip a beat. We were in her room...
Kelly Rowland: Beyonce’s Mom Taught Me To Love My Dark “Chocolatey” Skin Color—Plus Fresh Links
Kelly Rowland is quite the toast of Hip Hop and R&B radio and even Tinsel Town, with her sultry voice and lyrics flooding airwaves and...