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...

– Mar 21, 2013

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...

– Mar 20, 2013

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...

– Mar 19, 2013

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...

– Mar 18, 2013

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...

– Mar 15, 2013

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...

– Mar 14, 2013

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...

– Mar 13, 2013

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...

– Mar 12, 2013

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...

– Mar 11, 2013

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...

– Mar 8, 2013
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