Ava Duvernay’s ‘The Door’: A Miu Miu Short Film That Displays Black Women In All Our Beauty
I make no claims to being a fashionista. I mean, I clean up nice and after years of fending off attacks against my black girl...
Amber Rose & Wiz Khalifa’s Unconventional Birth Plan: All-Natural, Water Birth For Their First Baby
I tend not to pay celebrity pregnancies any kind of mind. I mean, the stories always seem to whip up all kinds of innuendo, insult...
Finally, Obama Going to Chicago to Talk About Guns and Our Dying Children
By NICK CHILES After online petition drives, blogger pleas, demands from a range of leaders such as Jesse Jackson, and millions of water cooler and...
Beyonce Celebrates the Black Women Of the Superbowl—And Other MyBrownBaby Fresh Links
So Jennifer Borget, the blogger behind Baby Making Machine and an occasional contributor to MyBrownBaby, wrote a perfectly delightful post on BabyCenter earlier this week,...
Black Moms and Breastfeeding: CDC Says Stats Are Rising, But We Need More Support
Oh baby! The numbers of African American mothers breastfeeding is on the rise and more black mothers are forgoing formula for the breast for longer...
Black Women and Heart Health: Know the Symptoms Of Attack and Be Smart About Your Heart
My mother had beautiful hands—lovely, long and fresh, just like her. She kept her fingernails dipped in maroons and dark browns—subtle, but still noticeable. Strong....
Three-Year-Old Mistakes Pink Gun For Toy, Dies From Gunshot Wound To Head
A Greenville, South Carolina, family is burying their 3-year-old son today, less than a week after he was killed when a neon pink gun he...
Would You Buy a Bulletproof Backpack for Your Child?
By NICK CHILES Would you buy your kid a bulletproof backpack? Apparently a whole lot of parents are answering that question with a hearty “Yes!”...
California Pre-School Sex Scandal: School Closing Its Doors After 4- and 5-Year-Olds Admit Oral Sex
A church-run pre-school in Carson, California is shutting down after parents found out kindergarteners were allegedly giving each other oral sex, and now families of...
ADHD Diagnoses In Black Children Increases By 70 Percent—Along With the Use Of Strong Meds
African American and Hispanic children have seen a jump in their diagnosis rates for Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder—a trend that comes as more psychiatrists...
