Univ of Texas Prof Says Single Moms to Blame for Black Student Failure
By NICK CHILES Lord, I beg of you, please save black parents and the black community from the instant experts who pop up to explain...
Turning Our Daughters Into Tech Geeks, Thanks to Black Girls Code
By NICK CHILES It was a glorious sight to behold: a room full of black girls, ranging in age from 10 to 17, learning how...
Shoplifting Mom Shot Dead In Walmart Parking Lot By Guard—In Front Of Two Children
Bringing the definition of “overkill” to a new level, an off-duty police officer moonlighting as a Walmart security guard shot to death a Houston mother...
Yes, Santa Is Real—At Least For One More Season
I’m still kind of reeling from the day Mari asked for the truth about Santa Claus and I broke it down so it’ll forever be...
The Curse Of the “Phat” Booty, Plus: Love & Slavery, the Central Park Five, Mariah Carey & More
I spent a lifetime being ashamed of my bodacious butt and thick thighs, and a second lifetime being too afraid to flaunt it out of...
Racism From An 8th Grader’s Perspective: A Generational Public Service Announcement
We tend way too much to think of eighth graders in stereotype—to dismiss them as incredibly self-centered little human beings. Spacey. Sullen. Hormonal. A little...
Method’s New Holiday Collection 2012, Plus: A Method Pinterest Stocking Stuffer Contest
Maybe it’s because I’ve been seeing Christmas trees and holiday ornaments in department and craft stores since before Halloween, or maybe it’s the wicked deadlines...
Chain-Swinging Dad Storms School, Demands To Know Who’s Sexing His Baby Girl
Sometimes, your kids need to know you’re a little crazy. I’m a firm believer of this, and I remind Mari and Lila often: “You know...
Food Stamp Mayor Cory Booker Challenges Us To Consider the Plight Of the Poor
Newark Mayor Cory Booker has lived in a tent in front of Newark, NJ’s worst housing project in protest of the city government’s negligence, saved...
Better Than Good Hair: Celebrating CurlyNikki.com’s New Natural Hair Care Book—Plus, A Giveaway
By NIKKI WALTON Founder of CurlyNikki.com So, I wrote a book, y’all…and it’s (appropriately) titled, “Better Than Good Hair,” ‘cause we’re not only rejecting the notion...
