President Obama Dares to Have Opinion about Nicki Minaj-Mariah Carey ‘Idol’ Feud
Apparently President Obama—the father of teen and tween daughters—is not supposed to have an opinion about pop culture, even if it’s one of the biggest...
Trayvon Martin’s Family Launches ‘Change For Trayvon’ To Fight Stand Your Ground Laws
While wanna-be neighborhood watchman-turned-vigilante child murderer George Zimmerman and his lawyer are working hard to hem up his prosecution with weekly (winey) court filings and...
Bug Tales: Little Pest Critters & I Will NEVER Get Along—Ever.
My God, I can’t stand bugs—never could. I mean, I grew up in Long Island, in a house with a grand, green, immaculately-maintained backyard, and...
To Raise Successful Black Kids, You Have to Teach Them Black English
By NICK CHILES If you stumble into my home on many a night, you might come across an unusual sight: me trying vainly to teach...
Ava DuVernay’s ‘Middle Of Nowhere’: Five Fire Reasons To See This Movie This Weekend (VIDEO)
Publicist-turned-filmmaker Ava DuVernay made history earlier this year when she became the first African American woman to win the Sundance Film Festival’s Best Director award...
NYPD Stop and Frisk Practice In Action: 16-Year-old Called A “F*cking Mutt,” Threatened (VIDEO)
If you do nothing else today, press play and watch this video of a 16-year-old Harlem student named Alvin, who secretly recorded his own stop-and-frisk...
“Parenthood” and The “N” Word: Tackling “The Talk” On TV
Season 4 of one of our favorite TV shows, Parenthood, is in full swing and the show isn’t slacking on the tough situations: Only months...
MyBrownBaby Hero of the Week: 14-Yr-Old Girl Shot by Taliban for Fighting for Girls’ Education
By NICK CHILES When the teenager in your house gets to complaining about having to wash the dishes, tell her the story of 14-year-old Malala...
Adoption and ‘The Blood’: Embracing the True Meaning Of Love, Family and the Ties That Bind
I am adopted. It is not something that I choose to focus on or talk about much. Because for most of my life, it has...
Healthy Choices At McDonald’s: Great Ways To Eat Smart Fast Food With Children
There’s the softball and soccer practices, the flute, trumpet and violin lessons, the homework and all the other random extracurricular activities that totally suck the...
