Wynton Marsalis & the Virtuoso, Marcus Roberts: Inspiration For Your Babies
A Wednesday treat:
Dreams For My Black Son: mater mea’s Christal Brown
Showing the beauty, complexity, strength and awesome of Black moms and our children with a celebration of choreographer, dancer and teacher Christal Brown.
Buying Breast Milk Online From Strangers Can Be Dangerous For Your Baby. Duh.
From the "Well Duh!" files: a new study found that a whopping 70 percent of breast milk sold to moms on a public milk-sharing forum was contaminated with all kinds of yuck that could put babies in serious danger.
Angry Mom Launches Positive Natural Hair Project
By AYA de LEON I do not have time for racism this week. I’m a working mom, with a high maintenance marriage, I’m writing a...
#BlackLivesMatter Tweetchat: Celebrating Black Breastfeeding Week 2013 and Black Parenting
Tonight, it’s going down. Black Breastfeeding Week 2013 continues its inaugural celebration with the #BlackLivesMatter Tweetchat, featuring an all-star line-up of African American bloggers/thinkers/breastfeeding advocates/lovers...
In Attacking Trayvon’s Friend Rachel Jeantel, Black Folks Are Taking It Too Far
By NICK CHILES I had a Kennedy-Nixon 1960 debate moment as I monitored the George Zimmerman murder trial on Wednesday. After reading the published online...
On Interracial Relationships & That Cheerios Commercial: the Color Of Love Is Complex
Many families I associate with are still reeling from the fountain of negative responses from that innocuous Cheerios commercial. Many of them continue to be “shocked” that...
MyBrownBaby Beauty: Stunning Photographs Of African American Children
Photographs of pretty babies make my heart flutter—those juicy cheeks, those sweet lips, those lovely eyes. It’s as if the lens captured the very essence...
As Supreme Ct Issues Weak Ruling, the Affirmative Action Preoccupation with Race is Wrong
By NICK CHILES Considering the astounding variety of characteristics and accomplishments that applicants to America’s most competitive colleges present to the admissions boards every year,...
Has the Tabloid World that Imprisoned Michael Jackson Taken Daughter Paris Hostage?
By NICK CHILES As a parent, as a Michael Jackson fan, as a grownup, it’s extremely painful to watch the continuing struggles of Paris Jackson,...
