Pharrell Williams’ New ‘Despicable Me 2’ Song, Happy Will Put A Smile On Your Face
It’s Friday! What better way to kick off the weekend than with an adorably sunny, delicious tune aptly titled, “Happy,” from the king of happy,...
Paula Deen Can Kiss My Grits. And Stick Her Butter Where the Sun Don’t Shine.
I’ve been to The Lady and Sons, the renowned Savannah, GA., restaurant owned by America’s lard-loving Food Network star Paula Deen. Not gonna lie: we...
‘Soul Man’ Season Two Twitter Party: Join @MyBrownBaby & @BlackAndMarried Tonight!
I was a young entertainment reporter at the Daily News when I interviewed Cedric the Entertainer along with his comedic co-horts Bernie Mac, Steve Harvey...
Self Defense For Girls: A Black Father Teaches His Daughter How To Fight Back
By SHAWN TAYLOR “How do you raise a child in safety in a world that is getting more violent by the day?” Some parents recently...
Affirmative Action & the Supreme Court: Why Diversity Matters To Me and My Kids
I am an Affirmative Action baby. Long Island Newsday paid my college tuition, in part, because of the color of my skin. It was my...
Trayvon Martin’s Parents are Still Co-Parenting—Through Death and Zimmerman’s Trial
By DEESHA PHILYAW A friend recently sent me an MSNBC article about Trayvon Martin’s parents, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, and the trial of George...
With Baby Days Away, Kanye West Gets Gobbled by Gossip Monster
BY NICK CHILES The gossip monster that parades as the entertainment media has managed to achieve a distinction that I didn’t think possible: they have...
A New Way To Celebrate Father’s Day: Black Dads As Fatherhood Mentors
By SHAWN TAYLOR I am fairly certain that much of my family became Jehovah’s Witnesses because they didn’t want to celebrate holidays. Instead of just...
Have A Little Talk With God: Searching For Religion In Motherhood
It’s the pageantry of it all that I remember most. Weeks before Easter, my mother would hit Macy’s, searching through the sale rack for the...
George Zimmerman’s Trial: Finally, Justice For Trayvon Martin—Thanks To Many
Just over a year ago, I stumbled across a press conference announcement by a couple that was trying to draw attention to both the shooting...
