“The Help” Star Viola Davis Rocks Natural Hair In LA Times Mag And Talks Black Women In Film
Yes—that’s Academy Award nominee Viola Davis, star of the monster hit film, The Help, in all her stunning beauty on the cover of the Los...
The Giants Super Bowl Victory Offers Dad a Teachable Moment
By NICK CHILES There are many responsibilities that a father has to his children, but the Super Bowl win last night of my New York...
Dating With Kids: A Woman’s Desire vs. A Single Mom’s Choice
By SIL LAI ABRAMS It’s 10:53 on a hot and humid summer night and you’re in a cab riding home with your not-so-new-ish boyfriend after a...
What’s Wrong With This McDonald’s Barbie Ad? And Other MyBrownBaby Fresh Links
*Sigh* This is McDonald’s latest kid’s meal promotion. The fast food restaurant, which has found itself under hot water for a minority marketing campaign that...
#Flawless12 (Day 2): A Round Of Applause For the Stuff I Got Right
If I want to fail at something, all I have to do is make it a New Year’s resolution. For real: if I say I’m...
If Mitt Romney Doesn’t Care about the Poor, He Doesn’t Care about America’s Children
By NICK CHILES Every once in a while, politicians open their mouths and some truth comes out. That’s what happened to Mitt Romney yesterday during...
Susan G. Komen Apologizes For Pulling Planned Parenthood Funding—Reinstates Grants
UPDATE: The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation has apologized to Planned Parenthood for cutting off almost $700,000 in grants meant to help low-income and...
Don Cornelius Is Gone—And a Part of Us Has Gone with Him
By NICK CHILES For those of us over the age of 40, how can we find the words to explain how much of an impact...
The #Flawless12 Project (Day 1): Learning To Love What I Look Like In the Morning
Over the weekend, someone whom I respect said something quite profound: If we criticized friends like we criticize ourselves, we wouldn’t have any friends. And...
Women’s Professional Soccer Shuts Down—and Female Athletes, Young and Old, Are Heartbroken
By NICK CHILES Today is a sad day for the two little girl jocks in my house, and they don’t even know it yet. The...
