Police Officers in School? A Recipe for Student Failure
By NICK CHILES Educators have known for a long time what kind of environment children need to learn: They need to feel safe and supported....
Birthing While Black: This African American Mom’s Experience Was Anything But VIP
There are a ton of things I’ll never forget about the first time I gave birth—showing up with a Donny Hathaway CD in one hand,...
Get Heart Smart: Show Your Support For African American Women’s Heart Health
The tragic death of my mother still sears—still haunts me. There are days when I just, like, need her. That has been especially true over...
You Don’t Want to Support “Red Tails?” Grow Up.
By Nick Chiles Let’s call it the Black Solidarity Backlash. In response to a wave of community exhortation and pleading for African Americans to go...
Dear Taye Diggs: You Were NOT Misquoted By MyBrownBaby
Taye Diggs took to Twitter over the weekend to claim he was misquoted when it was reported that his mother married a dark-skinned man because...
When It Comes to Teen Pregnancy and Sex, CDC Confirms: Teenagers are Morons
By NICK CHILES Having brought a boy all the way through teenhood—he is just months from his 20th birthday—I must say I wasn’t surprised to...
MyBrownBaby Fresh: Lenny Kravitz Likes Confident Curvy Girls—And Other Things You Should Know
The adorable Lenny Kravitz has a new album out, called Black and White America. He gives Ebony the 411 about racists, his song, “Boongie Drop”...
Taye Diggs and Colorism: Black Men Are Affected By Intra-race Prejudices, Too
Earlier this week, MyBrownBaby contributor Nick Chiles interviewed Taye Diggs about colorism, self-esteem and his new children’s book, “Chocolate Me!”—a post that received widespread coverage...
Keke Palmer and Queen Latifah Make “Joyful Noise” With My Mari and Scholastic Kids Press
My girlpie Mari spent the last year working as a reporter for the Scholastic Kids Press—a gig she thoroughly enjoyed. During her year-long assignment, she...
The New EBONY.com Is Here—And We’re Loving It!
Oh. My. Goodness. The all-new Ebony.com debuted today and it’s absolutely stunning. Clearly, editor Kierna Mayo, one-half of the brilliant talent that founded Honey magazine...
