The HPV Vaccine: Weeding Through the Controversy For the Sake Of My Black Girls
It was never a question for us the pediatrician would say the girls were due for this vaccine or that one, and we’d hold Mari...
I Am Troy Davis And You Are, Too: Pondering The Death Penalty, Reasonable Doubt & Black Men
Troy Anthony Davis could be my father. My husband. My brother. My son. My nephew. My friend. One of us. And I am sorely reminded...
Not All Sugar Is Sweet: 10 Great Tips For Staving Off Diabetes In Black Kids
By Rachel Garlinghouse I was diagnosed with Type I diabetes at age 24, and I often say that on that day, my whole family got...
{On the Parenting Post} Young, Gifted & Black
This week, as part of a blog-a-thon hosted by Parenting.com’s Mom Congress, I wrote an open letter to my daughters about what their father and...
On the MyBrownBaby Bookshelf: Dancer
By JANELLE HERBERT DANCER, by Lorri Hewett (Dutton Books) The incredibly intriguing book, Dancer, is a fascinating read about the struggles of a 16-year-old African-American...
Spend My Life With You: Celebrating Black Love With BlackAndMarriedWithKids.com
With all this yapping about the tragically single black woman and how she’ll never, ever find a mate unless she sinks all manner of expectations...
{My Four Sons} The Sorrowful Last Days of “Who Would Win In A Fight”
By DERRICK BARNES I think, on average, that ten is the cut-off age. It’s around that time that boys begin to almost completely lose the...
{On the Parenting Post} Remember Our America
Bells will toll and sirens will sound and tears will make their way down the faces of those whose family members were on the planes...
{Dr. Ivor Is In} Obesity, Exercise and Black Girl Hair: What We Teach Our Daughters
By DR. IVOR HORN All the ladies who have put off a workout for the sake of the ‘do raise your hand. I know mine...
{On the Parenting Post} Happy Labor Day To the Hardest Laborers Of Them All: Moms
I'm almost certain I walked into the hospital backward, bent over and pointing at my spine when I went into labor with my Lila, groaning,...
