{MyBrownBaby Redux} She's The Boss: A Dad Gets Punked By His 4-Year-Old
Editor’s Note: Be clear: Lila’s been runnin’ this piece with an iron claw and a fist-full of gobstoppers. She. Ain’t. No. Joke. Witness… By NICK...
{MyBrownBaby Redux} There's No Place Like Home
Editor’s Note: I wrote this piece while I was away on a solo (and much-needed) getaway, while suffering a severe bout of Extreme Lonelys. Of...
Maybe They Thought the Black Would Run Off Into the Pool Water or Something…
When President Obama was elected into office, more than a few folks were shouting practically from the roof-tops that racism in America was dead. Um,...
What's Your Baby's Kind of Some Kinda?
I had some dear friends over for dinner last night, and while I was cooking collards, macaroni and cheese, candied yams, fried corn, and Nick’s...
Sadness For Michael: A Mom Cries For An Icon and Lost Black Boys Everywhere
By KIMBERLY SEALS ALLERS Yesterday, I cried watching the Michael Jackson memorial. I cried for a little black boy who felt the world didn't understand...
MyBrownBaby Spotlight: Esperanza Spalding
You never know where inspiration comes from I realized I wanted to be a journalist when I saw NBC New York’s Sue Simmons interviewing New...
Little Dolls: Tenderly Tending to Every Strand of Brown Girl Hair, With a Smile
It's extremely important to tell little Black girls that their natural hair is beautiful. This is why.
MyBrownBaby MOM OF THE WEEK: Akilah S. Richards
I first met Akilah Richards, purveyor of the smokin’ hot site EXECUMAMA, at our African Dance Class. I didn’t know what I was doing, and...
Here's To Hoping It Won't Matter To My Babies (and Their Friends) If They're Black or White
by JENNIFER JOHNSON I wasn't ever the prettiest girl in school. In fact I was never even close. But that didn't stop me from being...
Dont Stare Too Hard: Of Wives and Hair
By NICK CHILES When your wife changes her hair, it has the effect of an earthquake in the house. And if extra hair was added,...
Ain't To Proud To Beg: Vote For MyBrownBaby in the 2009 Black Web Awards!
MyBrownBaby has been nominated for FOUR Black Weblog Awards, the international internet showcase that gives recognition to the web’s best Black bloggers. Since it’s inception...
Michael Jackson: Icon, Legend, Missed Forever
The babies want to know if Michael Jackson went to Heaven. If his soul went right away, or if it's gonna take a few days....
MyBrownBaby Goes Camping and Survives Two Days (and Nights!) In The Woods
Yup I did it. Two days and two nights, deep in the woods of North Georgia. And despite my initial protestations (and the tolerance of...
CNN's Black In America 2: Finding Hope In The Streets Of Bushwick
It’s not that I didn’t appreciate CNN’s “Black in America” series when it first ran last year; I thought Soledad O’Brien did a fine job...
Proof That The Boy Was Listening To The Friendship Lecture: Introducing Chad and Eddie
It would have been quite easy for the boy to surround himself with fools. Teenagers, after all, are experts at such things you know, dragging...
