Here We Go Again: Tennessee’s Orlando Shaw, With 22 Kids by 14 Women, May Get Reality Show
By NICK CHILES First we got tortured by the travails of rapper Shawty Lo and his stable of baby mamas, now we stumble across this...
The Kinsey Collection: Jordin Sparks Introduces Black Girls to the Fierce Courage of Phillis Wheatley
By NICK CHILES As the father of two talented young black girls, I know that sometimes the most important thing I can do to spark...
In a Fog of Trayvon Rage and Sadness, Saying Goodbye to My Son
By NICK CHILES As the pain of the George Zimmerman verdict settled in yesterday, the sting of the words “not guilty” slowly starting to recede,...
Horrifying Story: State Doctors in California Forced Hundreds of Female Inmates to be Sterilized
By NICK CHILES Doctors in California violated state rules by forcing at least 150 female inmates to be sterilized between 2006 and 2010, according to...
In Attacking Trayvon’s Friend Rachel Jeantel, Black Folks Are Taking It Too Far
By NICK CHILES I had a Kennedy-Nixon 1960 debate moment as I monitored the George Zimmerman murder trial on Wednesday. After reading the published online...
Jim Carrey Should be Applauded for Taking Stand Against Violence in His Own Movie, ‘Kick-Ass 2’
By NICK CHILES We’ve certainly torn into Hollywood on numerous occasions for the utter hypocrisy and irresponsibility of their violent imagery, particularly as our society...
As Supreme Ct Issues Weak Ruling, the Affirmative Action Preoccupation with Race is Wrong
By NICK CHILES Considering the astounding variety of characteristics and accomplishments that applicants to America’s most competitive colleges present to the admissions boards every year,...
Has the Tabloid World that Imprisoned Michael Jackson Taken Daughter Paris Hostage?
By NICK CHILES As a parent, as a Michael Jackson fan, as a grownup, it’s extremely painful to watch the continuing struggles of Paris Jackson,...
Saving Our Sons: The Cliffnotes Version of My Ebony Series on Black Boys
By NICK CHILES When I decided to become a journalist about three decades ago as a junior at Yale, I envisioned myself stomping across the...
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...
