Balance is for Yoga and Flamingos: Rethinking Work/Life Balance For Busy Moms
By Akilah S. Richards Far be it for me to dictate what a grown woman should believe—particularly as it relates to how she chooses to...
MyBrownBaby Fresh: Is Michelle Obama An Angry Black Woman? And Other Things To Consider
Farai Chideya writes: “Strong first ladies have had one set of challenges. The first African-American first lady of the United States faces another: the difference...
Michelle Obama Supporting Military Families & Random Dancing On iCarly
Michelle Obama, who’s Let’s Move campaign enlisted Beyonce last year to help get children to hit their Dougie, will kick off 2012 with a little...
The New Mutants: Black Excellence In the New Class of Black Global Super-Achievers
By PATRICK A. HOWELL “There is a new class of black super-achievers graduating for the first time.” Mark Penn, “Micro-Trends: The Small Forces Behind...
Black Girls Have Quvenzhane’s Back, Plus: Michelle Obama’s Mom Dancing, Daddy’s Money Sneaks & More
I promise you this: the backlash The Onion faced after calling Best Actress Oscar nominee Quvenzhané Wallis the “c” word was swift and severe, but it...
First Look: Michelle Obama’s New Book, “American Grown,” Plus Her Notes On Being A Mom
First Lady, First Mom and First Fly Girl Michelle Obama is about to be a first-time author—and MyBrownBaby has your first look at her new...
Taking Aim At Madison Avenue: Tell Them Pretty Brown Girls ARE NOT Hard To Find.
This, from New York magazine online, with nods to The Black Snob: Madison Avenue is scrambling to adjust to a new era, when the most...
President Obama’s Morehouse Speech: Encouraging Class Of 2013 To Be Great Black Men, Fathers
I have to be honest: as much as I adore President Obama, I tend to watch his speeches in front of African Americans with baited...
Forward: President Barack Obama Elected To Second Term In Historic 2012 Presidential Race
No matter the Tea Party politicking. No matter the massive assault on the rights of women. No matter the hundreds of millions of dollars pumped,...
Transcript Of President Obama’s Speech To the 2012 Democratic National Convention
Editor’s note: Tonight, in his remarks to the Democratic National Convention, President Obama showed up and all the way out—reminding us in only the way...
