A Year Later, Trayvon Martin Stays Lodged in the Psyche of Black Parents
By NICK CHILES It’s been a year since Trayvon Martin pierced our consciousness. So many brutal, unforgettable stories have shocked our senses since last February....
Amber Rose and Wiz Khalifa Birth New Baby Boy—Plus More MyBrownBaby Fresh Links
A hearty congratulations to Amber Rose and Wiz Khalifa, the proud parents of a new baby boy. Wiz announced the birth last night via Twitter: “Happy...
An Easy Chicken Corn Chowder Recipe That’ll Make You All Warm and Fuzzy Inside
It’s still wicked cold here in Hotlanta (I know—nobody from Atlanta says “Hotlanta” anymore, but I’m from New York, so…) and when there’s a chill,...
Pregnant Texas Teen Sues Parents For Right To Have Baby. Isn’t Reproductive Choice Grand?
My mother’s “birds and bees” talk began and ended with this simple directive: “Don’t bring no babies home because I’m not trying to take care...
Beyonce Gushing about Blue Ivy’s Smarts Reminds a Dad of the Day He Met His Daughter’s Genius
By NICK CHILES Hearing Beyonce gleefully tell Oprah about the brilliance of her baby girl Blue Ivy reminded me of the heady, joyous days of...
Airplane Madness: Man Slaps Black Toddler, Tells Mom To “Shut That N****R” Baby Up” (UPDATE)
UPDATE: Joe Rickey Hundley, the 60-year-old man accused of slapping a black baby in his face during an airplane flight, surrendered to federal agents and...
The Best Newborn Photo Ever: A 13-Year-Old Adoptee Gets the Baby Pictures He Never Had
Baby pictures are hard to come by for adoptees, especially if they’ve spent years in the foster care system. Maybe the birth parents didn’t have...
A Valentine’s Day Dance With A Purpose: Helping To End Violence Against Women
Today, my daughter and I will dance. Not just because we’re happy. Or because we feel like doing some Soul Train-styled dance off featuring the...
Beyonce Calls Rumors She Used Surrogate with Blue Ivy ‘Very Odd’
Every woman struggles with fear and insecurity but, as Oprah Winfrey pointed out on the red carpet for Beyonce’s new HBO film, we didn’t really...
‘They Deserve A Vote’: President Obama Makes a Powerful Case for Gun Control
By NICK CHILES “They deserve a vote.” With those words, repeated over and over as he introduced victims of gun violence during his State of...
Hadiya Pendleton: Two Charged With Murder In Chicago Teen Honor Student’s Death
Chicago police may be getting closer to getting justice for Hadiya Pendleton: two alleged gang members have been charged with first-degree murder in the death...
Ava Duvernay’s ‘The Door’: A Miu Miu Short Film That Displays Black Women In All Our Beauty
I make no claims to being a fashionista. I mean, I clean up nice and after years of fending off attacks against my black girl...
Amber Rose & Wiz Khalifa’s Unconventional Birth Plan: All-Natural, Water Birth For Their First Baby
I tend not to pay celebrity pregnancies any kind of mind. I mean, the stories always seem to whip up all kinds of innuendo, insult...
Finally, Obama Going to Chicago to Talk About Guns and Our Dying Children
By NICK CHILES After online petition drives, blogger pleas, demands from a range of leaders such as Jesse Jackson, and millions of water cooler and...
Beyonce Celebrates the Black Women Of the Superbowl—And Other MyBrownBaby Fresh Links
So Jennifer Borget, the blogger behind Baby Making Machine and an occasional contributor to MyBrownBaby, wrote a perfectly delightful post on BabyCenter earlier this week,...
