If Your Child Forgets EVERYTHING, Scientists May Have Good News for You
By NICK CHILES Is your kid the one who somehow comes home from school without his coat—when it’s 20 degrees outside? Do you have to...
Roe v. Wade At 40: Pondering Reproductive Rights For Our Daughters
I’d left the New York Times out on the table, with a story about the death of an abortion doctor right there on the front...
Celebrating Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., The Prince Of Peace
Today, as a nation, we celebrate what would have been Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 84th birthday, perhaps the most gratifying element of his legacy...
Black & Proud: How I Teach My Children to Love Their African-American Heritage
It’s a ritual I began the first day my girlpie, Mari, started kindergarten. I’d fluff her super cutie outfit, adjust the fancy barrettes in her...
Chris Rock’s Stalker Petitions To Get Shawty Lo & Mamas Back On Oxygen
A day after a nearly 40,000-signature petition pressured the Oxygen network to pull the plug on a reality show chronicling Shawty Lo and the 10...
Having Trouble Getting Your Kids to Do Chores? There’s an App for That
By NICK CHILES Have trouble getting your kids to do chores around the house? There’s now an app for that. It’s called the Chore Monster...
Kudos to New York for Putting Safety above Politics with Gun Control Measures
By NICK CHILES Though it may come as a surprise to much of the country, there are a whole lot of Republicans in New York...
Tray Chaney’s ‘LIVE—World AIDS Day Anthem’ Is A Worthy Message (VIDEO)
We’ve made no secrets about our love for Tray Chaney, the actor who found fame as “Poot” in HBO’s edgy, award-winning series, The Wire, but...
Update: Oxygen Officially Cancels Shawty Lo’s Show; “Amen” to Power of the People
By NICK CHILES UPDATE: Oxygen officially announced it has cancelled Shawty Lo’s “All My Babies’ Mamas,” a reality show that was to chronicle the relationship...
Baby Ear Piercing: Maybe It’s Just a Cultural Thing—Or A Mom’s Prerogative
I have no earthly idea how old I was when I first got my ears pierced. What I do remember, though, is that I got...
Shocking Study: Overweight Teens Frequently Bullied by Their Parents
By NICK CHILES One of the most difficult jobs for a parent to negotiate is dealing with an overweight child. It’s hard to know what...
The Latest On Shawty Lo’s “All My Babies Mamas,” Plus MBB Fresh Links
Some 35,000 petition signatures and a week’s worth of negative press later, Oxygen is vowing to move forward with their plans to air the stupidly...
Oh Oscar! ‘Beasts Of the Southern Wild’ Actress Quvenzhane Wallis, 9, Nominated
Joy for brown babies everywhere: Quvenzhane Wallis, the 9-year-old actress who made her film debut as a fiercely brave 6-year-old in the critically-acclaimed film (and...
Envying Malia and Sasha’s Dad—What I Would Give for a Secret Service Detail For My Girls
By NICK CHILES I admit that I got a little thrill when I read about the lengths the Obamas went to make sure there were...
FINALLY: Judge Rules NYC’s Stop-and-Frisk Program Unconstitutional
By NICK CHILES New York City’s controversial stop-and-frisk program was dealt a severe blow yesterday when a federal judge ruled that a portion of the...
