Erykah Badu’s Baby Girl Is Adorbs, Plus: the 12/12/12 Baby & Kiddie Race Talks
I know. Fridays at MyBrownBaby are usually reserved for something a little deeper than pictures of celebrity babies. But it’s late. I’ve been working all...
Univ of Texas Prof Says Single Moms to Blame for Black Student Failure
By NICK CHILES Lord, I beg of you, please save black parents and the black community from the instant experts who pop up to explain...
Turning Our Daughters Into Tech Geeks, Thanks to Black Girls Code
By NICK CHILES It was a glorious sight to behold: a room full of black girls, ranging in age from 10 to 17, learning how...
Shoplifting Mom Shot Dead In Walmart Parking Lot By Guard—In Front Of Two Children
Bringing the definition of “overkill” to a new level, an off-duty police officer moonlighting as a Walmart security guard shot to death a Houston mother...
Yes, Santa Is Real—At Least For One More Season
I’m still kind of reeling from the day Mari asked for the truth about Santa Claus and I broke it down so it’ll forever be...
The Curse Of the “Phat” Booty, Plus: Love & Slavery, the Central Park Five, Mariah Carey & More
I spent a lifetime being ashamed of my bodacious butt and thick thighs, and a second lifetime being too afraid to flaunt it out of...
Racism From An 8th Grader’s Perspective: A Generational Public Service Announcement
We tend way too much to think of eighth graders in stereotype—to dismiss them as incredibly self-centered little human beings. Spacey. Sullen. Hormonal. A little...
Method’s New Holiday Collection 2012, Plus: A Method Pinterest Stocking Stuffer Contest
Maybe it’s because I’ve been seeing Christmas trees and holiday ornaments in department and craft stores since before Halloween, or maybe it’s the wicked deadlines...
Chain-Swinging Dad Storms School, Demands To Know Who’s Sexing His Baby Girl
Sometimes, your kids need to know you’re a little crazy. I’m a firm believer of this, and I remind Mari and Lila often: “You know...
Food Stamp Mayor Cory Booker Challenges Us To Consider the Plight Of the Poor
Newark Mayor Cory Booker has lived in a tent in front of Newark, NJ’s worst housing project in protest of the city government’s negligence, saved...
Better Than Good Hair: Celebrating CurlyNikki.com’s New Natural Hair Care Book—Plus, A Giveaway
By NIKKI WALTON Founder of CurlyNikki.com So, I wrote a book, y’all…and it’s (appropriately) titled, “Better Than Good Hair,” ‘cause we’re not only rejecting the notion...
Halle Berry Fight Proves One Thing: Celebs Can Be As Stupid as the Rest of Us
By NICK CHILES The Thanksgiving Day throwdown that occurred between the men in Halle Berry’s life proves one thing above all else: If given half...
Detangling, Washing & Conditioning Black Girl Hair: This Is How We Do It
Detangling, washing and conditioning Black girl hair is what we do in my house. Here's the routine that best works for us.
Disgusting Disrespect of Children in Meridian, Miss. Will Make You Want to Cry
By NICK CHILES We’ve written here before about the dangers children face when schools employ police officers as school safety guards, but the case of...
Jada Pinkett-Smith On Willow Smith’s Hair, Beauty And Her Daughter’s Right To Own Her Own Body
Jada Pinkett-Smith gives sound advice on raising confident Black girls—and we're here for it.
