Black Friday 2012 Deals: Top 10 Tips To Save Big—Plus, Foursquare Shows How To Beat the Crowds
By ANDREA WOROCH with Denene Millner Black Friday is just a few days away, with many big-name stores opening their doors on Thanksgiving Day. Whether you’re braving...
Exciting New Book Provides Answer to Question: Why Don’t More Black Boys Read?
By NICK CHILES Why don’t more black boys like to read? That’s a question that has haunted black parents and educators for decades. Over the...
Girl On Fire: Alicia Keys Tells Jet That Becoming A Mom Grew Her Up
God—do you remember Alicia Keys when she first hit the scene, with the braids and the bubble jackets and the Tims and the old school...
From the Heart: Responsible Holiday Giving That’ll Mean More To Others Than To You
By SHAY STEWART-BOULEY Now that the winter holiday season is almost here, I feel it is my public duty as a career servant to the...
Does This Picture Of Me Breastfeeding Look Sexual? Facebook Might Think So—Feminist Breeder Doesn’t.
A friend of mine, Gina at The Feminist Breeder, got booted off of Facebook recently for posting this HILARIOUS photo of her baby girl, with...
Black Belt Uncle Beats Nephew To Death For Not Picking Out Clothes Fast Enough—And We Ask Why
By DR. STACEY PATTON First, there’s the headline: Paul Adams, Black Belt, Allegedly Beat 6-Year-Old Nephew To Death With Belt. Then a picture of an African-American...
Breastfeeding Is Not Creepy—And Neither Is The Breastmilk Baby
So, apparently the Earth is about to spin off its rotational axis and the sun is two seconds from stopping its shine now that the...
From Beach To Bottle: Method Tackles Ocean Plastic With New Soap. Plus, Take the Ocean Plastic Pledge
With Hurricane Sandy terrorizing the East coast and a Nor’Easter piling onto the madness, the last few weeks have been devastating for all-too-many of my...
How She Got Free: Helping Black Women Be Successful—Without Losing Ourselves
By AKILAH RICHARDS How is it that, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics, our percentage of business ownership as black women in...
















