Nina Simone On Blackness, Plus: A Black Teen Chess Master, Single Mom Stereotypes & Other Links
Actually, I adore Zoe Saldana. I think she’s beautiful. And a fine actress with heart and mettle and a kick-assness about her. I think I’ve...
Gummy Bears, Now & Laters, Dubble Bubble, Oh My—And Happy Halloween!
Now, y’all know I love me some gummy bears. And chocolate (the good kind). And Now & Laters. And Double Bubble bubble gum. All of...
Mercy, Mercy Me: Sandy, Mother Earth and Signs That We’ve Got To Do Better By Our Planet
Right about now, I don’t really care that Usher paid $12,000 for a puppy or that Toni Braxton thinks Oprah is mean or that Sherman...
Stakes Is High: Talking To My Teen About Sex Just Got Real—And I Can’t Be A Punk About It
She is 13 now, and the curves are there and the hormones are kicking in and the boys are looking a little bit more grown...
Hard Labor: Mom’s Near-Death Pregnancy Convinces Dad To Be Pro-Choice + More Fresh Links
With Republican politicians proclaiming rape a “gift from God,” and the continued nationwide assault on women’s reproductive rights, the ever brilliant Ta-Nehisi Coates, senior editor...
Sofia the First: The Latina Disney Princess That Wasn’t and the Community That Played Along
By CAROL CAIN Well, it’s official. I mean, officially, official. Sofia The First is not a Latina Princess. Disney released a statement after days of...
Pregnant After Rape? It’s God’s Will, According to Indiana Senate Candidate
By NICK CHILES Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock in a debate last night offered the women of America a vicious kick in the gut, suggesting...
President Barack Obama—the Baby Whisperer (VIDEO)
No, I’m not referring to President Barack Obama’s silencing of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Monday night’s third and final presidential debate. I’m shouting...
Why I’m Voting For Barack Obama In the 2012 Presidential Election
Last night marked the last of the debates between President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and with just two weeks to go...
There’s Nothing Complicated About Fair Pay For Women, Mitt Romney—Plus, Other Fresh Links
You know what? I’m not trying to let Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s “Binder Full Of Women” comments from the second 2012 presidential debate slide....
Wow. Taliban Protesting Negative Coverage After They Shoot 14-Yr-Old Pakistani Girl in Head
BY NICK CHILES I know Western journalists are supposed to avoid imposing our Western values on other cultures, but this has to be the most...
Rosie Perez Checks Mitt Romney On the “I Wish I Were Latino” Comment. Hard. (VIDEO)
Sigh. I’ve adored Rosie Perez since the day she popped and locked it in Spike Lee’s seminal film, Do the Right Thing. She is the...
Getting Grown: My Babies Aren’t Babies Anymore. [Word(ful) Wednesday]
It seems like this happened in just the blink of an eye. One day, they were giggly, cute little chubby-cheeked babies riding on my hip....
President Obama Dares to Have Opinion about Nicki Minaj-Mariah Carey ‘Idol’ Feud
Apparently President Obama—the father of teen and tween daughters—is not supposed to have an opinion about pop culture, even if it’s one of the biggest...
Trayvon Martin’s Family Launches ‘Change For Trayvon’ To Fight Stand Your Ground Laws
While wanna-be neighborhood watchman-turned-vigilante child murderer George Zimmerman and his lawyer are working hard to hem up his prosecution with weekly (winey) court filings and...
