Bug Tales: Little Pest Critters & I Will NEVER Get Along—Ever.
My God, I can’t stand bugs—never could. I mean, I grew up in Long Island, in a house with a grand, green, immaculately-maintained backyard, and...
To Raise Successful Black Kids, You Have to Teach Them Black English
By NICK CHILES If you stumble into my home on many a night, you might come across an unusual sight: me trying vainly to teach...
Ava DuVernay’s ‘Middle Of Nowhere’: Five Fire Reasons To See This Movie This Weekend (VIDEO)
Publicist-turned-filmmaker Ava DuVernay made history earlier this year when she became the first African American woman to win the Sundance Film Festival’s Best Director award...
NYPD Stop and Frisk Practice In Action: 16-Year-old Called A “F*cking Mutt,” Threatened (VIDEO)
If you do nothing else today, press play and watch this video of a 16-year-old Harlem student named Alvin, who secretly recorded his own stop-and-frisk...
“Parenthood” and The “N” Word: Tackling “The Talk” On TV
Season 4 of one of our favorite TV shows, Parenthood, is in full swing and the show isn’t slacking on the tough situations: Only months...
MyBrownBaby Hero of the Week: 14-Yr-Old Girl Shot by Taliban for Fighting for Girls’ Education
By NICK CHILES When the teenager in your house gets to complaining about having to wash the dishes, tell her the story of 14-year-old Malala...
Adoption and ‘The Blood’: Embracing the True Meaning Of Love, Family and the Ties That Bind
I am adopted. It is not something that I choose to focus on or talk about much. Because for most of my life, it has...
Christopher Columbus Day Protest: No, We Don’t Celebrate Murderers Who Got Lost
Celebrate? Nope. The Christopher Columbus protest is real in our house. Here's a video to show why you shouldn't celebrate him, either.
Healthy Choices At McDonald’s: Great Ways To Eat Smart Fast Food With Children
There’s the softball and soccer practices, the flute, trumpet and violin lessons, the homework and all the other random extracurricular activities that totally suck the...
Be Inspired: Tray Chaney Of “The Wire” Uses Hip Hop To Affect The Lives Of Black Children
You know Tray Chaney as low-level drug dealer, “Poot,” from The Wire, the edgy, award-winning drama that brought profound realism to heights never before seen...
Pink Your Sink With Method To Help Raise Breast Cancer Awareness & Research Cash
I was almost 14 years old that hot, sticky summer when my mother found a lump on her breast. When she told me and my...
Doug E. Fresh Gives the Blogalicious12 Crew The Blueprint To “This Is How You Dougie” (VIDEO)
Okay, so I warned everyone, like, a full week in advance that when it comes to old school hip hop, I don’t know how to...
Good Week for Black Boys—Thanks to Work of Shawn Dove and a White Billionaire
BY NICK CHILES The plight of young black boys has always been of special interest to me. Having raised one black boy into manhood and...
Natural, Not Nappy: Surviving Back-handed Compliments On My Kinky, Curly Mane
The thing of it is, I’ve had natural hair for about 12 years now—years before Shea Moisture and Miss Jessie’s found a home on Target’s...
‘Hotel Transylvania’ Review: Monsters Rock In This Fun, Kid-Friendly Flick
By MARI CHILES Not many children would want to go see a movie about monsters in a dark movie theater unless they’re scary movie fanatics...
