I Heart My Friends: A Great Girls Night Out, Plus: A P&G Have You Tried This Yet Giveaway!
Watermelon Banana Martinis. Home made hummus, stuffed grape leaves and Baklava. Up-close-and-personal cooking instruction from a master chef. And my girls *waving at Selassie, Tina,...
A Word About The Writer’s Life: Honoring Erica Kennedy
In my old life, before blogging, before kids, before authoring New York Times bestsellers, before my advice columns at Parenting and my freelance writer’s life,...
With Catchy Music and Powerful Message, ‘Let It Shine’ Is Another Winner for Disney
Let It Shine premieres tonight on the Disney Channel at 8 pm. By MARI CHILES Let It Shine is an amazing movie, with a theme...
When It Comes to Dating and Hooking Up Sites, Leave the Kiddies Out of It!
By NICK CHILES Now we get word that an online social and dating site called Skout has shut down its teen section after reports surfaced...
Happy Hand Washing: High-Five A Rainbow With Method’s “Green” Hand Soap
Okay so, yeah: I’m a clean hand freak. On an almost-OCD-type level. I refuse to put food anywhere near my hands and mouth unless my...
Father’s Day Video From Trayvon Martin’s Dad, Tracy: Stand for Our Sons. Plus: Stop “Stop and Frisk.”
As news organizations obsess over the sordid details and bald-faced lies George Zimmerman and his wife, Shellie, told a judge about the blood money he...
Black Parents Want GOOD Teachers, Not Necessarily Black Ones
By NICK CHILES A widely reported study out of the University of Houston, claiming that there is no added academic benefit for black students when...
Beyonce’s Love Of Blue: Singer Gives Insight Into Why She Chose the Name For Her Baby
Of course, when the world got wind of what Jay-Z and Beyonce named their baby girl, all kinds of conspiracy theories abounded: spell Blue Ivy Carter...
Everybody Loves A Great Cat Viral Video: the ASPCA Promotes “Adopt A Shelter Cat” Month
I make no bones about this: I’m a dog person. My Goldendoodle, Teddy, is… everything. But before there was Teddy, before there was my Mari...
Good Black Fathers Are… Everything: Celebrating African American Dads With AtlantaBlackStar.com
I’m a Daddy’s Girl to the core—a Ride-Or-Die chick for James Millner, my father. He is not perfect. No human is. But he was absolutely...
Let It Shine Soundtrack Giveaway—Plus, Our 10-Year-old Correspondent Tells Us Why She Loves Tyler James Williams and Coco Jackson
By LILA CHILES I can’t believe there’s only one more week until Let It Shine, the new Disney Channel movie starring Tyler James Williams, Brandon...
As Erykah Badu Shows, Any Female Can be Humiliated By Explicit Images
By NICK CHILES As I read the looong Twitter rant by Erykah Badu directed at Wayne Coyne, the director of her controversial new video, I...
Rethinking Stretch Marks—Our Mom Tattoos
By HEATHER HOPSON When Beyonce’s bootylicous body bounced back four months after giving birth to Blue Ivy, many moms around the world sucked in their...
Beyonce, Jay-Z Take Blue Ivy To Paris: the Beauty Of Showing Kids the World
Okay, so yeah—I really was just looking for a reason to show off this picture of proud daddy Jay-Z hugging and loving on his baby...
Depressing Study: Exercise May Not Help Black Girls Stay Slim
By NICK CHILES Talk about depressing news—a new study by British researchers has found that even black girls who are active and exercise regularly are...
