Octomom Nadya Suleman Reveals She’s Been Getting Death Threats for Taking Food Stamps
By NICK CHILES “Octomom” Nadya Suleman told Matt Lauer on the “Today Show” this morning that she’s been getting death threats after it was revealed...
MyBrownBaby Respect: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Today is the 44th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on that Memphis balcony. He is gone, but his genius lives...
As Former Bengals Cheerleader Sarah Jones Denies Sex Abuse Charges, Should Parents Be Worried?
By NICK CHILES Former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader and high school teacher Sarah Jones, 26, pleaded not guilty Monday after being accused of having sex with...
Talking To Black Boys About Trayvon Martin, Hoodies and Black Mom Fears
By BASSEY IKPI As I drove my 5-year-old to school, I could tell something was wrong. It was out-of-uniform day at his school, and as...
Celebrating Elizabeth Catlett: The Artist and Her Passion Are True Inspirations
{Editor’s Note: Elizabeth Catlett, who dedicated her art to the struggle of African Americans and women, died on Monday at her home in Mexico. She...
Sparkle Trailer: A Sneak Peek At Whitney Houston’s Final Role (VIDEO)
Oh. My. Goodness. Please understand, I can not WAIT for Sparkle, the new movie starring Whitney Houston, Jordin Sparks, Ceelo Green and Mike Epps, to come...
During Spring Break, Dad and Dog Yearn for the Return of the Ladyfolk
By NICK CHILES It’s Spring Break and the wife has taken the kids to visit grandpa. So it’s just me and the dog, together in...
Baby Names In the 1940 Census: Turns Out My Grandparents Were Trendy
Records from the 1940 Census are being released online today by the U.S. National Archives after 72 years of confidentiality expires—which means details of the...
Black Boys in Detroit School Stage Walk Out to Protest Their Bad Education
By NICK CHILES Something remarkable happened in Detroit this past week: dozens of students at the all-male Frederick Douglass Academy walked out of school together...
Reflecting On Trayvon Martin: NBC Anchors Lester Holt, Tamron Hall Tell Personal Stories About Race
I love Rock Center with Brian Williams for many reasons—the chief one being that he’s a truth-teller. I adore a reporter who digs down to...
George Zimmerman’s Black Friend Needs To Sit Down Now, and Other MyBrownBaby Fresh Links
This week on Ebony.com, the ever brilliant essayist Akiba Solomon pens an open letter to Joe Oliver, the African American friend of Trayvon Martin’s killer,...
Pregnant Love & Hip Hop stars Kimbella and Yandy Go Clubbing: Would You Belly Bounce In a Club?
I know, I know—what in the world is MyBrownBaby doing talking about the juicy, gossipy, champagne glass-tossing, knock-down-drag-out VH1 reality show, “Love & Hip Hop,”...
Video of George Zimmerman After Trayvon Shooting Casts Doubt on His Story
By NICK CHILES If George Zimmerman was brutally attacked by 17-year-old, unarmed Trayvon Martin, thrown to the ground, where he got a gash on the...
While “Hunger Games” Attracts Kids in Droves, “Bully” Fights Its R Rating
By NICK CHILES How’s this for irony: As “Hunger Games” breaks box office records attracting kids and teens to a PG-13 movie that features teens...
Apology To My Brown Boy: Bassey Ikpi On Trayvon Martin, Mothers & Raising Black Boys (VIDEO)
Friends: MyBrownBaby contributor Bassey Ikpi penned this post and recorded the accompanying video, “Apology To My Brown Boy,” for her site, Bassey’s World. She very...
