Los Angeles Teacher Abuse Has Schools Looking To Teachers For Help In Catching Predators
By NICK CHILES The horrific child abuse case in Los Angeles, in which teacher Mark Berndt was charged last month with doing unspeakable things to...
MyBrownBaby Is Working Again. Come Back—We’ve Missed You. And Won’t Send Viruses To Your Computer.
I love blogging. I really do. It’s a writer’s dream—a space where I can practice my art and critical thought and friendly debate on black...
SWV’s New Video: Co-Sign
Please believe: SWV is still in heavy rotation on my iPod. I mean, how can you not get giddy when “Right Here,” “I’m So Into...
A Black Mom’s Lament: How Can We Parents Stop Schools From Failing Our Kids?
By Kia Morgan Smith Sometimes I just want to throw my hands up and ask why and walk out of my kids’ school with them...
Florida Teens Post Racist Video—and Reveal Their Own Ignorance
By NICK CHILES A couple of Florida teens have seen the sky come falling down on their heads after they posted a dumb, racist 14-minute...
Chris Brown and Rihanna Are Making Music Again—And Sending A Dangerous Message
I heard the news this morning on my local hip hop station: three years after Chris Brown pummeled Rihanna’s face damn near beyond recognition, the...
Bobby Brown Wasn’t Supposed to Have Contact with Bobbi Kristina: Lawyer
By NICK CHILES Whitney Houston’s family attorney said that Bobby Brown violated a prior agreement by trying to speak to his and Whitney’s daughter, Bobbi...
White Teacher Should Not Be Suspended for Using the N-Word
By NICK CHILES In Chicago, where a white teacher got suspended because he tried to have a classroom discussion about the n-word, it appears that...
DMX’s Ex Says He Owes $1 Million In Child Support
Jesus be a fence, a passport and a good-paying European concert gig, because rapper DMX is being sued for $1 million in child support. By...
All Up In Our Uteruses: Rick Santorum Says No To Prenatal Testing, Virginia Says Yes To Vaginal Probes
Please believe me, I never imagined that anyone would ever have to write a post explaining why prenatal testing is important and necessary, but here...
If These Marriage Trends Continue, the Word “Father” Will Soon Be Obsolete
By NICK CHILES As a married man with three children, I was extremely disturbed by a story I saw over the weekend in the New...
Beyonce Won’t Be Getting Blue Ivy Carter Baby Advice From Solange—And Other MyBrownBaby Fresh Links
Beyonce and Jay-Z’s daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, is getting a lot of love from her aunt, Solange Knowles. But Solange, Beyonce’s younger sister, who has a 7-year-old son of...
As Whitney Houston’s Funeral Nears, We Celebrate Her Life—And Remember That She Was Us
When I was 16, Whitney Houston was everything. I was a nerd—wholesome, shy, black. Never kissed. And in love with this boy I’d worshipped from...
Too Short Tosses Blame Over “Fatherly Advice” At XXL Editors
Rapper Too Short, who came under a hip hop feminist firestorm for giving explicit instructions to middle school boys on how to finger rape and...
A Middle Schooler Strip Searched in Front of Classmates? This Needs to Stop
By NICK CHILES The family of a middle school student in Georgia has filed a lawsuit against the school district because administrators, suspecting that the...
