Melissa Harris-Perry’s Letter of Sympathy For Mike Brown’s Mother (VIDEO)
Sympathy for Mike Brown's mother is necessary and right. Melissa Harris-Perry states the case.
Hundreds of African Girls Were Kidnapped: Why It Took the U.S. Media 3 Weeks To Notice
Nobody said anything until black Americans led the charge on social media to #BringBackOurGirls.
Jordan Davis’ Life Mattered. All Of Our Children’s Lives Matter.
God bless Ron Davis and Lucia McBath, the parents of Jordan Davis. No one should have to celebrate their child's 19th birthday mourning the injustice of a legal system that empowers white sociopaths to lynch our children.
The Freshest, Jamminest Breastfeeding How-To Video, Like, Ever!
Hands down, the best informational breastfeeding video, like, ever—not just because it cribs the beat from Teach Me How To Dougie, or even because it’s...
Back To School: It’s Millner. Mrs. Chiles If You’re Nasty (Or My Kid’s Teacher)
You should know that I really like my maiden name. Millner is an original—a cut above the standards Miller and Milner, with its extra L...
The George Zimmerman Verdict Is Deeply Inhumane. This Is Why We Need To Keep Fighting.
Who prays for our sons? When their bodies are bloodied, broken and frozen in the footnotes of this, our complicated history, who falls to their...
Horrifying Story: State Doctors in California Forced Hundreds of Female Inmates to be Sterilized
By NICK CHILES Doctors in California violated state rules by forcing at least 150 female inmates to be sterilized between 2006 and 2010, according to...
Paying Homage To The OB-GYN Who Escorted Me Into Motherhood: Happy Mother’s Day!
I was a young reporter when I met her—flat stomach, full of energy, still eating popcorn and rainbow sherbert for dinner, still 120 lbs. soaking...
A MyBrownBaby Salute to Ebony Magazine for the Cover Story, ‘Saving Our Sons’
By NICK CHILES I have been writing about black males for most of the past two decades, but I’ve never been as excited about a...
Gratitude: What I Learned About Motherhood and Life While On Public Assistance
Before I became a single mom, I cut up all my credit cards except one. Thanks to God and the Queen (whose face is printed...
