Black Belt Uncle Beats Nephew To Death For Not Picking Out Clothes Fast Enough—And We Ask Why
By DR. STACEY PATTON First, there’s the headline: Paul Adams, Black Belt, Allegedly Beat 6-Year-Old Nephew To Death With Belt. Then a picture of an African-American...
How She Got Free: Helping Black Women Be Successful—Without Losing Ourselves
By AKILAH RICHARDS How is it that, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics, our percentage of business ownership as black women in...
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...
A Different Labor Day: Improving Maternity Health For Black Moms and Babies
Labor Day holds a very special place in my heart for a very specific reason: I grew up in a household with parents who were...
Keep Your Head Up Gabby Douglas: Celebrating the Olympian, Her Strength and Black Girl Beauty
By DeNEEN L. BROWN Hang in there, Gabby. Just like you did when you dipped your hands in chalk and prepared to soar on the...
MyBrownBaby Wins the 2012 Maggie Award For Its “Let’s Talk About Sex” Series For Black Parents
And in today’s Awesome MyBrownBaby News: MyBrownBaby, the award-winning, critically-acclaimed site that focuses on both loving and raising African American children and the intersection of...
Nia Long & Sons On Essence Cover: Black Celebrity Single Moms Are Worthy of Celebration, Too (UPDATE)
UPDATE: This piece, on Nia Long’s cover story in Essence, has been updated with the actress’s quotes about marriage and motherhood and her choice to...
Mission Possible: A Black Mom Trades In “Having It All” For “Having What Matters”
By TAIIA SMART YOUNG Motherhood terrified me more than any horror flick from my youth ever could. Jason. Freddie. Both of those characters were make...
When It Comes To the Best Schools, Where Are the Black Students?
By KUWANA HAULSEY Just as the Obama administration recently announced that ten states would share in $4.35 billion in grant money in the president’s Race to...
Stand Your Ground, Domestic Violence and Black Ballerinas: Melissa Harris-Perry Talks Black Women
Have I told you lately how much I super heart Melissa Harris-Perry? Her self-titled show on MSNBC gives me life—not just because the Tulane professor...
