A Young Black Girl Chosen To Be the Subject of a Book, All Grown Up
Her story is important. It is hers, and she owned it proudly.
Tossing Student Lunches Over No Pay Is Cruel—and Dumb As Hell
Students already face a gang of divisions and prejudices in school. Now we're adding who can afford lunch to that list?
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...
If Newtown Shootings Showed Us Anything, It’s That Guns Kill People and It’s Time For Reform
There were news trucks outside my daughter’s elementary school on Friday. I’m guessing they wanted some local reaction to the shooting massacre of 26 people—including...
Turning Our Daughters Into Tech Geeks, Thanks to Black Girls Code
By NICK CHILES It was a glorious sight to behold: a room full of black girls, ranging in age from 10 to 17, learning how...
Stakes Is High: Talking To My Teen About Sex Just Got Real—And I Can’t Be A Punk About It
She is 13 now, and the curves are there and the hormones are kicking in and the boys are looking a little bit more grown...
Dr. Ian Smith Dishes Healthy Living at Disney’s Dreamers Academy
By LORRAINE SANABRIA ROBERTSON Dr. Ian Smith, medical/diet expert on VH1’s Celebrity Fit Club, author and founder of The 50 Million Pound Challenge, shared these...
Don Cornelius Is Gone—And a Part of Us Has Gone with Him
By NICK CHILES For those of us over the age of 40, how can we find the words to explain how much of an impact...
H&M’s Computerized Model Fake-Out: A Lesson In Body Image
I’ve long stopped looking to fashion magazines, catalogues and online fashion sites for cues on what I should be wearing and especially how I should...
Love Of My Life: A Black Mom Celebrates The Wonder of Motherhood
By TOKEYA C. GRAHAM I have been a mother for almost half of my life. I had my first child when I was still a...
