Commentary

If you saw the study that found that couples that sleep naked are happier, you probably had the same reaction that I did. Well, duh! But before I throw shade on Cotton USA’s remarkable “discovery,” as a mom I can tell you doing anything naked or even partially naked can make for some awkward moments […]

Watch Michelle Obama at the White House Summit for Working Families talk about her toughest time as a mother above.  While President Barack Obama supports flexibility for working families, single mothers and pregnant women in the workforce, Republicans, who always claim to promote family values, continue to push back on the President’s critical domestic initiatives. Republicans are […]

Blackface performers are, “…the filthy scum of white society, who have stolen from us a complexion denied them by nature, in which to make money, and pander to the corrupt taste of their white fellow citizens.” — Frederick Douglass So now we can’t even enjoy a sporting event without racism? I’m not talking about Donald […]

Until a few days ago, 30-year-old Jeremy Meeks was a convicted felon living in Stockton and depending on who you believe, was either a man trying to turn his life around or one of the city’s most violent criminals. Though the truth may be somewhere in the middle, Meeks has become an example of the […]

At what point is it acceptable for black pastors to call women “hoes?” during their Sunday sermons? Today, in some black churches, there is an alarming trend of black ministers believing it’s appropriate to call women “hoes.” Last week, for example, Pastor Jamal Bryant took heavy criticism for his remarks from the pulpit, blurting out […]

President Barack Obama is serious about uplifting Black boys and young men of color. One senior White House advisor told me that Obama wants constant status updates on “My Brother’s Keeper,” – a national initiative designed to empower Black boys and young men of color. This is not just a mundane government project for Obama, […]

Racism was so intolerable for two African-American employees at an industrial Tennessee cotton gin that they secretly recorded their supervisor making racist comments and saying he would “hang” them for drinking from a “whites-only” water fountain. The two men, Antonio Harris and Marrio Mangrum, said the racism at Atkinson Cotton Warehouse in Memphis lasted for […]

Are Baltimore teenagers – many of whom are African-American – now under the equivalent of house arrest? Teenagers and children in Baltimore are preparing to experience one of the strictest curfews in the nation. Opponents say these kids will be on city-wide lock down, which will cause even more problems for residents and police. The […]

If you’re a black man driving through Florida, steer clear of Miami Gardens. Lawyers call it the stop- and-frisk capital of America. And they’re probably right. Between 2008 and 2013, Miami Gardens police officers questioned an astounding 56,922 people who were not arrested. There were 99,980 total stops that did not lead to arrests, and […]

  She’s b-a-a-a-ck! After a nearly 3 year acting hiatus, Hollywood’s Queen Bee, Angelina Jolie is back in fighting form in Disney’s “Maleficent.”  An imaginative…

I don’t know if high school teacher Spencer Smith was trying to make a serious political statement by mimicking Trayvon Martin for a yearbook photo – or if he thought wearing a hoodie and holding a bag of Skittles was just a joke. If it was supposed to be a joke, it wasn’t funny. If […]

Politics has converged with sports in the nation’s capital as 50 U.S. Senators – all Democrats — signed a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell urging the league to change the Washington Washington Football Team name. This is welcome news – and a significant development in the national crusade to force Washington Football Team owner […]