School is back in session and if you listen closely, you can hear the joyous cheers of parents across the country celebrating the silence of their kids being back behind a desk. While the initial shopping is done, there still are a few odds and ends needed to round out the usual stash of clothes, […]
Black women are kicking ass at the 2016 Olympics and saying how proud I am of them wouldn’t even begin to do their accomplishments enough justice. That said, let’s reel it back in. I don’t mean the celebration, that’s cool. I’m talking about that look in all of your eyes that turned a feel-good TV […]
There’s two schools of thought when it comes to Nintendo’s latest smash Pokémon Go. People either love it or hate it and although I’ve been thoroughly entertained by the game so far, I understand both sides. But this isn’t about why Pokémon Go is dumb or awesome. Today we’re going to talk about how to […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man has been indicted for manslaughter several weeks after his 8-month-old daughter died in his hot car while he worked. Joshua Blunt’s attorney, Carlos Moore, said Blunt was notified of the indictment Tuesday and appeared before a judge in Grenada County to plead not guilty. Circuit Judge George Mitchell […]
J.R. Smith was so choked with emotion that he could barely speak after his Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA Finals Sunday night, but his tears had little to do with the victory itself. The player was asked about the influence of his father, with the win coming on Father’s Day and considering his checkered past in the NBA. Tears began welling before the reporter […]
The image of the “deadbeat dad” has been and remains pervasive but there are millions of men in America who live in defiance of this stereotype. Our film Daddy Don’t Go was born from these parallel and enduring realities: that one in three American children is fatherless but there are also countless fathers fighting to be […]
Fatherhood is not always easy. Neither is fitness. The Fit Fathers Foundation wants to assist Black fathers with both. The Foundation, located in Silver Spring, Maryland, invites dads to get out of the house for a few hours of fitness, health awareness and fun on Father’s Day. The 3rd Annual “Fit Fathers Day” Celebration takes place June 19th, […]
Despite years of speculation that Beyoncé had completely removed her dad, Matthew Knowles, from her life, the proud father is setting the record straight about his relationship with his famous daughter. During an interview with Magic 107.5’s Maria More, Knowles dished on his Father’s Day plans and a very special moment when Beyoncé had him crying like a baby. After requesting the Lemonade […]
When news of the toddler, Lane Graves, who was killed by an alligator at a Disney resort broke, prayers and condolences were offered to the Graves family. But in the same amount of time that the support rushed in, so did the comments from every amateur pundit with an internet connection. So many folks with […]
Everyone reading this should now have at least three or four invitations to the homegoing ceremony for Harambee the silverback gorilla. Poor Harambee got his wig pushed back after a three-year-old boy fell into his cage. Now everybody is pointing fingers and assigning blame. Honestly, I’m waiting on the report of how much weed Harambee smoked […]
When news broke about rapper Waka Flocka Flame sharing a video of his niece locked in a dog cage, I knew that social media would be outraged. Personally, I thought it was funny as f***. I’m not Ms. Cleo, but I bet I can tell you how it all went down. Little mama kept messing […]
Death is an inevitable but bitter fruit of life that we all digest differently and at varying points in our lives. As adults we have developed our individual ways of dealing with it, but explaining it to a child is something entirely different. I always knew someday that time would come and I’ve dreaded it […]
