Raleigh police charged Brianna Ashanti Lofton, 20, with two counts of felony child abuse, contributing to delinquency and possession of marijuana.
Black Lives Matter, Color of Change and several other social change organizations are collaborating on National Mama's Bail Out Day to free more than 30 women who are jailed for low-level offenses and can't pay bail.
You remember Toya Graham. She is the Baltimore mother of five caught on camera beating her masked son who was participating in the Baltimore uprising after the death of Freddie Gray, Jr. Applauded at the time as an example of a great mother, Graham said that she was just trying to protect her son. Media […]
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — With the Orlando massacre still fresh on everyone’s mind, the mother of a young man who was slain at a nightclub early Monday had warned her son about what to do if there were a shooting: “hit the floor, find a table.” But when gunfire erupted at the Club Blu […]
Philando Castile. Alton Sterling. Michael Brown. Trayvon Martin. Freddie Gray.Tamir Rice. John Crawford. These names have become etched in our collective consciousness as the victims of murder, whether their executioners have been brought to justice or not. Whether killed by police or overzealous night watchmen, these young Black men have paid with their lives for […]
PHOENIX (AP) — The family of an Arizona mother suspected of killing her three young sons spoke out about the tragic event Monday. Relatives of 29-year-old Octavia Rogers thanked family and friends for the outpouring of support they have received since Rogers was arrested earlier this month. The victims’ grandmother Tanella McCoy described Rogers as […]
A Georgia mother was on her way to volunteer at a summer feeding program for children when she was pulled over by three cop cars and told to get out of the vehicle. Little did she know, it was all an elaborate ruse orchestrated by her son, Army staff Sergeant Salomon Robinson, who was returning […]
Should the parents of the four-year-old boy who fell 15-feet into a gorilla exhibit in Cincinnati be charged with criminal negligence? Absolutely not. And it’s ridiculous that 300,000 people have signed a petition demanding that criminal charges be filed against the parents, Michelle Gregg, 32, and Deonne Dickerson, 36. Animal rights groups blame Gregg and […]
On Memorial Day, Big Boi from Outkast started some mess and became a trending topic on Twitter. We don’t know what prompted it, but it seems he has a problem with mothers of today. He posted a meme comparing mothers in the 70s to mothers today. On the left side, fictional mother “Florida Evans” from Good […]
In between sending messy tweets about the TGT breakup, Tyrese was also dealing with his mother’s illness. After revealing that she was in critical condition and on a ventilator at an L.A. hospital last week, Tyrese Gibson is now updating is fans with some wonderful news. His mom’s health has taken a turn for the […]
Even though there are less than 12 days before Christmas, we thought we’d share with you a laugh-inducing skit from the “Mama Mafia” (via Awestruck, a network and lifestyle brand for millennial moms) called the “The 12 Gifts of Motherhood.” Yes, it’s a hilarious parody of “The 12 Days of Christmas.” What? You don’t know about the “Mama Mafia?!” […]
This week, many mothers and and supporters celebrated National Breastfeeding Day. Judging from the social media banter, the topic of breastfeeding is still one that sparks controversy. Not that breastfeeding is a bad thing of course, but doing it in public has been a point of debate for far too long. One one hand, the […]
