Health & Wellness

Attention black moms and breastfeeding advocates! In recognition of Black Breastfeeding Week, we’re featuring an inspiring and quite funny video that puts breastfeeding in a positive light. Created by hip hop artist, R.S., the video “Poppin’ Bottles All Night” features a breast pump, baby cousin Yazzy, a yorkie, and a poodle all “popping baby bottles […]

  The feud between Robin Thicke and Marvin Gaye‘s estate won’t be ending any time soon. In fact, it’s just beginning to heat up. Marvin…

Magic Johnson has taken life after sports to a new level. Not only does he own everything from his now trademark Magic Johnson Theaters to Starbucks and Fatburger’s franchises, now he’s building schools. Next week, Johnson opens two new locations of his Magic Johnson’s Bridgescape Academy in the Chicago area. These schools add to the […]

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The last thing Orlando Shaw needs is a reality show. Shaw, 33, who is unemployed, has 22 children by 14 women, and he’s being sued in Nashville, Tennessee’s most expensive child support case. Shaw claims he’s a good father but says he can’t afford the tens of thousands of dollars he owes in child support […]

People are just sick. The Dallas-Fort Worth Police Department is dealing with a gruesome murder involving a man, his pregnant girlfriend, her mother, and 10-year-old…

Summertime! Barbecues, swimming pools, picnics, parks, beaches…so many opportunities for fun, fun and more fun! What are some of the best ways to celebrate the…

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Roland Martin talks with the Washington Post‘s Michelle Singletary about The Pew Study which showed 40% of women are the primary breadwinners in the home.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s working mothers are now the primary breadwinners in a record 40 percent of households with children — a milestone in the changing face of modern families, up from just 11 percent in 1960. The findings by the Pew Research Center, released Wednesday, highlight the growing influence of “breadwinner moms” who keep […]

When news reports surfaced saying hip-hop manager Chris Lighty died, the whole hip-hop community was saddened. In the midst of everyone’s grief, there were people…

Entertainment

Adoptive mother to Joshua, 2, star of OWN reality show “Raising Whitley” airing on Saturdays at 10 p.m. It was extremely challenging but sometimes when you don’t know something’s coming, you don’t have time to prepare for or to think, you just do. I had my parents here so they helped me adjust. The thing […]

Entertainment

With her husband, Fatin, one half of the musical duo Kindred The Family Soul, celebrating the 10th anniversary of their debut “Surrender to Love.” Their concert CD, “Live in London,” is available now.   Mother to Aquil, 13, Diya 10, Nina 8, twins Lanaa and Ain, 5, and Deen, 3. My biggest revelation about motherhood […]

Is it really possible to raise a biracial child to be colorblind? Well, Eve thinks so. In a recent interview with Vibe Vixen, the rap…