So last November, I shared with you my issues with school lateness in my letter to the Late Slip Lady .  You may be happy to know that T...

by April D. Byrd Oprah's Happy new friend with the big hat Pharrell Williams debuted some new artwork for his latest single ...

by Ajike Akande It’s Earth Day and in honour of Earth Day, I thought I would share a bit about my relationship to my children’s r...

You are stronger than you realize. You are more cruel than you realize. The smallest words will break your heart. You will change. ...

by April D. Byrd [ View the story "Remembering Karyn: For Brown Girls Everywhere " on Storify ] The blog titles on tumbl...

It’s Passover – the Jewish spring festival that “commemorates the emancipation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt” (www.ch...

by April D. Byrd source African-Americans have 1,038 Billion dollars worth of buying power 12 Years A Slave pulled the same ROI as T...

You know what gives me a sense of renewed optimism?  A manicure. (Now wait a minute; this blog is a place of love, not judgment.   If...

by April D. Byrd Yeah, So Halle Berry doesn't have a real mental illness...(that we know of), but in her new movie role Frankie ...

Things have been rough in our teeny tiny corner of the universe.  I could get into a long story about the ways in which things have been a ...