by: April D. Byrd Congratulations to Ava Duvernay on becoming the first Black woman director to be nominated for a Golden Globe for ...

By: Trey Anthony 4.5 minutes after I read that a grand jury decided not to indict officer Darren Wilson, I sent a text to my sister in...

by: April D. Byrd This performance of Hard-Knock life by Quvenzhané Wallis and company was fierce. If you didn't catch it on the ...

by: April D. Byrd Congratulations to Solange Knowles and Alan Ferguson on their recent wedding that  "broke the internet"....

by Ajike Akande The weirdest thing happened the other morning when I dropped Z at school ON TIME!   Yes, I realize the fact that I mana...

by Ajike Akande Where I live the temperature has dropped significantly and there is no denying we are deep in the heart of autumn.  It’s ...

by Ajike Akande When I was pregnant with our first set of twins my mother told me that she would pay for me to have a tu...

by: Ajike Akande The Silverman-Akandes have broken up.   Sorta.   On the weekends.   I think we’re onto something.   Let me explain… ...

by: Ajike Akande We have all heard the expression “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.”   Have you noticed that the expression is...

By: April D. Byrd "I was bruised, but I wasn't Broken"!  We've all been there. The Powerful words came from Sheryl ...