I’m typically a pretty optimistic person. For instance, I believe the children are our future. I believe in miracles. I…
Three nights of television recently rocked the black community—surprising, since they detailed approximately three…
On the list of unsolved mysteries I have stored in my brain, one near the top is why Warren G didn’t go back and punch…
In what I imagine will eventually be a very regretful decision on her part, Angela Rye—noted #BlackGirlMagic trumpeter,…
Set It Off is a movie I love watching. It’s such a nonsensical movie for so many reasons that it all blends perfectly,…
There’s this odd confusion that exists among people with “unpopular opinions.” They believe that people aren’t allowing…
You know what conversation is confusing? This one: Bill Cosby has now been convicted of doing exactly what he said he…
Have you ever been right for the wrong reason? I’m sure you have. We all have. Well, when it comes to Starbucks, I’ve…
If you are related to black people, there’s a better-than-100 percent chance that somebody in your family has gone to…
My name is not Panama Jackson. I mean, it’s my name, but it’s not my name, ya know. It’s a pseudonym—a nickname created…
Common is killing the game; or, in today’s parlance, Common has secured the bag. I’m almost 40 years old, which means…
In the black American community, there are a few cultural items revered historically and across regions of blackness…
Anna Holmes, the founder of Jezebel and editorial director at Topic.com, recently wrote an op-ed for the New York Times…
The story of Leigh Bishop (recent #WCW at The Glow Up), the pre-K teacher at Lakeview Elementary School in Sugar Land,…
I think it’s time that I come clean about something that’s been eating at my soul food for the past, I don’t know, six…
Chicagoans are protective of their city, and for good reason. Over the past few years, the City of the Big Shoulders…
On a recent trip to buy some gifts for my own and other children for Christmas, I decided to venture to the…
So it turns out that the NFL’s Carolina Panthers franchise is about to be up for sale. The current owner, Jerry…
Editor’s note: This piece speaks from the perspective of being biracial with black and white parents. I realize that…
According to Andy Williams and everybody who has covered his famous song, it’s currently the most wonderful time of the…
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