Would You Take a Pay Cut To Spend More Time At Home?

With more people commuting further to work, especially in major metropolitan areas parents are spending less and less time with their kids in the evenings. I know I personally wish I was able to get more time in with the kids before they went to bed. A few days ago I ran across a study [...]

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It’s Official: Big Ruben Tied The Knot

American Idol winner Ruben Studdard tied the knot over the weekend covering the black and married part, now he just has to have the kids. Click here to see some video footage of him and his lovely wife.

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The Great Black Hope - Why Do People Care When Others Date Outside The Race?

We’re lucky enough to get in another guest post from friend of the blog - NML who hails from the UK and blogs at: Baggage Reclaim. If you didn’t check out her first guest blog, “Black British and Probably Crazy” you can go here… Enjoy!
I was on the Tube recently when I overheard two black [...]

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Videos We Love - I’ll Take Her

You better treat her right or somebody else might!
Ill & Al Skratch Featuring Brian McKnight - I’ll Take Her

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Ruben Studdard Prepares For Weekend Wedding

By The Associated Press
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Former “American Idol” Ruben Studdard is getting ready for a weekend wedding in his home state of Alabama.
Studdard, nicknamed the “Velvet Teddy Bear” on “Idol” for his big frame and sonorous voice, will marry Surata Zuri McCants, his girlfriend of two years, at the Canterbury United Methodist [...]

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Hard Times At Douglass High - HBO

Has anyone caught this on HBO this week? It’s come on the past two nights and it’s some serious stuff. Here’s an excerpt from the website :
Douglass Principal Isabelle Grant oversees a staff of teachers that is two-thirds non-certified, while many are substitutes unqualified to teach their subject areas. The lack of resources in the [...]

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Debt Before Marriage Poll

(If you aren’t married pretend you are and answer how you think it would go down)

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BMWK TV Lover’s Mix

We got together a lil something something for you to cool out to this weekend. We call it the “BMWK TV Lover’s Mix”. It’s a collection of some of our favorite love songs. You can click here or go to the BMWK TV tab at the top of the page to check it out. I’ll [...]

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Louisiana Stands Up For Victims of Sexual Assault

Check this out from Louisiana, they don’t play.
BATON ROUGE, La., June 26 (UPI) — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has signed into law a measure that would force convicted rapists and others to undergo chemical castration.
Calling sex offenders “monsters,” Jindal signed Senate Bill 144 into law on Wednesday, the same day that the United States Supreme [...]

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BMWK Reader Question On Dating

Dear BMWK,
I have been dating my boyfriend for 21 months. Earlier in the relationship we discussed what we wanted and did not want in a relationship, the conversation wasn’t too deep but since we’re both adults (over 40) there was no need to play games and we were able to have an open discussion. [...]

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