15y/o assaulted by up to 20 people, man gets fired for God Button and the SF Bay Bridge is closed.

Thank you for last night Baltimore!

Goals in writing are dreams with deadlines.  -Brian Tracy

by Aja Dorsey Jackson
I had a few reservations about bringing this up given the fact that the topic is not quite family friendly. Yet although it’s an issue that publicly is rarely discussed or tiptoed around like a dirty little secret, in every online community that I am a part of, whether it be a mommy’s discussion board or a fitness community, inevitably the conversation comes up: “My husband is addicted to porn”. The frequency with which this becomes the topic of conversation lets me know that the “dirty little …

I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.  -Langston Hughes

As a black psychologist, I question how we can help turn our collective pain, as black men and black women, into something that works for the greater good of the community…

by Harriet Hairston
My high school volleyball team went 12-1 my senior year.  We were the #1 team in Germany and the #3 team in Europe by the end of the season.  I can definitely attribute our success to two philosophies our coach introduced us to.
The first attribute is something that I’m sure has been heard over and over again, and is relevant to more than just volleyball:  ATTITUDE is EVERYTHING.  It’s a small thing that makes a huge difference.  Personally, I’ve been dealing with my attitude in …

Michelle Obama makes her case for health care reform, Tyler Perry talks Why Did I Get Married 2 and Clarence Thomas speaks out.

Last week I ran across an article in the Washington Post by a teacher. In this article T.C. Williams High School teacher Patrick Welsh explains why he believes that the biggest factor in the achievement gap is not just race but is instead the lack of a father in the homes of his students.

by Tara Pringle Jefferson
1. Upgrade items from baby #1. Since I got pregnant with my son a few days shy of my daughter’s first birthday, a lot of her baby items were still in semi-decent shape and would be good to use with the new baby. Or so I thought. I should have realized that a cute little diaper bag that worked wonders with one baby might not do the job after two years of use and twice as much crap stuffed inside. If I had to do it all …