I recently invited an old friend over to my home for brunch. He is the absolute package — attractive, $uccessful, kind, generous, and emotionally available. Even his ex-wife sings his praises. Trust …

Call me Johnny-come-lately. I finally had an opportunity to check out Tim Alexander’s Diary of a Tired Black Man — it was released on DVD earlier this year. As much as I wanted to give …

This article originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal in August of 2007.  I pulled it out again after a friend of mine found out that her husband was having an affair — but, not …

Yikes!  Insults and criticism handed out gratis…
I know that this video has been out for awhile; however, after witnessing two Black women go toe-to-toe recently in front of a group of white people, their catfight …

First, I am just extremely thankful that a few select telephone calls of mine have not been recorded and released to the world — especially my last exchange with Verizon.
I went absolutely berserk on an …

Jermaine Jackson reads a statement regarding the death of Michael Jackson’s at the UCLA Medical Center. His third wife Halima Rashid walked out with the visibly shaken Jermaine.
Jermaine and his brothers …

Brian Oxman, Jackson family spokesman and attorney, reacted to the tragic news of Michael Jackson’s death on CNN. He said he was “stunned” and that he cried with the family. He also said that the …

After filing my taxes, I was forced to honestly scrutinize my assets and liabilities.  To my horror, the ‘wants’ outnumber the ‘needs’ — the debts column included many unnecessary items that somehow materialized when I …

I have been obsessed with my hair lately. After years of weaves, wigs, and relaxers…my hair is finally getting healthy again. I found this article on eHow.com. I wanted to share it. …

I call it 11:59:59.
I borrowed it from the second right before the stroke of midnight on December 31 when we greet a New Year; and, look forward to new beginnings and promise ourselves a personal …

It is amazing what you can learn when men are not aware of your presence.
I recently overheard an interesting conversation a few men were having about women — more specifically about their appearance.   These ‘gentlemen’ …

More and more Black women are leaving the security of a weekly paycheck for the initial insecurity of doing it solo.  The reasons these sistas walk away are many — they include the desire to …

Although black women are one-third less likely than women of other races to develop cancer, they are 30% more likely than other women to die if they are diagnosed with the disease. Researchers said …

When was the last time you sat down with your best girlfriends and just talked? Whether is was last night, last week, last month, or last year…check out this extended interview NBC’s Rehema Ellis …

“There is a crisis of unprecedented magnitude in the black community, one that goes to the very heart of its survival. The black family is failing.”
Washington Post columnist, William Raspberry says father absence is the …

More African American women are becoming less resistant and more open to dating inter-racially — even though much of that resistance is the byproduct of America’s ugly history of slavery, segregation, rape, and humiliation. …

Many highly educated, highly employable Black women are happily walking away from their full-time careers to become full-time Moms.   According to a recent article in Ebony, writer Zondra Hughes reported that many Black women say …

AlumniUnit reports that according to recent information posted in The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education (JBHE) a four-year college degree not only increases the earning potential of black Americans but also almost completely closes …

Let me introduce you to ARTEMIS BRATHWAITE.  She has the look of Erykah Badu, the sass of Jill Scott, the stage presence of Eartha Kitt, and the voice of Heather Headley.     Artemis has two loves: …

“Mom, I’m glad that Dad left us last year.”  Amber bravely shares her secret with her Mother as they sit on the front porch of their New England home.  The April showers from the bloated …