Children & Parenting
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George Zimmerman’s Black Friend Needs To Sit Down Now, and Other MyBrownBaby Fresh Links
This week on Ebony.com, the ever brilliant essayist Akiba Solomon pens an open letter to Joe Oliver, the African American friend of Trayvon Martin’s killer, George Zimmerman. In her frank, dead-on piece, Solomon implores Oliver to “stand down.” Witness: Dear Brother Oliver: I am writing to ask you—respectfully—to wrap up [...]
This week on Ebony.com, the ever brilliant essayist Akiba Solomon pens an open letter to Joe Oliver, the African American friend of Trayvon Martin’s killer, George Zimmerman. In her frank, dead-on piece, Solomon implores Oliver to “stand down.” Witness: Dear Brother Oliver: I am writing to ask you—respectfully—to wrap up [...]
Prissy girl goes messy
My girl is ALL GIRL. She doesn't like getting dirty, she loves twirling in dresses, and she gets upset if she gets dirt, sand, or food stuck on her hands. She walks up to me and asks me to brush it ...
My girl is ALL GIRL. She doesn't like getting dirty, she loves twirling in dresses, and she gets upset if she gets dirt, sand, or food stuck on her hands. She walks up to me and asks me to brush it ...
What You Need to Know About Childhood Sexual Abuse
Akiba Solomon It’s one of those unspeakable crimes, until a high-profile case like the one at Penn State makes it inescapable. Here, some basic-but-vital facts about its victims and impact. ...
Akiba Solomon It’s one of those unspeakable crimes, until a high-profile case like the one at Penn State makes it inescapable. Here, some basic-but-vital facts about its victims and impact. ...
Bronx Students Occupy Public Education, Release 10-Point Plan
Jorge Rivas These high school students rock. ...
Jorge Rivas These high school students rock. ...
UC Davis Students’ Powerful Silent Protest Calls on Katehi to Resign
Jorge Rivas Students and some faculty are trying to hold administrators accountable for last week’s violence at a peaceful on-campus protest. ...
Jorge Rivas Students and some faculty are trying to hold administrators accountable for last week’s violence at a peaceful on-campus protest. ...
New Poll Shows Racial Divide on California’s DREAM Act
Jorge Rivas Nearly 80 percent of Latinos support the measure, while only 30 percent of whites think it’s a step in the right direction. ...
Jorge Rivas Nearly 80 percent of Latinos support the measure, while only 30 percent of whites think it’s a step in the right direction. ...
If I Were A White, Male Middle Aged Forbes Columnist…
Akiba Solomon The lesson of Gene Marks’s “If I Were a Poor Black Kid” column: If you don’t have firsthand knowledge of structural inequality, you have to put in time and rigorous research to write ...
Akiba Solomon The lesson of Gene Marks’s “If I Were a Poor Black Kid” column: If you don’t have firsthand knowledge of structural inequality, you have to put in time and rigorous research to write ...
Nearly All Student Arrests in NYC Public Schools Target Black and Latino Males
Jorge Rivas During the summer and fall, police officers in New York City public schools made 63 arrests. All but four of them were of black or Latino students. ...
Jorge Rivas During the summer and fall, police officers in New York City public schools made 63 arrests. All but four of them were of black or Latino students. ...
Poverty Soars Among Children in California School Districts
Julianne Hing Between 2007 and 2010, poverty in the state ballooned 30 percent. ...
Julianne Hing Between 2007 and 2010, poverty in the state ballooned 30 percent. ...
