“Betty and Coretta” – A Tale of Two Women
Dr. Betty Shabazz and Coretta Scott King are heroines of their generation. Widows of two of the most important men in our rich African-American history, Betty and Coretta endured danger and degradation during More...
Health & Wellness: The Burden of our Blackness and our Role in the Pain.
As a life coach, I have the privilege of being part of a worldwide community of health and wellness practitioners. However, one can’t help noticing how overwhelmingly White the popular speakers and national More...
Black Women: After ALL of this, Are You Going to Support Kevin Hart? I’m Curious.
Just in time for the opening weekend of the film “Think Like a Man,” a brief note to my Tribe of Black and Latino Women. Before you fork over $11 to $15 dollars on a ticket, I want you to think about this More...
Actress Janet Hubert Calls Out Gossip Queen, Wendy Williams: You ‘Crucified’ Whitney when She was Alive.
Actress Janet Hubert, who many of us know as the character “Aunt Viv” from the popular television sitcom “Fresh Prince of Belaire,” penned a terse, open letter to talk show host and former New York City More...
Too Short, YOU are NOT the Father!
Thirteen years ago my oldest child, Naima Bandele arrived and changed my life. My world was now focused on parenthood. From that moment, everything I thought, planned and did was centered around my daughter. More...
An Ode to Black Women and a Fair, Firm Message to ALL Others.
(BBN Editor’s Note: This perspective was originally published on August 25, 2010. The editorial earned a 2010 IPPIE Award in Journalism Excellence) As a Black woman in America, I have never known a time More...