Perhaps Biggie and Jigga could trade bars without spoiling your favorite television shows, but we can’t. Not that we spoil everything–we’re admirably vague about the course (if not the culmination) of season one. But otherwise be warned that the below contains spoilers of Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black, which T. and Charity watched in marathon Read More
Have you ever been to a Wu-Tang concert? Everyone should have a translator, subtitles or something.
Treating our hungry toddler to his favorite meal during a four-hour car ride seemed a pretty easy task: Any decent small town off the Saw Mill Parkway had to have a pizza joint, right? So it was that we found ourselves at a spare storefront restaurant in Mount Kisco a few weeks ago. It was Read More
Can I take a moment to brag on my PB family right quick? Because this summer has been so, so real. Stacia is running the social media show at ColorLines. Jamelle will be covering politics at the Daily Beast. Joel is the new sportswriter at BuzzFeed. Angela’s debut novel, Haunting Detroit, was purchased by Houghton-Mifflin Read More
There’s a tremendous arrogance in the idea that someone who doesn’t have to navigate these dangers every day cares more about them than the people who live in their edgeless shadows.
Dead weight seems to hang in the air as we wait for the verdict in the trial of George Zimmerman. My fears and hopes feel hinged on each shallow exhale as I sit at the kitchen table, sifting through articles, nibbling oatmeal, talking heads muted. Like many people I know, I’ve been angry. The murder Read More
What’s the old saw? Dance like no one is watching. Karen Cheng went all the way in the other direction with it: dance like everybody finna see you.
Blue-eyed soul is having another moment right now. (Is there a point in which that descriptor will seem dated? Does it seem dated already?)
Black people don’t go to therapy. We go to church. Right? That’s one of the lines of thought that National Minority Mental Health Awareness is fighting against. Every July, mental health orgs ramp up efforts to overcome the stigma of asking for help with mental and emotional issues in the black community. For two years Read More
