By Sojourner Marable Grimmett Let’s face it; standing in the unemployment line is devastating. Nation wide, it’s no short line either, wrapping around like The Great Wall of China. Getting the infamous pink slip can be terrifying, but even with the devastation of losing one’s job, some people are turning their lives around and doing [...]

The terms African-American and Black are so interchangeable that most Blacks won’t be offended whichever term you use to describe us, as long as you don’t refer to us as a Negro or, God forbid, the N-word.

What are your plans to make 2011 better than 2010?

I treasure watching our oldest son play with his transformers and monster trucks, and our youngest covering his eyes in a game of peek-a-boo.

I knew the next time that I got pregnant; I would have to deal with ignorant comments about my growing belly.

I had never carried breast milk through an airport security checkpoint before, and was a little apprehensive that security would ask me to throw away my precious cargo.

Married w/ 2 Boys: I hope skinny jeans aren’t a fad when my boys get older. The boys at the bus stop are sagging skinny jeans … Yikes!