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The Root: Miley Cyrus-- 'Acting A Fool Isn't Acting Black' 27 Aug 2013 | 08:46 am
Miley Cyrus made a fool of herself before and during her performance at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday. She showed up on the red carpet in designer (Dolce & Gabbana) spandex, wagging her tongue ...
Timing Is Everything (Another London Story) 26 Aug 2013 | 11:30 pm
When I was 20, I studied abroad in London. But that’s not the part that matters (and I’ve told that story many times before), this is: the summer before I left for the UK, I was at a local electronics...
Ask Demetria: My GF Has 'Issues' With My Biracial Child 22 Aug 2013 | 11:06 am
"I've been dating a lady for a while, so I figured it was time for her to meet my son, who is biracial. She was very nice to him. However, on the way home, she said she was surprised that as a white g...
The Grio: Pastor Refuses to Marry Bride Wearing Scandalous Dress 22 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
A Houston pastor refused to marry a couple in his church, because he didn’t find the bride’s dress to be appropriate. Lisa Washington showed up to the storefront church she’d rented for her wedding c...
The Grio: Not Wanting Kids Is Selfish? Huh? 21 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
Sometime when I was around 25, I went on vacation with my parents. There was another family in town, friends of my parents who I have known my entire life. Their son had recently gotten married and h...
The Root: Banning Weaves Doesn't Raise Self Esteem 20 Aug 2013 | 08:55 am
A Waco, Texas, pastor made headlines yesterday whenAmericanPreachers.com published a story about the minister banning weaves among the female leaders in his church. "Our black women are getting wea...
The Spring Break That Never Should Have Happened, The End 19 Aug 2013 | 10:15 am
Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. The three of us are standing at the check-in counter at the local Marriott. Margaret is one side on Mr. Francis; I’m on the other. We must make an odd trio. There a...
The Spring Break That Never Should Have Happened, Pt. 4 16 Aug 2013 | 10:52 am
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: The previous 'chapeters to "The Spring Break That Never Should Have Happened" are here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 The bail bondsman isn’t there when Margaret, the officer and I...
Ask Demetria: Should I Be Jealous of Her "Work Husband"? 15 Aug 2013 | 09:01 pm
"Scandal's Olivia Pope and her "work husband" Harrison "I'm not really the jealous type, but it kind of gets to me when my wife talks about her 'work husband.' Maybe it's my ego, but I'm really think...
The Grio: Who Makes Fun of Harriet Tubman? 15 Aug 2013 | 07:09 pm
Who makes fun of Harriet Tubman? Russell Simmons. That’s who. Yesterday evening, a curious hashtag began to appear on Twitter, #harriettubmansextape. It was a video spoof, billed as “an off-record ac...
