Every Monday.  New Orleans families serve red beans and rice for dinner.  This is my Grandma's recipe © 1945, when she probably started making them. She will probably yell at me for publishing this, but maybe not.

The gap in achievement between black males and their white counterparts isn't news -- it's common knowledge, generally accepted, and only sometimes bemoaned. So why aren't we more alarmed?

We are a less hospitable nation. Hospitality has been exchanged for a heightened hostility. Let's call it pepper spray hospitality, which is, in fact, no hospitality at all. We are a spray first, ask questions later, kind of society.

I recently happened upon some paperwork from my son's high school. Seeing my blended family in black and white letters threw me for a loop. The descriptions of us were clinical, anesthetized, devoid of love.

"Few people join or stay members of a faith they don't believe in." Those words offered by a dear friend would appear self-evident, but they speak volumes about what is key to individuals.

Judging by the amount of coughs and tissue boxes floating around the office, it's that time again. The cold season is here. While cold medication is the obvious choice when treating the common cold, herbal tea is another healthy alternate.

All is fair in love and war, but one of the avoidable hindrances to relationships may be the company you keep. Hopefully this list will equip you with the power of discernment.

My father was my umbrella; but he didn't just shelter and protect me. He molded me. He taught me the importance of community. I write this open tribute with no hesitation nor reservation to say that I am so proud to be his daughter.

Been feeling stressed lately? Overwhelmed? Perpetually tired and cranky? Maybe even tottering on the verge of a nervous breakdown? Maybe it's time to hit the reset button.

I was raised by "the help." I don't mean that "the help" served me in my parents' mansion. No, my parents were "the help" in white households -- my mother a domestic servant and my father a handyman.

The days are shorter. The leaves have changed and you're forced to wear more clothes. This change can negatively impact your mood. Here are some simple tips to help you stay on track, fight winter weight gain and boost your overall health and well-being.

Most recent college graduates would agree that the transition from school to the real world can be stressful, but that doesn't necessarily mean that you can't be healthy.

As my plane started its descent into Santiago, Chile, I felt the excitement build within my chest. After my 10-hour night flight from Dallas, I was feeling worse for wear but highly anticipated what would await me in Chile's capital.

While the course of action taken to raise a child is solely to the discretion of the parent, what I find to be most effective method is the impact of communal parenting.

Though the state of black entrepreneurship has progressed significantly in the past decade, successful entrepreneurs with businesses in urban environm...

I am so over mainstream media's obsession with who black women do or don't date/marry. Outside of site hits and ratings, the goal of this meme is really quite simple and has been happening since the 19th century. It reinforces that black women are unlovable.

The national conversation surrounding reproductive rights ebbs and flows. Through it all, one very important person never quite seems to make the first string of the "Decision Making Team": The father.

Today while driving, I didn't listen to the voice coming out of my GPS because I thought I knew a better route to get to my desired destination. However, I was wrong ... very wrong.

Discrimination is a real issue in life that can put a damper on our spirit and self-esteem. Unfortunately, women of color experience this practice at cosmetic counters or any place they attempt to purchase foundations in their shade.

Back in March, as colleges began to herald their newly admitted classes for PR purposes, the Ivy League schools got to patting themselves on the back....

While there are certainly many feel-good stories about successful, long-awaited adoptions, as well as happy birth reunion stories, such as the recent story in which Facebook reunited a birth mother with the child she gave up 63 years age, there tends to be little focus on the plain and often uneasy facts of adoption, particularly when race is involved.

I've flip-flopped between processing my hair and letting it be because I've never viewed one style as being better than the other -- they're just different. And if I ever have a daughter of my own someday, that's exactly what I'll teach her.

This article is about the loss of my beautiful dog, Coyote. Though his death was heartbreaking for me, somehow when he passed, his benevolent spirit set my spirit free. The following is the note I sent to friends the day after his death.

I felt angry, not because the behavior of those kids wasn't completely ill-mannered, but because if they had been three white boys dressed in J. Crew blazers, this man probably wouldn't be talking to the cops about it.