Black Men

When I was a kid, “The Talk” meant something different. It meant a father telling his son or a mother telling a daughter about the birds and the bees, a necessary education that all parents should give their children about human sexuality when they reached a certain age. But now, “The Talk” has come to […]

Hard to know where to begin on this, but it’s also hard not to say something, either. Perhaps I should refer to history. Should I start with the Robert Charles Riots of 1900? Or how about Atlanta 1906? Maybe Chicago 1919? How about Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1921? Do we even need to fast forward to the 1960s? Harlem 1964? […]

Harlem celebrity barber Denny Moe is not only helping men to look their best with fresh haircuts, but also encouraging them to live their lives as healthy as possible. From July 11th to July 13th,  he hosted Cutting for A Cure, a 48-Hour health fair and Haircutting Marathon focused on providing resources and free screenings of deadly […]

I came to Brazil expecting to be the object of insatiable female lust. Everything I’d read about the country told me that there would be gorgeous women everywhere in search of a big, strong American Black man. SEE ALSO: 2016 Rio Olympics Coverage Journalist Jelani Cobb put a premature end to a number of Brazilian […]

According to the American Cancer Society, black men are 60% more likely than white men to be diagnosed with prostate cancer during their lifetime, and are more than twice as likely to die from the disease. Black men are also diagnosed at a younger age (about 3 years younger on average) and are more likely […]

The dehumanization of African American children has long been an issue in our country. The similarities between stories like Emmett Till’s and Trayvon Martin’s illustrate that racism in America is still alive and well. How can we uplift young African American children when the world is constantly trying to knock them down? This was a topic discussed […]

  Childhood adversity could result in a lifelong process of relationship and health disadvantages in African-American men, according to results of a new study. SEE ALSO: Ga. Police Officer Indicted For Making False Drug Arrest [VIDEO] The research found black men to be exposed to 28 percent more childhood adversity than white men, resulting in […]

Bryan Fischer will say anything to legitimize his beliefs that gay people are cooties-having hedonists destined for a life of hell. Their greatest crime? Not anal, not vaginal for vaginal relations, but daring to ask the majority at large that they treat people different from them with common decency and give them the same legal […]

In the wake of the George Zimmerman trial verdict, the #YourLifeMatters campaign was created with young Black men in mind. We need to communicate to them that their lives are valuable and that they have the right to live, love, walk and be free. Initiated by a series of video affirmations, #YourLifeMatters will join together politicians, celebrities and influential […]

Too often during this election season, discussions of how Black males are faring economically have been lumped in with rants about “shared responsibility and sacrifice.” Yet new unemployment statistics out recently — alongside several decades of Black males disproportionately locked out of the mainstream economy or struggling at its lower to middle rungs — point […]

The always interesting and entirely lovable Demetria Lucas wrote a very nice article on TheRoot.com asking whether or not men avoid successful women. I had to chime in on this one. For the busy and successful women who are reading this, I will try to save your valuable time and cut to the chase. Your […]

NEW YORK — Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s announcement of a $127 million project to help young black and Latino men was met with praise, but also some criticism over its funding on Thursday. The Young Men’s Initiative targets about 315,000 black and Latino men between the ages of 16 and 24, a demographic that has seen […]