Black America Web » Nikki Woods, Senior Producer, The Tom Joyner Morning Show

The Modern (Self) Love Goddess Abiola Abrams pens The Sacred Bombshell Handbook of Self-Love designed to be your passport to becoming the woman you were born to be. Abrams spins her magic as a Sa...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2014/09/09/sacred-bombshell-living-how-to-be-your-own-superhero-with-abiola-abrams/

When you look at the ads, read blogs or watch the news, it looks like Back to School is all about the kids. Backpacks, notebooks, mechanical pencils, school uniforms, paper towels and Kleenex are...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2014/08/26/parents-get-their-lives-back-when-school-starts/

The nation has watched in horror and sadness as events unfolded after unarmed teenager Michael Brown was gunned down by police and left to die on the street in Ferguson, Missouri. Nikki Woods, al...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2014/08/21/attorney-and-st-louis-resident-gloria-mccollum-talks-about-whats-next-for-ferguson/

Dateline: Somewhere in Texas Mom Invents App that Disables Kids’ Phones If They Fail to Answer Phone Calls When I call my boys’ cell phones and they don’t answer, I’m 99% sure they didn�...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2014/08/20/ignoring-mom-theres-an-app-for-that/

Life has a way of helping us keep things in perspective.  If we aren’t cynical and listen to its lessons, hopefully we can learn and grow. For months, a high school friend was preparing for m...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2014/08/12/home-sweet-home/

Have you ever wondered why some people strive to do great things, others settle for the best thing that comes along, and still others have no ambition at all? If you think of it logically, you’...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2014/08/06/how-did-oprah-know-she-would-do-big-things/

Celebrities are special. And in case you don’t believe it, they let you know by making certain demands called riders—criteria that must be met in order for them to perform. The crazier riders...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2014/07/29/road-moms-rule/

I don’t think there’s a sexually active woman alive who couldn’t relate on some level to the crazy story about the woman who shot her man over poor performance in bed. Even though 58-year-o...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2014/07/23/good-sex-whats-starbucks-got-to-do-with-it/

After surviving and overcoming years of emotional abuse and betrayal, Carlita Hodges is ready to break her silence about her marriage and subsequent divorce from Chicago Bulls guard Craig Hodges ...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2014/07/20/beyond-the-studio-original-basketball-wife-carlita-hodges-opens-up-about-her-abusive-marriage-and-secret-affair-with-r-kelly/

True story – a dad in Virginia has claimed a patch of land between Egypt and Sudan so that his 7-year-old daughter could become a real princess. Jeremiah Heaton says a few months ago, little Em...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2014/07/16/raising-royalty-takes-work/

When you’re conceiving a baby, you’re rarely thinking about paid maternity leave, childcare costs, how much time you’d get off when your kids get sick and all the big and little things that...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2014/07/08/are-you-living-in-one-of-the-worst-states-for-working-moms/

If you saw the study that found that couples that sleep naked are happier, you probably had the same reaction that I did. Well, duh! But before I throw shade on Cotton USA’s remarkable “disco...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2014/07/02/the-naked-truth-2/

When Michael Jackson died five years ago, I was in Jamaica with my family celebrating my birthday.  It’s weird how every birthday I’ve had since takes my mind right to the moment I got the d...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2014/06/26/michaels-music-lives-on-in-our-lives-and-our-kids-too/

What’s really at the root of the petition to comb Blue Ivy’s Hair? First, let’s be clear what Change.org is. It’s a platform that allows anyone, anywhere to start a petition, mobilize sup...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2014/06/18/getting-to-the-root-of-the-problem-with-blue-ivys-hair/

All children should have either heard this from their parents or been bright enough to NOT have needed to hear it: Do NOT embarrass me, or our family in public. But it is clear that the message i...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2014/06/11/the-5-no-nos-of-graduation-ceremonies-breastfeeding-optional/

Record players, cassette tapes, and radio…if you love music and you’re grown and sexy, these were all conduits for the hits that we will never forget. As we kick of Black Music Month, I got t...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2014/06/04/music-memories-weve-all-got-em/

Thank You Maya Angelou! Today I posted on my FaceBook Page: One of the most influential voices of our time is now singing amongst the angels. RIP Dr. Maya Angelou … you spoke over my life when ...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2014/05/28/my-tribute-to-maya-angelou/

Technically, Memorial Day is a holiday that honors veterans who have died in wars, or in service to their country. It’s a solemn occasion that is worthy of the parades, services and events that...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2014/05/26/countdown-to-summer/

In order to know Solange Knowles, Sherri Shepherd or Michael Jace, you would have to be either fans of a certain type music, daytime TV or nighttime cable drama. But thanks to personal family sit...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2014/05/21/solange-sherri-michael-jace-a-tale-of-three-families/

With early summer comes wedding season and lots of images of flowy dresses, delectable desserts and articles about love and commitment. I like all of that. But in the midst of it all was a “bra...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2014/05/13/lessons-from-rachels-brake-up-letter/

I’m a self-proclaimed daddy’s girl and I’m not ashamed to admit it. I adore my father, he was and will always be my hero, but I’ll always love my mama. Relationships between mother and da...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2014/05/07/ill-always-love-my-mama/

Parents, co-sign if you can relate. If I cook a large portion of, let’s say macaroni and cheese, my kids will eat one serving, and I’m left dishing leftovers into plastic containers. But, if ...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2014/04/30/what-a-food-shortage-taught-me-about-savoring-limes-and-life/

Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth Clap along if you know what happiness is to you Clap along if you feel like that’s what you ...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2014/04/23/facing-depression-when-a-happy-song-isnt-enough/

Christian Keyes is a busy man! He is currently on two sets simultaneously shooting his recurring role on ABC’s “Mistresses” and his new ABC Pilot “Agatha”.  His recurring episodes on B...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2014/04/10/actor-christian-keyes-discusses-male-stripping-black-coffee-dvd-release-more/