The Marriage Index

Who knew?  There is an official U.S. Marriage Index.  And we’re not looking so good.  A project of the Institute for American Values, the Marriage Index is an effort to quantify the health of marriage in the United States in the same way economists use indicators to figure out state of the country’s economy.  The [...]

Savvy Health Girl: Be Good To Your Girls!

Savvy Health Girl shares why Breast Cancer Awareness Month is very personal to her and encourages us to be good to “our girls,” This is a month that is very personal to me. With a family history of breast cancer and my own issues with lumps in my breasts, I am a huge advocate increasing [...]

50 Jobs of the Future

With the Obama Administration came lots of government blogs on every issue under the sun. Nearly all federal agencies now have blogs, they tweet, and friend each other on Facebook. No matter how corny it may seem to have federal bureaucrats blogging away, it is pretty useful in getting information out to the citizenry in [...]

Helmets & Heels: 3rd Quarter – Special Teams

blackgirlgrown is proud to feature the third in a 4-part series of guest posts from Shavannia Williams of the SW Group. Now that we have mastered the offense and defense, we are going to look at the special men that make up the third unit in football—Special Teams.  Appropriately titled, this unit plays a special [...]

DC Government Forgetting Who It’s Supposed to Serve

Colbert King shares the frustration of many: DC bureaucrats are more concerned with their jobs than the safety and care of its citizens.  King laments on the number of unsolved murders, unprocessed rape kits, and sub par education in the District: Official figures on unprocessed sex kits were unavailable. But Hughes reported that 60 percent [...]

This Week in Washington: October 26, 2009

The White House: The President refuses to let up on the insurance industry and health care reform.  President Obama has both the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) on his haters list.  President Obama used his weekly address to focus on the Administration’s commitment to small businesses by lowering health [...]

The Week That Was: blackgirlgrown on Twitter

Good news –> Democratic Senators Aim to Curb Bank Overdraft Fees http://viigo.im/1eoL # LOVE YOUR BODY DAY Look in the Mirror, Do You Love What You See? http://retwt.me/1eNGy #loveyourbody # Guest Post: Sophia A. Nelson: An Open Love Letter to My Sisters http://retwt.me/1fKij # Good news –> African American Medical School Enrollment Highest Since 1999 [...]

Obama Voters Not Congress’ Voters

The prevailing opinion among political pundits is that congressional Democrats will have a tough time getting Obama voters out for 2009 gubernatorial races and the 2010 mid-term elections. President Obama’s name on the ballot last year brought with it a wave of congressional Democrats. But in 2010, Obama’s name won’t be on the ballot to [...]

How Important is if for Atlanta to Have a Black Mayor?

Between the soap opera of whether Atlanta will have a non-Black mayor and the indignation of those upset about a non-Black Miss Hampton I wonder if we’ve lost sight of what a colorblind society is supposed to look like. Based on reactions to both sagas you could easily have heard the same rhetoric circa 1960 [...]

Guest Post: Sophia A. Nelson: An Open Love Letter to My Sisters

Fabulous, stunning, intelligent, warm, caring, devoted, successful, open, graceful, patient, kind, authentic, liberated, funny, multi-talented, entrepreneurial, powerful yet meek, strong yet feminine, nurturing, truthful, uncovered, seeking, spiritual, giving, loving and most of all triumphant. These are just a few of the words that come to mind when I think of the beautiful accomplished black women [...]

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