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every Black man’s worst nightmare
07.20.09 | Permalink | Comment?

The title alone makes me cringe: Childless man freed after serving time for child support violations.
Yeah read that again, this dude has no kids and has gone to jail, no once, but TWICE over child support violations. Basically what happened was dude was with some chick, she got pregnant and told him it was his. [...]
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Another reason I love Obama
06.20.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Man, a President who supports responsible fatherhood makes me so happy!

President Obama wrote an article about being a good father for Parade Magazine. Read the entire article here.
peace,
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Roland Martin puts fathers on blast
05.07.09 | Permalink | 2 Comments

Fathers, and pretty much anyone that deals with them.
I’ve called on pastors nationwide to stop the stream of momma, grandmother, aunts and female cousins coming to the altar for baby dedications with no man in sight. That pastor should say, “Until I personally meet with the father, I will not dedicate this [...]
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surprising theme in notorious
01.19.09 | Permalink | Comment?

I saw Notorious on Friday. In my opinion, it was ok. I think they could and should have developed every character way more. In spite of that, I was pleasantly surprised to see a lot about fatherhood in the movie. Biggie’s struggle to be a good father, a litle insight into why he wasn’t the [...]
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Voluntary Single Fathers?
12.26.08 | Permalink | 3 Comments

Last night I came across this article on CNN about men who are using surrogate mothers to become fathers. Granted most men that employ this method of fatherhood are gay men, mostly in committed relationships, who want to become fathers. I thought it was interesting that CNN chose a Black gay man as the example [...]
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No Help for Single Fathers
10.20.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

yet again.
One of the projects the research center I’m employed at is working on the the evaluation of a noncustodial parent earned income tax credit in New York City. The way it works now, custodial parents (read: mothers) get a tax credit and noncustodial parents (read: fathers) don’t.
This experimental tax credit is geared towards low-income [...]
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On Choosing Single Motherhood
09.23.08 | Permalink | 3 Comments

So I was perusing some blogs and someone mentioned this one – some single women choosing the single mother route.
“I don’t need a man to have a baby. I don’t have to find “The One” and fall in love and get married to procreate. My body doesn’t actually care if Cupid has shot my heart [...]
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This is why I write
08.11.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Welcome to my latest blog, get comfortable. I’m a twenty-something living in New York City and doing social research at Columbia University. Got my MSW in 2007 and am going to apply to PhD programs this winter. Currently studying for the GRE’s (again… whomp) and trying to learn as many new words as I [...]