It’s no secret that obesity and childhood obesity is a problem in America, and Ebony contributor dream hampton writes how she and a group of mothers through the organization MomsRising.org are trying to transform America’s nutritional future. In his partly autobiographical documentary, Soul Food Junkies, Byron Hurt investigates African-Americans’ attachment to food traditions, and challenges…

Few rape victims want to write about what happened to them, but dream hampton wrote about her experience at Gawker. Originally published as part of Rebecca Walker’s Black Cool: One Thousand Streams of Blackness, hampton’s essay describes the day a group of neighborhood boys tried to attack her, and she learned that her will to…

One of the most important decisions a high school student can make is selecting an undergraduate college or university, which can help determine future employment and social circles. Ebony columnist Dream Hampton is negotiating this very crossroads with her daughter. Describing her need to get her child’s process started early, hampton details their trip to…

In a tribute at Ebony, Dream Hampton says the late hip-hop heavyweight, who committed suicide this week, was a “true pioneer.” … Lighty was passionate about integrity — especially when it came to New York hip hop. On his blog in 2010, after rumors about 50 Cent-related violence, he ranted about the street violence that…

Few things are more exciting than visiting a new city, and Ebony contributing writer Dream Hampton couldn’t agree more. The prolific journalist chronicles how she and her now 15-year-old daughter, Isoke, have been circling the globe since she was an infant and they first trekked to Morocco. I’d always dreamed her first real, international trip…

Blogging at Ebony.com, contributing writer and author Dream Hampton weighs in on the Roland Martin Twitter scandal and suggests ways that it could be turned into a win. Superbowl Sunday should’ve just been another big ish talking day for Roland Martin. The CNN commentator and Tom Joyner Morning Show regular spends about 20 percent of…