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theGRIO REPORT – On Saturday, the NAACP acted robustly in concert with various groups, 100 percent behind the cause of the march and its possible repercussions…
These leaders have given deposits greater than themselves in the hopes that, just as after the ’63 march, people today will be inspired by a show of unity to tackle pressing social issues.
theGRIO REPORT – A 2013 investigation has uncovered that at least 203 rape kits have been collected in the tiny locale of Robbins since the mid-’70s, but were never used to properly investigate sexual assaults…
OPINION – All of the eight boys invited by theGrio to speak on their experiences said they feel paranoid when they see members of the NYPD as a result of their treatment by police…
Mellody Hobson, 44, and George Lucas, 69, have welcomed their first child together into the world, according to reports. Their daughter, Everest Hobson Lucas, was born on Friday, August 9, various sources say. Their daughter was carried via a surrogate.
ANALYSIS – Study co-authors theorize that whites receive the surgery more often in part because of discrepancies in health insurance coverage, but part of the difference may be cultural…
New book lionizes America’s first black public high school, source of many African-American greats
REVIEW – Founded in 1870, Dunbar High has produced many of the nation’s pioneering black “firsts,” African-Americans who broke through barriers to become the first people of African descent to achieve in their fields…
“Just revealed this new cover of O, The Oprah Magazine — one of my faves ever,” Winfrey announced on her Facebook page yesterday. “Let’s talk about HAIR! Love this cover so much, I’m making it my new profile pic!”
Iyanla Vanzant is making yet another splash with a video that has gone viral through the delivery of her special brand of wisdom. Calling black women “out of order,” the self-help guru spoke to black women’s web site Madame Noire…
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Davita Vance-Cooks as the first female and first black public printer, according to The Washington Post.
theGRIO REPORT – The new head of the black women’s lifestyle bible has worked for numerous publications over the course of her career, including Life and Glamour, but none other has drawn her passionate devotion…
“It’s that happiness that people talk about, when you wish for nothing, when you can finally take a deep breath and say, ‘Everything is good,'” she said of her post-wedding bliss. “It’s a wonderful place to be.”
CLUTCH – In this month’s Atlantic magazine, Jean M. Twenge argues that everything women have been told about our ability to have children after 35 is wrong…
OPINION – In a digital era that makes explicit flirting easy, the nature of cheating might need to be redefined…
theGRIO REPORT – Last week, Siohvaughn Funches, ex-wife of NBA star Dwyane Wade, turned heads by portraying herself as homeless in a very public display…
theGRIO REPORT – Time will tell if blacks — who outpace all groups in the use of social media — will continue to potently use this virtual power to create real-world change…
theGRIO REPORT – In the wake of a Florida jury finding George Zimmerman not guilty for fatally shooting Trayvon Martin, some want to disrupt the state’s image, through a black tourism boycott of the state…
theGRIO REPORT – Michael B. Jordan’s deeply visceral reaction to the not guilty verdict might have been spawned by the character he portrays in the film ‘Fruitvale Station’…
theGRIO REPORT – In cities across the country, protests have taken shape in reaction to George Zimmerman’s acquittal…
If ‘Daddyless Daughters’ has as much impact as ‘Fatherless Sons’ did, by encouraging important revelations about the fall out of broken homes in the black community, the airing is sure to be a communal outpouring of mutual sharing.