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Rhonda A. Lee

Reporter fired for responding to racially-charged Facebook comments

Brittany Tom
theGRIO REPORT - As a black woman in a highly public profession, Rhonda Lee has received more than enough criticism in regards to her race and appearance...
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Perkins, Belcher

On Facebook, Belcher and Perkins appear happy

Joy-Ann Reid
theGRIO REPORT - If there were problems between Kansas City Chiefs player Jovan Belcher and his girlfriend, Kassandra Michelle Perkins, they were not obvious on Facebook, where they were the picture of a happy family. Clearly, the reality was different...
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Jasmine Benjamin, 17, a nursing student at Valdosta State University, was found dead in her dorm's common study room area last week. (Photo: Facebook/CBS Atlanta)

Parents who learned of daughter's death on Facebook hire investigator

Kunbi Tinuoye
theGRIO REPORT - The parents of a university student, who only learned of their daughter's death through a post on Facebook, have hired their own attorney and private investigator....
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Jasmine Benjamin, 17, a nursing student at Valdosta State University, was found dead in her dorm's common study room area last week. (Photo: Facebook/CBS Atlanta)

Parents learn about child's death on Facebook

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - Parents of Valdosta State University student Jasmine Benjamin say they learned of their daughter's death through Facebook. The case is now being investigated as a homicide...
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Kattpacalypse cover art

Katt Williams blasted on Facebook; sued by disgruntled fans

Similoluwa Ojurongbe
theGRIO REPORT - Katt Williams may find himself in court again. Williams and his concert promoter Live Nation are being sued by fans who were so disappointed by his performance, or lack of one, that they are taking him to court...
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Sacha Dratwa "Obama style"

Israeli faces backlash for blackface 'Obama' post

Similoluwa Ojurongbe
theGRIO REPORT - Sacha Dratwa, 26, head of the New Media Desk for the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) spent a day at the the Dead Sea's mud baths and posted this photo of himself with the controversial comment 'Obama style'...
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President Barack Obama delivers his victory speech after being reelected for a second term at McCormick Place November 6, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. Obama won reelection against Republican candidate, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Obama's 2012 campaign tops digital fundraising in 2008

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - New numbers show that the 2012 Obama campaign's digital fundraising brought in even more money than the successful tactic did in 2008...
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Courtesy of Twitter

Virginia GOP official condemns Obama to hell

Abdul Sada
theGRIO REPORT - Bob FitzSimmonds, a GOP official from Virginia, became the latest Republican to unleash a post-election rant when he condemned President Barack Obama to hell on his Facebook page...
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Denise Helms

Woman fired after posting racial slur about Obama on Facebook

NBC News
NBC NEWS - A California woman has been fired from her job as an ice cream store manager after she referred to President Barack Obama with a racial slur on Facebook and wrote 'maybe he will get assassinated'...
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Model TV Africa on Facebook

Black women embrace Facebook page communities for inspiration

Patrice Peck
Household names like Essence, Jet, Heart & Soul, and EBONY have worked for decades to counter questionable images with positive alternatives, Facebook pages have allowed for the immediate creation of new communities that empower black women with images and words with a mere click.
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