Iyanla Vanzant shares plight of 'fatherless sons'

theGRIO Q&A - Dr. Iyanla Vanzant has partnered with Oprah Winfrey in an attempt to address societal ills that are a product of a widespread form of individual suffering: the growing number of fatherless sons...

Kym Whitley's new show on 'OWN'

Chris Witherspoon

theGRIO VIDEO - During an interview with theGrio, actress Kym Whitley talks about her new OWN series 'Raising Whitley' and weighs in on Iyanla Vanzant's intervention with DMX....

DMX to appear on season two of 'Iyanla Fix My Life'

Brande Victorian, MadameNoire.com

MADAME NOIRE - Are you super-psyched that Iyanla is going to have a chat with DMX on the next season of her new hit show on OWN: 'Iyanla Fix My Life'?...

Was Vanzant too harsh with Maia Campbell on 'Iyanla, Fix My Life'?

Clutch Magazine

The episode was powerful but many viewers took issue with Vanzant’s approach because of Campbell’s bipolar disorder.

Is Oprah's OWN network courting the black female audience?

Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond

Perhaps -- as ratings have demonstrated -- boosting the quotient of positive black female portrayals on OWN will be the secret ingredient that optimizes its strategy for success.