#BlackTwitter vs 'Black privilege'
OPINION - Social media has given a powerful voice to people of color, complementing an often one-dimensional mainstream when it comes to representing controversial racial issues...
Rihanna’s n-word incident raises questions about celebs on Instagram
theGRIO REPORT - Rihanna has posted yet another controversial social media photo. This time around it is a picture on Instagram of her with an adorable toddler sitting on her lap...
T-Pain calls out 'homphobic idiots'
theGRIO REPORT - T-Pain took to his Twitter account last week to address all the 'homophobic idiots'...
Kobe Bryant’s 3:30 a.m. Facebook rant about injury
NBC SPORTS - The often guarded Kobe Bryant did what we’ve all done on Facebook at points — he ranted. He howled at the moon...
Zimmerman brother lashes out at 'liberal media'
NEWS -- Twelve hours before he was set to appear on cable television to explain a weekend Twitter rant many have called racist, Robert Zimmermann Jr. tweeted an apology...
Satan in 'The Bible': Obama lookalike?
VIDEO - Casting the devil is a tricky thing; if you're not going with a caricature of a cloven-hooved man all in red with horns then you're going to have to watch what kind of face you put on the face of evil...
Prosecutor: Steubenville school rape victim didn't consent
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A 16-year-old girl was "substantially impaired" after an alcohol-fueled party, was unable to consent to sex and suffered humiliation and degradation when she was raped by two high school football players, a prosecutor said Wednesday in her opening statement at the boys' trial.
Chicago man sparks anti-violence social media campaign
NBC Chicago - After the murder totals in Chicago started racking up after January of this year, South Side native Bryant Cross decided he'd seen enough...
5 Twitter tips from 'super mayor' Cory Booker
NBC NEWS - With more than 1.3 million followers, charismatic and social network savvy Newark mayor @CoryBooker has more Twitter acolytes than the population of the city he governs...
Why white people can't say ni**a
OPINION - Clearly black people have reclaimed and re-purposed the word over scores of years, but not even your favorite rapper disassociates the n-word from its white supremacist history...
