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Nia Wilson
July 23, 2018
Singer Kehlani has had a strong reaction to a senseless tragedy that took place in her hometown of Oakland, California. […]
R. Kelly thegrio.com
July 23, 2018
  When it comes to his treatment of women, R. Kelly has a lot of explaining to do, and this […]
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
July 23, 2018
Trevor Noah is learning the hard way that in this age of social media “receipts,”  bad jokes have a way of haunting you years after the fact.
white roommate texts racist message thegrio.com
July 23, 2018
A white student at Georgia Southern University who sent a racist text message to her new Black roommate, is now saying she texted the message by mistake.
colorism in media thegrio.com
July 20, 2018
Lifetime’s “Married at First Sight” prompted a discussion last week when one of the husbands-to-be mentioned his need for a fair skinned wife.
M.B. Cottingham being prodded thegrio.com
July 20, 2018
A man in Washington, DC, is suing a local police officer for allegedly performing an inappropriate and invasive body search during a stop-and-frisk last year.
July 20, 2018
An 11-year-old immigrant boy wasn’t adequately separated from an older bully inside a shelter for minors, a new lawsuit alleges. According to the case filed Monday in Miami federal court, for two months, a 14-year-old identified in court documents as M.A harassed his younger roommate, Geremy.
July 20, 2018
Australian headscarf brand Moga has decided to use its own customers in its next advertising campaign – with one exception: white women. The label issued a call for applications on Facebook, saying it is on the lookout for “fresh and exciting new faces.”
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
July 20, 2018
Chance the Rapper surprised fans and released a collection of four new songs.
July 20, 2018
Brazilian designer Silvia Ulson is facing a ton of backlash after she was accused of stealing a bathing suit design from a popular Nigerian-American label.
Barack Obama thegrio.com
July 19, 2018
Former President Barack Obama is tired of watching men make a mess of things and wants more women to get involved in politics.
John Schnatter thegrio.com
July 19, 2018
After resigning from the company, Papa John’s founder John Schnatter has now changed his mind and wants to clear his name.
police officer michael rosfield charged in the murder of Antwon Rose thegrio.com
July 18, 2018
  TheGrio has launched a special series called #BlackonBlue to examine the relationship between law enforcement and African-Americans. Our reporters and videographers will investigate […]
Karrueche Tran thegrio.com
July 18, 2018
Karrueche Tran is embracing her petite frame in the newest issue of PAPER magazine.
Tyrese Gibson The Rock thegrio.com
July 18, 2018
It looks like Tyrese Gibson may finally be seeing the error of his ways when it comes to his public messges to The Rock.
July 18, 2018
Ciara is staging a comeback and wants everyone to know how important it is to, “Level Up.”
Drake thegrio.com
July 18, 2018
Popularized by a viral challenge started by The Shiggy Show, In My Feelings, a new song from Drake’s recent album Scorpion, has reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week.
July 18, 2018
In an interesting change of pace, a white woman in Berkley, California got arrested after harassing a Black couple.
Flexin thegrio.com
July 18, 2018
Kheris Rogers and her big sis Taylor Pollard created the Flexin in My Complexion t-shirts to combat bullying.
Angela Rye thegrio.com
July 17, 2018
This week we were all reminded that no one on the planet is above reproach, not even Black Twitter media darling Angela Rye.