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April 16, 2014
OPINION - The X-rated shower acrobatics of Love and Hip Hop Atlanta cast member Mimi Faust have many unfavorably comparing…
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April 14, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - She has begun training for her March 2015 lift off with the Netherlands-based company Space Expedition Corporation.…
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April 8, 2014
OPINION - Action movies are great, but surely audiences (especially black audiences) want to see Snipes flex those dramatic muscles…
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April 1, 2014
OPINION - The idea that student athletes are given a lighter academic load is nothing new and it’s something that…
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March 31, 2014
OPINION - One would think that Lemieux had somehow created an alternative universe where wealthy white people were enslaved and…
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March 27, 2014
OPINION - There’s never a good time for Secret Service agents to have a lapse in judgment that potentially compromises…
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March 25, 2014
OPINION - Slowly, but surely, networks seem to be figuring out that diversity is not something to have just to…
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March 21, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - For those who figured out that Pugh’s videos are staged, one very logical and frequent criticism is…
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March 19, 2014
OPINION - 2016 GOP presidential front-runner Rand Paul and South Dakota state representative Phil Jensen have something in common...
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March 13, 2014
OPINION - It is convenient to place all of the ills of young black youth at the feet of black…
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March 11, 2014
OPINION - One of the greatest things about Cosmos is that it takes science out of the stagnant pages of…
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March 7, 2014
OPINION - HBO is known for its critically acclaimed dramas, but why are so many of those shows lacking diversity?...
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March 4, 2014
OPINION - It's not about being too sensitive, it's about Handler using racially charged digs to mask her inability to…
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March 1, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Those of us who were not yet born are mostly familiar with that era via history books,…
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February 25, 2014
OPINION - The Internet is already cluttered with assumed reasons for the demise of Robin Thicke and Paula Patton’s nine-year…
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February 19, 2014
OPINION - Enjoying 'House of Cards' doesn’t make one smarter or more refined than the average Scandal watcher. It’s just…
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February 13, 2014
OPINION - Thomas may lament consciousness from the comfort of his life-time appointment on the Supreme Court, but consciousness is…
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February 5, 2014
OPINION - Even if you are someone who believes in Zimmeran’s self-defense claims, it still feels wrong to use that…
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February 1, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - New York doesn’t have a team in the Super Bowl this year and the game itself is…
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January 31, 2014
OPINION - Does a bare breast really hurt anyone? It wasn’t a live sex act in front of school children.…