Living Opinion June 30, 2013 Your black ain’t like mine: A light girl’s thoughts on ‘Dark Girls’ OPINION - Sometimes, us light-skinned girls need to be secure enough in our own blackness to simply listen...
AFRO-LATINX Living Opinion May 21, 2013 The curious case of Zoe Saldana, Nina Simone and the erasure of black women in film OPINION - In Zoe Saldana's recent 'Allure' interview, the Afro-Latina female actor has once again stated that she is unconcerned
Living Opinion May 8, 2013 #BlackTwitter: How social media is changing conversations about race and privilege OPINION - Social media has given a powerful voice to people of color, complementing an often one-dimensional mainstream when it
Living Opinion March 20, 2013 Ending rape culture: Now an international movement OPINION - With the conclusion of the Steubenville rape case, we find ourselves poised at a watershed moment in our
Living Opinion February 14, 2013 Valentine’s Day: From (married) woman to (single) woman — what I wish I'd known about love ESSAY - After 8 years of marriage and three children, Valentine’s Day is not what it used to be –
Entertainment Living Opinion January 16, 2013 ‘Django Unchained’: The fallacy of famous detractors’ uninformed criticism OPINION - Tavis Smiley and Spike Lee's criticisms must delve deeper than the idea of it being a “spoof” and
Living Slideshow September 24, 2012 Russell Simmons encourages the urban arts community with his Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation Co-founded by brothers Russell, Danny and Joseph “Rev. Run” Simmons, the foundation has created educational and gallery programs, which directly
Living Opinion Slideshow August 16, 2012 Musing on the MiAKA Men myth: Was the MiAKA lawsuit against AKA just an urban legend? OPINION - Only time will tell if the real story of the MiAKA men will emerge from the re-emergent fragments
Living Opinion Slideshow Style August 13, 2012 Black hair and the Olympics: Musing on the good, the fab, the pretty — and black hair obsession as a cultural fact OPINION - Our sisters came, they saw and they conquered. And they looked damn good while they were doing it...
Living News Opinion August 7, 2012 Blacks supporting Chick-Fil-A: Is eating chicken as an expression of religious faith taking things too far? OPINION - It is most hilarious that some Christian blacks are rushing to eat fried chicken to show how righteously
Health Living Opinion July 5, 2012 Are blacks ignoring proof that spanking has a negative impact? CLUTCH - I have been waiting, patiently, for someone to give me one reason — other than the immediate gratification
Living Opinion June 13, 2012 Victim blaming and abuse in the black community: How did women become the villains? OPINION - There is an epidemic in the black American community that extends into our homes, relationships and throughout our
Entertainment Living Top Stories May 31, 2012 Tameka Raymond talks life after Usher theGRIO REPORT - Though millions of people may feel they personally know the multi-faceted Tameka Raymond, in reality, she remains
Living Opinion Top Stories May 18, 2012 Should white women and Latinas battle black reality TV stereotypes? theGRIO REPORT - The question remains whether all concerned women - regardless of race - will work together to break
