About Natasha S. Alford

Natasha S. Alford is an award-winning journalist, filmmaker, and media executive driven by the power of storytelling. As the VP of Digital Content and a Sr. Correspondent, Natasha tells stories that inspire and inform. She is also host of "TheGrio Weekly," airing Fridays at 6am, 2pm and 10pm ET on theGrio's mobile streaming channel.

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April 19, 2018
Saheed Vassell was killed by NYPD officers. Today the Brooklyn community he loved will hold his funeral.
Cambridge police thegrio.com
April 18, 2018
The 21-year-old Harvard University student beaten by Cambridge police on Friday evening, remains hospitalized.
April 16, 2018
We took a trip to Jamaica Carnival 2018
April 14, 2018
This week thousands of revelers hit Jamaica for what’s being called the largest Carnival in the island’s history.  While many […]
April 3, 2018
Spring is finally starting to make an appearance (spring, is that you?!) and it’s safe to say we’re all ready […]
March 30, 2018
For as long as there have been Black people, there have been Black LGBTQ/same gender loving (SGL) people. Disappointingly, because […]
March 26, 2018
17-year-old shooting survivor travels from Columbus to March for Our Lives with special message
March 25, 2018
Clifton Kinnie said “enough is enough” at 17 years old.  He organized in Ferguson after the death of Michael Brown […]
March 25, 2018
Carrying signs that read “Stop violating our civil rights” and “Armed victims live longer,” the mostly white male Patriot Picket told theGrio that the real issue is bad people – not guns themselves.
March 24, 2018
Love & Hip Hop Miami’s reunion showdown between Dominican goddess Amara La Negra, Afro-Cuban queen Juju, and The Producer was a verbal sparring that took the conversation about Afro-LatinX identity from two-ply toilet paper basic to some real deep ish.
March 23, 2018
On Wednesday, more than 1,000 protestors marched from City Hall to Golden 1 arena to demand justice for Stephon Clark. The 22-year-old father of two, was shot 20 times in his grandparents’ backyard, after police officers say they mistook Clark’s cell phone for a gun.
March 21, 2018
student preacher brings down the house at Newark State of the City Address
March 13, 2018
(Watch our Grio original video report on the NRA and black community above.) Three months into 2018 and there have […]
March 9, 2018
The NRA has had a lot to say about “black mothers in Chicago” grieving the deaths of their children to […]
March 8, 2018
Today on #TheDownload, Dr. Ben Carson has us questioning his priorities, Rachel Dolezal apparently has got more Netflix money than […]
March 6, 2018
Sen. Cory Booker says he’s loyal to Michael B. Jordan’s character in ‘Black Panther’
March 2, 2018
Senator Cory Booker says gun control debate must include concerns of black communities
Malcolm X thegrio.com
February 21, 2018
New Malcolm X documentary shows rare footage of the leader who defined unapologetically blackness