About Sophia A. Nelson

Sophia A. Nelson is a contributing editor for theGrio. Nelson is a TV commentator and is the author of "The Woman Code: Powerful Keys to Unlock," "Black Women Redefined."

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Anti-Vax rally
July 15, 2021
As Trump and Republicans continue their misinformation campaign around COVID-19, Black lives in red states literally hang in the balance.
Sen. Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker, theGrio.com
July 9, 2021
GOP ignorance led by America’s biggest fool, Donald Trump, leads them to mistakenly believe they can just swap Warnock for Walker.
Nikole Hannah-Jones thegrio.com
July 7, 2021
Nikole Hannah-Jones and Howard University made some bold and straight-up gangsta moves with her newly announced role at the esteemed HBCU.
Bill Cosby AP thegrio.com
July 1, 2021
Cosby is free not because he wasn’t guilty as charged, but because the prosecution was incompetent and did not cover its tracks legally.
June 27, 2021
The DOJ’s lawsuit against Georgia says a lot about the Biden administration’s commitment to protecting the Black vote.
June 24, 2021
The voting rights bill, For The People Act, in the Senate was the latest victim of our new abnormal, post- Trump, conspiracy theory world.
NYC mayoral candidate Maya Wiley and AOC
June 8, 2021
Can the political star power of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) translate into voting power for NYC mayoral candidate Maya Wiley?
Kristen Clarke
May 26, 2021
Republican opposition to Kristen Clarke’s nomination for the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division is reminiscent of another Black woman, Lani Giunier.
May 21, 2021
Millions of fellow Black women know exactly what it feels like to work twice as hard, show up twice as good and still somehow be left behind.
May 20, 2021
Val Demings, if successful, would bring a Black woman’s voice back to the Senate, and she has all the right stuff to pull off an upset.
Jennifer Carroll Foy and Jennifer McClellan
April 30, 2021
Sophia A. Nelson says white male Democratic leaders not walking the talk of diversity is hindering Black women from elected statewide office.
A large painting depicting the face of George Floyd
April 21, 2021
George Floyd is no longer with us, but his spirit lives on in a verdict that means so much to a Black America terrorized by violence.
Derek Chauvin, theGrio.com
April 12, 2021
If Derek Chauvin, who murdered George Floyd on videotape, is convicted it will be due to the riveting expert testimony of Dr. Martin Tobin.
Midwin Charles
April 8, 2021
OPINION: Legal analyst Midwin Charles was one of only few Black female attorneys on television — making her passing that much more felt.
Vice President Harris Speaks To National League Of Cities From The White House
March 30, 2021
Vice President Harris’s new task of addressing immigration at the border comes with huge political risks for the White House hopeful.
March 25, 2021
The Senate filibuster, which has been making headlines as of late, has existed to disenfranchise Black voters.
Voting Rights Protest in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 7, 2021
A new brand of 21st-century conservatism must move away from the party of Trump and appeal to younger voters and voters of color.
March 3, 2021
Michelle Obama’s impact as a Black woman on the national stage set a new tone about who we were and are as Black women cannot be overstated.
February 18, 2021
OPINION: Use of the antiquated Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 reminds America that we have been down this divisive and violent past before.
February 14, 2021
OPINION: Plaskett made history this past week by being the first US delegate to ever serve as an impeachment manager. And serve she did.