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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February 7, 2021
OPINION: We can't feed the egos of white men like Manchin and Scaramucci when they feel challenged or when Black…
Stacey Abrams thegrio.com
February 2, 2021
The GOP knows that they can no longer compete in the public arena of ideas and policy -- so their…
Pro-Trump protesters gather in front of the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6, 2021
January 29, 2021
Anne Applebaum's essay in The Atlantic is offensive and tone-deaf as the Capitol terrorists continue to be coddled and deemed…
January 26, 2021
Like with our nation’s first Black president, there is some deep-felt anxiety about Kamala Harris’s safety after the Capitol insurrection.
January 19, 2021
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has a monumental task, unlike anything the nation has seen since Lincoln’s first inauguration in 1861.
January 14, 2021
White women in the Republican Party carried Donald Trump’s insurrection water during Wednesday's impeachment hearing in the U.S. House.
Former Georgia Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams
January 10, 2021
OPINION: History will count Stacey Abrams among the names of Americans who literally saved this republic from Trumpism.
January 7, 2021
OPINON: Jan. 6, 2021 will forever live in infamy. But will America finally open its eyes to what has always…
Former President Donald Trump
January 3, 2021
The explosive hour-long recorded tapes beween President Trump and Brad Raffensperger confirms that he learned nothing from his impeachment.
December 31, 2020
Sophia A. Nelson writes that while 2020 was a year of never-ending blows to Black America, we have the power…
October 26, 2020
Sophia A. Nelson says while Peggy Noonan's critiques of Kamala Harris' joy was tone-deaf and lacked a true understanding of…
Morgan Freeman thegrio.com
May 25, 2018
In the wake of once powerful now disgraced men like Harvey Weinstein, Steve Wynn, R Kelly and Bill Cosby, Morgan Freeman…
Doria Ragland
May 19, 2018
No matter her preference between mixed race or bi-racial, Meghan is the young Black woman who was raised by an…
January 30, 2018
Republican political commentator Sophia A. Nelson gives her take on Trump's State of the Union speech.
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February 2, 2013
TheGrio had an opportunity to spend time with Rawlings-Blake and her family, friends and staff to create this candid and…
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January 23, 2013
President Barack H. Obama started his first day in his second term of office at the National Prayer Service held…
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December 2, 2012
WASHINGTON – On Friday, the White House Office of Digital Strategy Invited fourteen online women-focused magazines and publications to an…
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October 22, 2012
OPINION - Our issues, like all those of all Americans, should be raised and addressed in the national discourse by…
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September 21, 2012
Elise Neal is in a term, down-to-earth. TheGrio had the chance to speak with the gorgeous forty-something actress, and much…
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July 31, 2012
OPINION - There is a training ground for most successful presidential and vice presidential candidates, and it is usually in…