Culture Watch

Kanye "Ye" West Yeezy Season 9 theGrio.com
The phrase "White Lives Matter" was the centerpiece of Ye's Yeezy Season 9 collection—and the only part worth paying attention…
/ October 5, 2022
Michael Jackson's estate announced that Nelson George will direct a documentary about "Thriller" to mark the album's 40th anniversary.
/ October 5, 2022
Beyoncé hit up social media to celebrate Solange making history as the second Black woman to write a composition for…
/ October 4, 2022
Natasha Bowen Black mermaids theGrio.com
The author discusses her latest release, representation in the fantasy genre, and why Black girls should see themselves as mermaids,…
/ October 2, 2022
TIME100 Next SZA Keke Palmer theGrio.com
The 2022 TIME100 Next list of 'the world's rising stars' also includes Lashana Lynch, Law Roach, Trinity Rodman, and George…
/ September 28, 2022
Senga Nengudi, the first Black woman to win the Nasher Prize, will receive a $100,000 gift from the Nasher Sculpture…
/ September 28, 2022
Michelle Obama theGrio.com
Following a record-breaking book tour for 'Becoming,' Michelle Obama announced U.S. dates in promotion of her highly anticipated new release.
/ September 22, 2022
The east wing of the Humboldt Forum is displaying dozens of Benin Bronzes that were stolen in Africa during colonial…
/ September 15, 2022
The eraser end of a pencil by the word "Woke"
It is more than a little disturbing to observe how those in power are twisting language and meaning to fit…
/ September 14, 2022
James Earl Jones, theGrio.com
Cort Theatre on Broadway has been renamed after James Earl Jones, the second theater on the Great White Way named…
/ September 13, 2022
potato salad theGrio.com
Why would anyone ruin a perfectly good potato salad—or cookout—with this stuff?
/ September 2, 2022
Prof. Tanya K. Hernández's book, “Racial Innocence: Unmasking Latino Anti-Blackness,” unpacks the complicated relationship between Latinos, Afro-Latinos, and African Americans.
/ August 23, 2022