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Reesa Teesa, Legion, Tamron Hall, Reesa Teesa TikTok, pathological liars, compulsive liars, WTF Did I Marry, Dr. Alisha Lola Jones, love and relationships, faith and spirituality, the Grio.com

WTF Did I Get Into?: The spiritual lessons in the Reesa Teesa TikTok saga

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Jude Maboné, Miss District of Columbia, Miss DC, Miss America, Black beauty pageant queen, heart disease survivor, heart health, theGrio.com

Jude Maboné secretly survived six heart attacks — then she became Miss District of Columbia

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Charlamagne tha god, Reesa Teesa, tiktok, theGrio.com

Charlamagne tha God fat shamed Reesa Teesa, and it’s not OK

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Tina Marsden, Tina Marie Marsden Foundation, postpartum heart failure, Black woman with postpartum heart failure, Black maternal health, Black maternal mortality, Black health and wellness, Heart Month, theGrio.com

There’s life after heart failure — this Black woman is endeavoring to prove it

Tina Marsden, a postpartum heart failure survivor and health advocate, shares her story.
/ February 29, 2024

Marian Anderson honored as Philadelphia’s orchestra auditorium renamed for her

Anderson, who was born in Philadelphia, in 1955 became the first Black singer to appear at New York's Metropolitan Opera.
/ February 28, 2024
Black books, Kennedy Ryan, Black romance writers, Black romance novels, romance novels, Black books, theGrio.com

Romance novelist Kennedy Ryan inspires her readers to put self-love first

With her upcoming novel, “This Could Be Us,” novelist Kennedy Ryan reaches beyond the limits of romantic love.
/ February 23, 2024
Fitness, Black women's health and wellness, Black men's health and wellness, health study, exercise and mental health, theGrio.com

Women may need less exercise than men to live longer, new study finds

“For years, we’ve used men as the standard,” researchers said.
/ February 21, 2024
Taraji P Henson, Coco Gauff, Andra Day, Jacqui Patterson, Time Women of the Year 2024, theGrio.com

Taraji P. Henson, Coco Gauff, and Andra Day are among Time’s 2024 Women of the Year

From Henson’s fight against pay inequality to Gauff’s activism, the 12 women named on Time’s 2024 Women of the Year…
/ February 21, 2024
Black Heart Association, Tara Robinson, Dr. Leandris Liburd, Heart2Heart Challenge, Live to the Beat, Black women and heart disease, number one killer of Black women, self-care, Black women's health and wellness, theGrio.com

Heart disease is the biggest threat to Black women — but it doesn’t have to be

The CDC and Black Heart Association partner to raise awareness of self-care for Black women's heart health.
/ February 20, 2024

Fani Willis’ testimony evokes long-standing frustrations for Black women leaders

Many Black women recognized a dispiriting scene as Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was grilled amid a high-profile case.
/ February 18, 2024
Paloma Elsesser, Model of the Year, British Fashion Council, Paloma discusses backlash, Black plus-size model, Kanye West, theGrio.com

Paloma Elsesser was the first plus-sized Model of the Year; then the haters, including Kanye, came for her

Paloma Elsesser opens up about winning Model of the Year and how she regrouped after the backlash.
/ February 15, 2024
Las Vegas Aces forward A'ja Wilson, Vice President Kamala Harris and guard Chelsea Gray

WNBA posts A grades in racial and gender hiring in diversity report card

Diversity hiring throughout the WNBA soared, TIDES' study says, despite the league's dip in the racial score for head-coach hiring.
/ February 15, 2024

Portrait of Alyce Clarke, first Black woman in Mississippi legislature, displayed in state capitol

Besides Clarke's, other portraits in the Mississippi Capitol are of former governors and former House speakers, who were all white…
/ February 14, 2024
Beyoncé, Renaissance World Tour begins, Renaissance Tour fashion, Beyoncé style, Black fashion, Black style, theGrio.com

Beyoncé won the Super Bowl

Several Super Bowl ads featured prominent stars from hip-hop, but Beyoncé made the most of her Verizon commercial by dropping…
/ February 12, 2024
hair relaxers, hair straighteners, formaldehyde in hair relaxers, formaldehyde in har straighteners, dangers of hair relaxers, carcinogens in hair straighteners, dangers of formaldehyde, Black hair, straightening Black hair, FDA, FDA approval of hair products, theGrio.com

FDA’s plan to ban hair relaxer chemical called too little, too late

Formaldehyde has long been classified as a carcinogen, so why is the FDA only now moving to ban it in…
/ February 9, 2024