Women

Barbara-Rose Collins, who represented Detroit in Congress and served on its City Council, has died after contracting COVID-19. She was…
/ November 7, 2021
Centenary College of Louisiana is celebrating its first lifetime appointment to a Black faculty member in Andia Augustin-Billy.
/ November 6, 2021
Felicia Gangloff-Bailey shares her Angel Mother journey after the loss of her daughter: “I am grateful I haven’t lost the…
/ October 30, 2021
Black woman in Halloween in costume
Sexologist Michelle Hope explores the history of Halloween and the role of sexuality behind the tradition of wearing seductive costumes.
/ October 30, 2021
A beloved staple of Atlanta news, Moore came to Atlanta from Arkansas, where she began her award-winning media career in…
/ October 29, 2021
Black woman domestic violence
Black women and Aboriginal women in Australia face the double-bind of racism and sexism, leading to higher rates of domestic…
/ October 29, 2021
Civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin
A legal team representing Colvin says it plans to file paperwork to have the now-82-year-old woman's arrest from 1955 expunged.
/ October 26, 2021
"I want to say sorry to whomever felt offended," Balvin said of the "Perra" video on Instagram, "especially to the…
/ October 25, 2021
Accepting a prestigious German prize Sunday in honor of her work, Zimbabwean writer Tsitsi Dangarembga called for a “new Enlightenment."
/ October 24, 2021
Meghan Markle thegrio.com
Meghan Markle used her platform as an opportunity to speak on behalf of working mothers across the country who need…
/ October 22, 2021
Safiya Noble thegrio.com
Noble, the director of UCLA's Center for Critical Internet Inquiry, googled "Black girls," and pornography turned up first in her…
/ October 22, 2021
Simone Biles thegrio.com
She's headlining a tour that features the world's best gymnasts, but Biles is still scared of that very sport she…
/ October 21, 2021