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WATCH: Antonio Moore on uncomfortable truths about ‘Harriet’ film and Comcast

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Watch Byron Allen’s powerful message about Black people owning their image

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OPINION: Why an unhinged Donald Trump is simply bad for business

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WATCH | The evil history of lynching and why President Trump’s tweet was disrespectful

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/ October 22, 2019

I TRIED to forgive Gina Rodriguez but her ‘white woman tears’ are wearing me out

OPINION: Gina Rodriguez's racial tone deafness, buttressed by weaponized weeping, has become tiring and it's become pointless to find defenses…
/ October 16, 2019

OPINION: It’s time to call for immediate action to investigate, discipline, and hold police accountable in issues of police brutality

After loosing her brother Terence in a fatal police shooting, Dr. Tiffany Crutcher shines a light on police misconduct and…
/ October 11, 2019
Victim Botham Jean's neighbor Joshua Brown, left, answers questions from Assistant District Attorney LaQuita Long, right, while pointing to a map of the South Side Flats where he lives, while testifying during the murder trial of former Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger, in Dallas. Authorities say that Brown was killed in a shooting Friday, Oct. 4. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool) thegrio.com

Why fear that the slain Botham Jean case witness was targeted makes sense

Many fear that Joshua Brown, whose testimony helped get Amber Guyger convicted, was killed in retaliation. But there are reasons…
/ October 7, 2019

16 Books to kick off your fall reading list

Fall has arrived (along with school for the kiddies) and it's only right that we hit you with a list…
/ October 4, 2019
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The Forgiveness Trap: Botham Jean’s family’s response to Amber Guyger triggers debate

Botham Jean's family has been very forgiving towards their son's killer. Blue Telusma explores how their choices became a national…
/ October 3, 2019
Donald Trump

Trump warns there will be a civil war if he’s impeached, is he right?

Donald Trump tweeted that if he is impeached, another civil war would come. Is he right about that? Will this…
/ September 30, 2019

How “Big Brother” was finally forced to confront a cringeworthy racial history

OPINION: 'Big Brother always had contestants who got away with micro- and macroaggressions, but the time has come for them…
/ September 26, 2019
Tekashi 6ix9ine

OPINION: Tekashi 6ix9ine is a five-part lesson in the problematic reality of modern day hip-hop

We know that snitching is bad, but writer Nicole Duncan-Smith tries to evaluate how the rise and demise of Tekashi…
/ September 26, 2019
New Jack City

OPINION: Leave ‘New Jack City’ out of your crappy remake machine, Hollywood

Writer Dustin Seibert is not here for the New Jack City reboot. At all. There are so many remakes of…
/ September 24, 2019

H&M responds to backlash over ad with Black child model’s natural hair

H&M has responded to the fierce backlash over a young Black child model featured on its site who critics believe…
/ September 21, 2019

WATCH | Revolt TV summit had good highlights- but is it the right platform for social justice?

[griojw id=”bTG8NgzU” playerid=””] Antonio Moore’s new opinion video series on theGrio discusses economics, politics, and wealth in a way that encourages
/ September 19, 2019