Opinion

Metropolitan Detention Center thegrio.com
Activists Tamika D. Mallory and Mysonne Linen explain why they believe in the fight for criminal justice and prisoner reform.
/ February 5, 2019
Amadou Diallo thegrio.com
Today marks 20 years since Diallo’s death. Writer Dustin Seibert writes about how little has changed in police procedure in…
/ February 4, 2019
Troy Artis attacked thegrio.com
Fashion journalist Troy Artis recounts the day he was attacked, and knifed, while having homophobic slurs spewed at him, similar…
/ February 4, 2019
Jussie Smollett thegrio.com
Writer George M. Johnson explains why the brutual attack on Jussie Smollett must be fully acknowledged as both homophobic AND…
/ January 29, 2019
The Game thegrio.com
In an attention-seeking quest for modern-day relevance, another washed-up rapper is using women and weaponizing sex to make industry ripples.
/ January 28, 2019
Gladys Knight, Travis Scott, Big Boi thegrio.com
Read why writer Dustin Seibert is not cancelling Gladys Knight, Big Boi, and Travis Scott for performing at the Super…
/ January 25, 2019
Gina Rodriguez thegrio.com
Even though Gina Rodriguez is not anti-Black, she sincerely apologizes that our lack of comprehension about her previous comments has caused…
/ January 25, 2019
Covington High School
Writer Dustin Seibert explains how a smug looking teen confronting a Native American elder has somehow been painted as a…
/ January 23, 2019
Kamala Harris thegrio.com
Kamala Harris announced that she is running for president in 2020 providing hope against the past injustices of Donald Trump's…
/ January 23, 2019
Erykah Badu and Me'shell Ndegeocello thegrio.com
Despite the outcry to "mute" R. Kelly, a staunchly loyal collective of Hotep Black women simply refuse to part ways…
/ January 22, 2019
Future Ciara Russell Wilson
Future, a.k.a. your favorite rapper whose beats you love but whose rapping you can’t understand, cast his line in the…
/ January 22, 2019
Karen Pence thegrio.com
Karen Pence is making her views on the LGBTQ+ community loud and clear by accepting employment from Immanuel Christian School…
/ January 17, 2019