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‘Insecure’ makes black women ask the hard questions

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The KKK has friend in Jeff Sessions as nation’s top cop

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Dear Kanye: We’re tired of your bullsh*t

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Brace yourself for Donald Trump’s ‘cabinet of deplorables’

Brace yourselves for the Trump cabinet picks. His choices to help run the government range from bad to worse, and…
/ November 15, 2016

Get your armor on for Trump’s Confederate States of America

If you are shocked about Donald Trump winning the 2016 presidential election, don't be. Because it is more shocking that…
/ November 14, 2016

Dear America: Do you really think you’ll ever do better than the Obamas?

Recently, Comedian DL Hughley remarked that, “The Obamas are who we aspire to be, the Trumps are who we are.”
/ November 12, 2016

Colin Kaepernick sits out election. Is he the man we think he is?

When it came time to get in the game and put our ballots where our mouths (and tweets) were, Colin…
/ November 11, 2016

A path forward for black LGBTQ soldiers on Veterans Day

Mental health issues continue to be stigmatized in the black community, and for black soldiers, PTSD is no different.
/ November 11, 2016

‘How To Get Away With Murder’ masterfully tackles the taboo of HIV

Every week, I make sure I am home in time to see Viola Davis in all of her glory as
/ November 10, 2016

Life After Obama: Will the real first black president stand up?

President Obama needs to say, loud and irrefutably, that Black Lives Matter, and fight like hell to help us get…
/ November 10, 2016

Donald Trump and Woodrow Wilson: How to get your bigot on as president

Republican president-elect Donald Trump's lack of black and minority support in Tuesday's election comes as no surprise, considering the way…
/ November 10, 2016

Trump’s victory reveals white people lied to us

America, say hello to President Trump. And you can thank white folks for this mess.
/ November 9, 2016

‘Blaxit’: Trump’s election intensifies talks of a black exodus

White America giveth, and they taketh away. Election night 2016 was like something out of a nightmare, the Twilight Zone,
/ November 9, 2016

Donald Trump wins the presidency and America loses

The “silent majority” that we had been hearing so much about throughout Trump’s campaign spoke loudly on Election Day. Trump
/ November 9, 2016
Democratic U.S. Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm thegrio.com

Let’s remember how Shirley Chisholm paved the way for Hillary Clinton

While Hillary Clinton's presidential win would be a remarkable feat, it could not have happened had it not been for…
/ November 8, 2016