Opinion

If you're freaking out over Obama using the n-word then you're part of the problem

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Jim Crow to America: Don't call it a comeback, I've been here for years

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The danger with making the Confederate flag and Dylann Roof the face of racism

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Black lives under attack in the Dominican Republic: Why this crisis deserves our attention

OPINION - As of Thursday, the Dominican Republic has chosen to proceed with the cleansing of its immigration rolls, implementing…
/ June 19, 2015

Black churches have sadly been under attack long before Charleston

OPINION - Wednesday night's massacre at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston conjures up painful memories of the 1963 bombing…
/ June 19, 2015

Michael Brown Sr. pens emotional open letter for Father's Day: 'Your kids need you'

theGRIO EXCLUSIVE - Michael Brown Sr. reached out to theGrio.com, to share a touching essay marking this Father's Day which…
/ June 19, 2015

How the world would be different if Tupac survived

OPINION - It's nearly impossible to imagine the life Tupac would have led had things happened differently
/ June 16, 2015

Rachel Dolezal's black woman ruse: It was all about social capital

OPINION - My conclusion: Rachel Dolezal’s social capital goes even further as a light-skinned, blue-eyed black girl even than a…
/ June 15, 2015

Here's how Rachel Dolezal can redeem herself with black America

theGrio REPORT - Rachel Dolezal had quite a week, perhaps unlike anyone you know, as her parents revealed that the…
/ June 14, 2015

Is it fair to compare white NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal to Caitlyn Jenner?

Rachel Dolezal, 37, the head of the Spokane, Washington, branch of the NAACP, has represented herself as an African-American woman
/ June 12, 2015

Would Hope Solo still be playing if she were a black male athlete?

America is unjust. Sean Hannity and the trolls that keep him employed by devouring his propaganda would argue otherwise, but
/ June 9, 2015

Texas pool party incident shows that Jim Crow's 'black codes' may still be in effect

Swimming while black is a crime? Or having a black pool party? Maybe the police in Texas have lost their
/ June 8, 2015

The LaQuan McDonald killing and the problem of criminal police

What happens when the police are the criminals? The city of Chicago settled with the family of LaQuan McDonald for
/ June 5, 2015

Baltimore’s deadliest month should be as big of a story as Freddie Gray

The city of Baltimore has reached a tragic milestone, as May became its deadliest month in over four decades. Last
/ June 2, 2015

Condemning police violence doesn't mean we don't care about other violence

OPINION - We pay lots of attention when police kill unarmed black people—and we should—but do we care as much…
/ May 27, 2015