Opinion

Black amnesia: Lessons of Rodney King lost in Ferguson

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Ferguson's lesson to our black sons: Your lives don't matter

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Bill Cosby is not victimized by racism but entitled by sexism

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Obama's immigration executive order is a game changer

On Thursday evening, President Obama addressed the nation with an outline of the executive action he is taking on immigration. 
/ November 20, 2014

As Cosby rape accusations escalate, expect division along racial lines

OPINION - Will the black community support Bill Cosby the way they supported O.J. Simpson? You may have noticed that…
/ November 19, 2014

10 things we learned from the Jaden and Willow Smith interview

theGRIO REPORT - If you wanna see Socrates worst nightmare, read Jaden Smith’s tweets.
/ November 18, 2014

Can we all say goodbye to 'Bye Felicia'?

I want to give VH1’s upcoming show Bye Felicia the benefit of the doubt, but I just can’t do it.
/ November 18, 2014

NFL is wrong, Adrian Peterson should take the field

OPINION - Adrian Peterson may have taken things too far with his son, but he needs to be back on…
/ November 18, 2014

Dear Bill Cosby, heed your own advice and be accountable

Of the innumerable creatures in the animal kingdom, turtles are perhaps one of the most fascinating. Their shells provide shelter
/ November 18, 2014

'Aaliyah' movie's biggest failure wasn't the casting, it was R. Kelly

This weekend, I had the misfortune of watching Lifetime’s Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B and am as dismayed and confused
/ November 17, 2014

Obama's immigration plan is also a trap for Republicans

With the midterm elections now out of the way and the Democrats licking the wounds they received at the hands
/ November 16, 2014

Kim Kardashian doesn’t realize she’s the butt of an old racial joke

Last night, social media was flooded with images of Paper Magazine’s Winter 2014 cover featuring Kim Kardashian’s glistening posterior. The
/ November 12, 2014

Dr. Huxtable no more, Bill Cosby lost persona after 13 rape accusations

Heathcliff Huxtable was America’s dad as the 1980s came to a halt and the 1990s rolled in. Who didn’t love
/ November 12, 2014

Everything wrong with the video of man 'delivered from being gay'

The “I don’t like mens no more” video has gone viral. The almost seven-minute long clip purports to show a
/ November 11, 2014

Will an emboldened GOP turn on Obama's attorney general pick Loretta Lynch?

Now that President Obama has named his selection of Loretta Lynch as the new U.S. Attorney General, the only question
/ November 9, 2014