Opinion

Why black Americans should invest in art pieces

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Was CBS right to nix Rihanna’s NFL pre-game vocals amid the Ray Rice scandal?

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President Obama's ISIS speech leaves many questions unanswered

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Why women are throwing the most shade at Janay Rice

theGRIO OPINION - Keyboard activism; that phenomena that involves people becoming obsessed with current events and feigning indignation over topics…
/ September 10, 2014

Ray Rice's elevator video and the denial of black women's humanity

That woman could have died. The video of Ray Rice punching his then-fiancee (now wife), Janay Palmer, in an elevator
/ September 8, 2014

Ferguson is another reminder of how we don’t live in a ‘post-racial’ America

OPINION - Michael Brown has been eulogized and buried. Family, friends, indeed a nation mourns the senseless loss of a…
/ August 27, 2014

How to help end police brutality in your community

OPINION - While the focus on America’s first black president is understandable, it has unfortunately provided every mayor, city council…
/ August 22, 2014

How Atlantic City’s promise failed its black community

OPINION - Atlantic City apparently didn't see it coming. Thirty-five years ago, when the first of the casinos began to…
/ August 20, 2014

Should President Obama visit Ferguson?

ANALYSIS - In light of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed teen killed by police in the Missouri…
/ August 19, 2014

The trial of Mike Brown

Last week, I wrote about what I call the “color of life.” Specifically, I explored how we as a society
/ August 16, 2014

Affirmative Action: Time to flip the narrative

theGRIO REPORT - A resilient four-minute cartoon depicting the historic obstacles blacks overcome through Affirmative Action is once again appearing…
/ August 15, 2014

Military policing and jackboots in Ferguson – an America with a paramilitary police culture

Local police forces are militarizing at an alarming rate using tactics of war disproportionately against people of color.
/ August 14, 2014

How to channel your anger over Michael Brown’s death productively

OPINION - You hear that another Black boy was killed in cold blood by a cop and the rage goes…
/ August 12, 2014

Time to bring kidnapped American aid worker Warren Weinstein home

OPINION - On August 13, the President will probably wake up and go for a run on the beach in…
/ August 12, 2014

Open Internet? Yes. Reclassify broadband as a utility? No.

OPINION - An open Internet for consumers and businesses is the right goal. How we get there requires real thoughtfulness.…
/ August 12, 2014