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Student Samaya Robinson holds a sign in protest of the district's ban of critical race theory curriculum

Was your history whitewashed? A quiz

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It’s safer to be a neo-Nazi in Florida than it is to be Black or LGBTQ+

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Here’s a 30-year-old question I have: Why wasn’t the ‘Poetic Justice’ soundtrack better?

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black youth, progress, justice, James Baldwin, theGrio.com

Young people echo James Baldwin: ‘How much time do you want for your progress?’ 

Black youth see our communities harmed without recompense, and we can no longer ask them to wait for justice.
/ September 6, 2023

Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe’s historic match proves that the future of Black tennis is as bright as ever

Shelton advances to the semifinals after an epic battle that saw two Black men in the quarterfinals of the U.S.…
/ September 6, 2023
Colorado v TCU, Deion Sanders, theGrio.com

Deion Sanders dismantles college sports’ hypocrisy while leading Colorado out of the dark

Deion Sanders was mocked and ridiculed as a fantastic showman whose reconstructed team had no chance against the big boys.
/ September 5, 2023
Ta'Kiya Young shooting, theGrio.com

Police shot and killed Ta’Kiya Young and her unborn daughter. Now they’re playing the ‘victim.’

A police officer in Blendon Township, Ohio, killed the 21-year-old pregnant woman after she was accused of stealing alcohol from…
/ September 5, 2023

Tennis pro Ben Shelton is on his way to icon status

Up next for Shelton in the quarterfinals is one of the most compelling matchups of the tournament: a showdown with…
/ September 4, 2023

I can’t stop listening to Victoria Monét’s latest album, ‘Jaguar II’

The full-length sequel to 2020’s ‘Jaguar’ is a super lush, vibe-heavy sing-a-long album that jams from the second you hit…
/ September 4, 2023
Coco Gauff, Black women, TheGrio.com

Stop trying to whitesplain Black women’s experience in America

Coco Gauff’s experience is not unique, but whiteness will always try to downplay the power structure of racism. 
/ September 1, 2023
President Joe Biden signs an executive order

President Biden has kept his promise to our community

From jobs and infrastructure to education and health care, Biden has shown us that government can work for the Black…
/ September 1, 2023
BS High, Bishop Sycamore, theGrio

6 questions I have after watching ‘BS High,’ the documentary about the Bishop Sycamore High School football scandal

I spent an hour and a half with my jaw dropped at the audacity of Roy Johnson and the scandal…
/ September 1, 2023
Coco Gauff, US Open, theGrio.com

Coco Gauff advocated for herself in the workplace, so of course, a white woman cried

After Gauff’s subsequent US Open win, her opponent, Laura Siegemund, made herself the victim and cried in a post-game interview.
/ August 31, 2023
Jacksonville shooting, racist violence, theGrio.com,

We must remember Jacksonville

We can't allow the mass murder of Black people to become the new normal where we're afraid of being randomly…
/ August 31, 2023
Jacksonville, racially motivated shooting, theGrio.com

No, the Jacksonville mass murder was not ‘racially motivated.’ It was racist.

Wishy- washy language on racial violence fails to educate and inform the public on the true nature of racism.
/ August 30, 2023