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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Will Black Twitter help swing the 2016 presidential election?

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Paul Ryan barely speaks in code about black men

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Politini: Breastfeeding, Beyoncé and why President Obama is the Comedian-in-Chief

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Why do Jay Z and Beyoncé bother Bill O'Reilly?

OPINION – It is convenient to place all of the ills of young black youth at the feet of black pop culture, but the Jay Zs of the world are more symptom than cause of any societal flaw…
/ March 13, 2014
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Can Phil Jackson cure what ails the New York Knicks?

OPINION – It takes an impressive mix of incompetence and arrogance to be as bad as the New York Knicks have been this year…
/ March 13, 2014
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Will history be kinder to President Obama than the current polls suggest?

OPINION – President Obama’s approval ratings are in the dumps and the pundit class has all but declared the midterms over for Democrats…
/ March 13, 2014
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Politini: Black Twitter's 3 best takedown tactics!

theGRIO VIDEO – From Paula Deen’s affection for the ‘good ‘ole days’ of the antebellum South to George Zimmerman’s outrageous attempt at a celebrity boxing match, Black Twitter brings the smack-down whenever racism and white privilege rear their ugly heads…
/ March 12, 2014
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson's 'Cosmos' debuts: Can a black scientist be TV's new breakout star?

OPINION – One of the greatest things about Cosmos is that it takes science out of the stagnant pages of dusty text books and presents a dynamic, easy to follow narrative filled with dazzling visuals and interesting facts…
/ March 11, 2014
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Can the NBA ever stuff the criminal stereotype?

OPINION – State Rep. Pat Garofalo became the latest, in a long line of bigots, to let the immediacy of Twitter shed a light on their idiotic views…
/ March 11, 2014
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Women's History Month: How Oprah Winfrey became her OWN woman

OPINION – If Oprah Winfrey didn’t exist, we couldn’t invent her, at least not without her help…
/ March 10, 2014