Opinion

Americans are treated like babies by the media. We’re a violent society where children are routinely shot in schools.
/ May 26, 2022
There are so many reasons to pay attention to local and state-level races in your state, even if you live…
/ May 26, 2022
I’m taking over the hosting duties for "Dear Culture," one of theGrio’s legacy podcasts, with a new vim and vigor—and…
/ May 26, 2022
An officer walks outside of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas
Among the misconceptions about white identity politics is the tendency to believe that truth, reason or human decency can bring…
/ May 25, 2022
President Joe Biden signs executive order setting new rules and measures on policing
Biden’s order benefits Black people because — as every Black person knows — we are disproportionately the targets of police…
/ May 25, 2022
A scene from "Sneakerheadz"
One of the joys of being born in the 1970s is watching sneaker culture grow up. When I was young,…
/ May 25, 2022
U.S. flags, across New York Bay from the Statue of Liberty, fly at half-staff
To be an American now is to be in pain. We have been in a near-constant state of mourning for…
/ May 25, 2022
As the monkeypox virus continues to spread, news organizations are racializing and colorizing this new virus du jour.
/ May 24, 2022
Tim Anderson of the Chicago White Sox and Josh Donaldson of the New York Yankees
If fair treatment in life-and-death issues meant accepting verbal abuse, I’d listen. But we know life doesn’t work that way.
/ May 23, 2022
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.)
America is decidedly anti-Black. This is nothing new; it has been this way since the founding of this country.
/ May 23, 2022
The Momference is a multiday conference for mothers of color (largely millennials), created and curated by District Motherhued.
/ May 22, 2022
Jesse Williams theGrio.com
The leak of a nude Jesse Williams in Broadway's 'Take Me Out' broke the internet, but what are the bigger…
/ May 21, 2022