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theGrio breaks down which self-perpetuating characteristics of the Black community are facts and which are fiction.
SLIDESHOW - When the mercury begins to heat up, one must dress accordingly to keep cool...
VIDEO - Casey Anthony was acquitted of first-degree murder this week. Accused of killing her two-year-old daughter Caylee Marie...
OPINION - Congrats to you Kimmy, your butt is a natural made national obsession...
VIDEO - The Pew Institute released new data this week showing that more than a quarter of American fathers live…
OPINION - Everywhere you turn, black women's beauty and worth is being assaulted...
OPINION - While I'm not going to go out and get a "helicopter weave" any time soon, I am truly…
Supposedly an attempt to present Dove as a company that values cultural diversity, many believe that the ad fell astoundingly…
(AP) - Michelle Obama packed a wardrobe of cheerful, colorful clothes to accompany her husband on a state visit to…
OPINION - Are industry pressures (and perhaps personal insecurities) forcing Beyoncé to go light, bright, and damn near white?...
VIDEO - How do you feel about Oprah's show coming to an end? Is now a good time for her…
OPINION - With such a wide audience and aspirational mission statement, it seems completely counter-intuitive that they would stoop so…
OPINION - It's clear that in society's imagination to be nappy is to be unattractive, undesirable and unkempt...
VIDEO - 'Jumping the Broom' brings two black families together from different parts of town. Do you believe that there…
VIDEO - A recent study from the Cleveland Clinic found that permanent hair loss affecting African-American women can be linked…
theGRIO REPORT - Now braids and weaves are causing a new concern for many black women -- they are causing…
VIDEO - When celebrities like Jennifer Hudson lose weight, are they sending the message that women need to be thin…
OPINION - It appears that when it comes to her body, Jennifer has yet to find that magic number to…
VIDEO - Blair Griffith and her mother Bonita, were evicted from their home last November. It was only a month…
SLIDESHOW - With more than 200 fashion shows in and around the tents at Lincoln Center, there were only a…