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January 16, 2025
Jarvis Butts who has been charged with her kidnapping and murder has been ordered to stand trial a year after…
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December 13, 2024
Reactions to Blue Ivy’s dress at the “Mufasa: The Lion King” premiere reflects the harmful stereotypes often projected onto Black…
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October 11, 2024
It’s the International Day of the Girl Child, and too many girls’ futures remain at risk. In this op-ed Maiysha…
Bobbi Wilson
November 18, 2022
The Black girl whose white neighbor called the police on her for using homemade insect spray was invited to Yale…
The Reset with Coach Tish thegrio.com
July 2, 2022
“There’s no luck for how we get things done,” says bestselling author Minda Harts on this week's episode of 'The…
July 1, 2022
In an interview with theGrio, Rep. Ayanna Pressley echoes concerns about what impact abortion bans will have on Black girls…
June 7, 2022
The study was spawned by incidents of girls facing suspensions and exclusion from extracurricular fun due to their hair styles. 
Terica Williams FAMU
May 20, 2022
14-year-old Shania Muhammad has made history as the youngest person to ever graduate from Oklahoma City Community College.
April 28, 2022
The family of a 15-year-old boy is heartbroken after he went missing while trying to save his girlfriend who fell…
April 21, 2022
"Speak, Young Brown People, Speak. We Are Listening!" has stories from 16 girls who write about poverty, racism, sexism and…
March 25, 2022
As Black girls are seen to advance for their age, a study from Georgetown Law said it could lead to…
March 24, 2022
The Philly school-based system pushes Black and brown girls to pursue passions in science, technology, engineering and math.
March 20, 2022
For Black girls, the possibility of Jackson being the first Black woman on the Supreme Court is a moment of…
March 17, 2022
Scotland Yard has apologized after officers strip-searched a Black schoolgirl who was wrongly accused of carrying cannabis. 
January 26, 2022
Los Angeles County is offering a $110,000 reward for information leading to the suspects involved in the killing of 16-year-old…
Blue Ivy, Beyoncé
January 11, 2022
The public’s urge to prematurely label her or any other prepubescent Black girl “all grown up” isn’t so cute.
January 3, 2022
New Jersey Author and illustrator Sharee Miller is speaking out about creating a range of children's books for Black girls.
December 4, 2021
The death of 10-year-old Isabella “Izzy” Tichenor sparks talks on youth suicides, racism in school and the treatment of kids…
Nya Sigin heGRIO.com
November 11, 2021
Officials at a Minneapolis high school are investigating a racist video in which a white student encourages her classmate to…
Isabella “Izzy” Faith Tichenor thegrio.com
November 10, 2021
A 10-year-old Black autistic girl died by suicide over the weekend after repeatedly being racially bullied at school.