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Lizzo
May 11, 2020
Twitter erupted into a debate about Jill Scott and Lizzo, wondering why many seem to prefer the ‘The Way’ singer…
Black women working theGrio.com
May 8, 2020
Blacks and Latinx people have been hit harder than their white counterparts, and work for women has been more reduced…
May 4, 2020
Ida B. Wells is honored by the Pulitzer Prize committee over a hundred years after her pionnering work helped civil…
jail cell thegrio.com
April 24, 2020
The coronavirus has a significant impact on black women in jail, many of whom are only there because they can't…
Whitney Houston
April 23, 2020
A Whitney Houston biopic is on the way that may possibly be helmed by 'The Photograph' director Stella Meghie, who…
April 6, 2020
The hashtag #Karen became a Twitter trending topic on Sunday, opening up an online debate about racism and white privilege.
March 19, 2020
The second annual Black Girls Rock! Festival was held in Washington earlier this month at the Kennedy Center, it was…
Black Women theGrio.com
February 3, 2020
Black women in Iowa are not impressed with the democratic slate of candidates and some say they may sit out…
Black woman
January 10, 2020
What are the best and worst U.S. cities for Black women? A new study lays out the winners and losers.…
December 5, 2019
Gabrielle Union is a disrupter who challenged her bosses in the wake of ample wrongdoings and received the support needed…
Black baby in hospital theGrio.com
October 10, 2019
This week California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill to address the crisis of Black women dying after childbirth…
September 26, 2019
Several high-profile Black women executives offer advice on how to navigate corporate America when you're young, gifted and Black.
September 11, 2019
TheGrio's Natasha Alford, explains how a powerful storyline on the hit OWN show, "Queen Sugar" helped her come to terms…
July 10, 2019
Houston doc Tisha Rowe claims she was humiliated by American Airlines after being told to her outfit was inappropriate and…
June 27, 2019
Nick Starr-Street claims being autistic gives him a binary perspective and pushed him to report a group of Black women…
Maya Pope-Chappell
June 5, 2019
Maya Pope Chappell is the host and producer of an online series called How I Got Here on LinkedIn where she…
May 28, 2019
A study shows that the "Strong Black Woman" archetype is really an unhealthy -- even lethal -- stereotype. But there…
Game of Thrones HBO
May 6, 2019
Writer Dustin Seibert has a few words for the 'Game of Thrones' showrunners after they killed off a beloved Black…
April 24, 2019
Writer Dustin Seibert is less than thrilled with the People Magazine pick for Most Beautiful, so he made his own…
Ancestry.com Slavery enslaved thegrio.com
April 19, 2019
Ancestry.com is the latest company to prove what happens when no Black people (or no Black people with sense) are…