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October 23, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Cancer survivor Dr. Andrene Taylor founded ZuriWorks in 2012 to target black women for prevention...
October 17, 2013
theGRIO VIDEO - Featured in the November issue of the magazine, the Essence study was conducted to provide a sounding…
October 15, 2013
Through photographer Endia Beal, a handful of middle-aged white women now know what it's like to rock flat twists, goddess…
October 12, 2013
Davis spoke about expanding the scope of black women's images as an extension of a presentation detailing a new Essence…
October 9, 2013
In the November Essence issue, Washington details how her style -- however fabulous -- is far different from that of…
October 7, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Now in its fifth year, the annual three-day event is fast becoming one of the premier seminars…
October 7, 2013
ESSAY - I was referred to a breast specialist because I was prone to benign cysts and I had a…
October 3, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The young actress who plays the lovable character Taystee on the Netflix original series 'Orange is the…
October 2, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - While Owens' team allegedly insisted that the step dancers make 'vicious' faces, it is clear that during…
October 1, 2013
The new editor-in-chief of Essence magazine, Vanessa K. Bush, was honored at a star-studded event on Monday in New York…
September 30, 2013
OPINION - His Paris Fashion Week show is an example of cultural appropriation on par with the recent acts of…
September 27, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - If Jay Pharoah had his way, there would’ve been a black female cast member on 'Saturday Night…
September 26, 2013
For the past year, Stephanie Smith has been on a quest to make her boyfriend 300 sandwiches in exchange for…
September 12, 2013
OPINION - We need to understand that gender roles are evolving. There is no longer a standard set of gender-based…
September 4, 2013
SLIDESHOW - The Amazon of the tennis courts stood at over racks of clothing, adjusting garments and making selections for…
August 30, 2013
OPINION - If we can muster the same unity to fight sexism that brought hundreds of thousands of people together…
August 29, 2013
OPINION - Where is the explanation for how or why black women were inexcusably omitted from this “smartest” list and…
August 29, 2013
OPINION - A PowerPoint slide, most likely shown at one of the university’s freshman orientation seminars, stated that Hampton ladies…
August 26, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Telling overweight women to stay at their current weight was more effective than asking them to lose…
August 21, 2013
OPINION - I offer my sympathy to the bride, who is undoubtedly mortified that her wedding did not take place…