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February 3, 2013
On the eve of the airing of Ayana Mathis' interview with Oprah Winfrey about her debut novel, she chatted with…
February 1, 2013
Black women are disproportionately affected by heart disease; the death rate is 30 percent higher for Black women than their…
January 15, 2013
theGRIO's 100 - Valeisha Butterfield Jones is putting the best image of black women forward...
January 15, 2013
CLUTCH - This week, sorority members from across the nation will be celebrating in crimson and cream, and pink and…
January 15, 2013
CLUTCH - Ellen and Lana Ector have transformed their popular group exercise classes into a workout tape that women can…
January 9, 2013
OPINION - The onus is on the viewers to help shape the type of programming that we’re being sold and…
January 4, 2013
Award-winning photojournalist Miki Turner has just the thing you need if one of your New Year's resolutions is to grow…
January 2, 2013
Phaedra Parks, a star of Bravo's Real Housewives of Atlanta, is pregnant with her second child, as she confirmed to…
January 2, 2013
ESSAY - It’s a new year, so why not bring a new, more positive attitude?...
December 31, 2012
ESSAY - New Year's is a time when being alone might weigh heavily, and being questioned, however gently, by those…
December 31, 2012
theGRIO Q&A - Valorie Burton, a renowned life coach and author of several books on personal achievement, spoke with theGrio…
December 22, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Danish tennis pro Caroline Wozniacki created a firestorm recently with her racially charged 'impression' of her friend…
December 21, 2012
Andrea Pippins, a Baltimore-based graphic designer, released a four-poster series of prints titled “Crowns of Color” last week as answer…
December 13, 2012
OPINION - In 'Alex Cross,' one of the few women in the movie who was of a darker complexion was…
December 11, 2012
Last week, Michaela Angela Davis spoke with Jacque Reid on the Tom Joyner Morning Showabout a new campaign she is…
December 10, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Nicole Ari Parker was motivated by frustration. For Star Jones, it was a matter of life or…
November 29, 2012
OPINION - Let’s be real about the hoops that Susan Rice finds herself now navigating in order to save her…
November 28, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - What will the legacy of first lady Michelle Obama be? Will she be remembered for her health…
November 26, 2012
A new documentary, by acclaimed filmmaker D. Channsin Berry, aims to further the conversation about what it means to be…
November 14, 2012
ATLANTA (AP) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says black women are 40 percent more likely to die…