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Ilya Shapiro thegrio.com
January 28, 2022
A Georgetown professor, Ilya Shapiro, sparked outrage on Twitter with a series of controversial posts about Biden's SCOTUS promise.
January 27, 2022
Nikon partners with a Black woman's photography group to donate $50,000 to support then in education and advocacy efforts.
Democratic U.S. Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm thegrio.com
January 24, 2022
Shirley Chisholm’s political grit and history-making presidential campaign has served as an inspiration to Black women in politics.
Two men cook shish kebabs on a tabletop grill
January 14, 2022
What’s essential for me or any Black person when interacting with white people is to maintain our inner peace.
Sunny Jones thegrio.com
December 21, 2021
Los Angeles realtor Sunny Jones is helping African Americans in her community become homeowners despite gentrification.
Vice President Kamala Harris
December 14, 2021
Vice President Harris is a strong Black woman who will not let her critics silence her, shove her aside or…
Ernesta Procope - theGrio.com
December 11, 2021
Procope founded E.G. Bowman INC, New York’s largest African-American-owned provider of insurance brokerage services.
2021 American Music Awards - Fixed Show
December 7, 2021
Cardi B came to the aid of several Black women when she was told club E11even security would not admit…
December 6, 2021
Joslyn 'Joss the Boss' Spurlock is making a name for herself in the beauty biz with her successful BOSS line.
November 30, 2021
The new Minnesota Task Force on Missing and Murdered African American Women is underway, as members gathered for the first…
Reps. Lauren Boebert and Lauren Boebert
November 27, 2021
Rep. Boebert, who apologized for calling Rep. Omar a "jihadist," is one of the silliest and repugnant, members to ever…
Molly on Insecure
November 23, 2021
What was interesting about episode 5 of Insecure is that, through Molly, we see clearly how the superwoman role doesn’t…
Justin Timberlake, Janet Jackson, Les Moonves
November 23, 2021
Sophia A. Nelson writes the treatment of Janet Jackson following the 2004 Super Bowl is part of a long history…
QuannaMC Valentine thegrio.com
November 19, 2021
Sex worker and advocate Nicky Valentine says that Black women face additional stigma for working in the industry which can…
Black baby thegrio.com
November 18, 2021
The U.S. saw a decline in premature births in 2020, for the first time in six years, but the numbers…
Vice President Kamala Harris
November 15, 2021
Sophia Nelson says CNN report alleging tensions between Harris and Biden's team says a lot about how accomplished Black women…
theGRIO.com
November 9, 2021
A Detroit judge marked her 69th birthday by dancing and twirling to Megan Thee Stallion’s "Thot S--” song in a…
White woman voter in Virginia
November 3, 2021
Sophia Nelson says Democrats will need to figure out a way to navigate the hurdles of the white women vote…
New York Attorney General Letitia James
November 1, 2021
Stacey Abrams’s status as the only Black woman to win a major party’s nomination for governor may be erased this…
Black woman domestic violence
October 29, 2021
Black women and Aboriginal women in Australia face the double-bind of racism and sexism, leading to higher rates of domestic…