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October 31, 2013
OPINION - I have no problem with '12 Years a Slave,' but would like to see my people in a…
October 25, 2013
OPINION - After the alleged profiling of Barneys shopper Trayon Christian, will American communities take a look at the insidious…
September 17, 2013
OPINION - Mindy Budgor, a 'nice Jewish girl' from Santa Barbara, California claims to be the first woman selected for…
September 5, 2013
CLUTCH - Underwood apologized for the remark, saying “I made a mistake and I’m sorry.” She also claimed that she…
September 4, 2013
Even though the general public continues to be mesmerized by twerking, or at least its popularized facsimile as has been…
September 4, 2013
OPINION - Twerking is not something that needs ethnographic explanation. Even if it did, it should certainly not be carried…
September 3, 2013
OPINION - I understand that Underwood is a comedian, and making people laugh is her job. But it’s a startlingly…
August 29, 2013
OPINION - Where is the explanation for how or why black women were inexcusably omitted from this “smartest” list and…
August 16, 2013
OPINION - All of the eight boys invited by theGrio to speak on their experiences said they feel paranoid when…
July 30, 2013
OPINION - Being a responsible adult means acknowledging that the defense of a woman’s honor just isn’t worth the trouble—or…
July 30, 2013
TODAY- You can run, but you can't hide from 'Blurred Lines,' the song that has turned out to be the…
July 13, 2013
OPINION - It seems Jackson, despite his wealth and perhaps doing better earlier in is son’s life, has fallen into…
July 10, 2013
After dancing to fight childhood obesity with Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” campaign, many thought it was hypocritical for her to…
July 2, 2013
NPR recently launched The Race Card Project, an initiative that invites participants to submit six-word sentences related to race. Morning…
July 2, 2013
MADAME NOIRE - In no time social media sites lit up like Christmas trees with comments criticizing Good for her…
June 30, 2013
OPINION - Sometimes, us light-skinned girls need to be secure enough in our own blackness to simply listen...
June 27, 2013
OPINION - There is a growing crop of people who feel the 'Dark Girls' documentary’s biggest flaw is that it…
June 25, 2013
ESSAY - I’m not sure that those of us on the darker-end of the spectrum really need to maintain a…
June 11, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - BET is turning author Lawrence Hill's controversial novel 'The Book of Negroes' into a TV miniseries...
June 10, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - A throng of people gathered in New York City’s Union Square Park Saturday to touch black women's…