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December 11, 2012
Last week, Michaela Angela Davis spoke with Jacque Reid on the Tom Joyner Morning Showabout a new campaign she is…
December 11, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio is on the short list of mayoral hopefuls, but…
December 10, 2012
OPINION - We must face facts: the 50-year marriage is about to vanish in the black community. As the hip-hop…
December 6, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health, nearly one in…
November 27, 2012
Oprah Winfrey announced at the annual conference of O magazine that she had experienced a breast cancer scare, shocking audience…
November 6, 2012
Leaders in the debate coined the "War on Women" have excluded the voices and interests of black women, according to…
November 6, 2012
If you want to have a get together tonight, and haven't given it a moment's thought before now, you now…
November 6, 2012
Images of black women showing their support for President Barack Obama have begun to flood the social network’s stream.
November 2, 2012
OPINION - I’m tired of being forced to watch political pundits and newspapers tell me the opposite information on the…
October 26, 2012
OPINION - Political candidates such as Romney are now using many psychological and marketing tactics to increase their likelihood of…
October 25, 2012
theGRIO Q&A - Gabrielle Union stepped onto the white carpet at her 40th birthday party on Monday sponsored by Courvoisier…
October 22, 2012
Last Thursday, “the largest single study of the distribution of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) population in…
October 19, 2012
President Obama has reportedly hung up his stump speech as a fundraiser headliner for the season, but first lady Michelle…
October 17, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - From Mexico to South Africa, in Sweden and in Germany, it is not uncommon to find what…
October 17, 2012
First lady Michelle Obama wore a 'pepto-pink' suit -- as it was described by style watchers on Twitter -- to…
October 12, 2012
Author Marita Golden sees blacks’ historical obsession over skin tone as everpresent in modern times. Many tend to think of
October 12, 2012
Alongside a hand-knitted tea cozy, consumers can also purchase Black Sambo ashtrays and Aunt Jemima cookie jars using the e-commerce…
October 5, 2012
According to studies, black immigrants and the American children of black immigrants are enrolling at colleges and university, at an…
October 4, 2012
First lady Michelle Obama supported her husband, President Obama, looking superbly chic, yet brilliantly conservative in a dress and matching…
September 19, 2012
ESSAY - We all wear a game face that we put on when we have to take care of business.…