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September 13, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Veteran Chinese-American journalist Julie Chen has opened up about having extensive plastic surgery to look more Caucasian...
September 10, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff didn't think much about the milestone upon being appointed the first…
September 4, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The voting process for the music and media festival South By Southwest's (SXSW) Blacks in Technology panel…
August 13, 2013
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oprah Winfrey says she's sorry a media frenzy emerged after saying she experienced racism during a…
August 6, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The Washington Post announced on Monday that the newspaper was sold to Amazon founder and CEO Jeff…
August 4, 2013
ESSAY - As for Detroit, my hometown will be fine. This is a rough chapter for sure, but Detroiters have…
August 2, 2013
OPINION - My advice to the National Association of Black Journalists: Cover the stories of black educators, change agents, families…
July 22, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - From the mailboxes of African-American homes and company waiting room tables to underneath the dryers in beauty…
July 16, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - When news like the recent Zimmerman verdict is handed down, it’s not uncommon that disheartened African-Americans consider…
July 6, 2013
VIDEO - MSNBC host Tamron Hall invited Essence magazine editor-in-cheif emeritus Susan Taylor to discuss mentoring young African-Americans...
July 6, 2013
VIDEO - Scholar and MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry spoke to civil rights activist Myrlie Evers-Williams about significant changes in the…
July 6, 2013
VIDEO - MSNBC’s Tamron Hall interviews Grammy-winning singer, and Essence Festival performer, Janelle Monae...
July 4, 2013
Every Fourth of July weekend, thousands of black women and the people who love them journey to New Orleans to…
July 1, 2013
Like many African-American women, I grew up reading Essence Magazine, and feeling empowered by its images of beautiful, accomplished, black…
June 24, 2013
OPINION - Paula Deen must have a horrible public relations team. Her multi-million dollar brand has fallen on its knees…
June 5, 2013
OPINION - The newly-spawned hit 'Married to Medicine' reminds us that the majority of our representation on television is unilaterally…
May 21, 2013
MSNBC - In her most recent piece for The Nation, acclaimed journalist Farai Chideya critiques the American news media’s lack…
May 20, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Essence and MSNBC are uniting for live coverage of the 2013 Essence Festival, Michelle Ebanks, president of…
April 23, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh took to the airwaves Tuesday and questioned the media's portrayal of Boston…
April 23, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - CNN anchor John King became the subject of widespread criticism after he inaccurately reported that a Boston…