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July 18, 2022
In her essay “Professionalism as a Racial Construct,” housing justice advocate Leah Goodridge discusses the concept of “selective offense."
Abbott Elementary thegrio.om
July 18, 2022
I can see it now: Quinta Brunson and the "Abbott Elementary" cast making repeat trips to the Emmy stage in…
Black woman stressed and exhausted
July 16, 2022
I grew up believing that the moral arc of America was bending toward justice for Blacks, women, and LGBTQ folks.…
July 15, 2022
Joe Biden is undoubtedly at his lowest point politically, with some polls showing him at lows it took Donald Trump…
July 14, 2022
When it comes to fighting for reproductive justice, I need more men to be like CNN show host W. Kamau…
LeBron James
July 14, 2022
If LeBron James wants to be a voice for social justice, as is his right, he should read up a…
July 13, 2022
Lathun's "Freak It,"the classic Miami-bass meets Atlanta-swag record from 1997, takes me back to the  magic that was mid-90s Atlanta.
A group of demonstrators holding up signs, with one reading "Forced birth is an act of violence"
July 13, 2022
As the White House was responding to the overturning of Roe, the outgoing comms director decided that was the time…
July 12, 2022
OPINION: The Missouri senator got put in his place by U.C. Berkeley Professor Khiara Bridges during a Senate hearing on…
Thomas Jefferson's Monticello
July 12, 2022
The latest outrage in the culture war occurred when a visitor to Monticello was upset that Jefferson's history as an…
A gun and bullets on an American flag
July 11, 2022
After the July Fourth mass shooting in Highland Park near Chicago, you just might think, “How many more times?”
July 11, 2022
A recent Los Angeles Times headline asked if California was “ready for more Black people to legally carry guns in…
youtube music, A still from a YouTube music video for kids about nursery rhymes. YouTube Music to play in the car, thegrio.com
July 10, 2022
Bring the bounce, 808s and energy to your car with JoolsTV's trap nursery rhymes - the perfect YouTube music for…
Sign for Grambling State University
July 8, 2022
Grambling’s athletics department fits the very definition of a "hot mess" after firing the volleyball coach who cut the entire…
July 8, 2022
Omarion, the former B2K frontman and watermelon aficionado’s alleged zen lifestyle is looking real flimsy these days.
A flag in recognition of Juneteenth is displayed
July 8, 2022
Two weeks ago our country celebrated Juneteenth. Earlier this week, our country celebrated the Fourth of July.
July 7, 2022
In America, our law determines that some rights are so fundamental that they should not be left to the varied…
Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., right, administers the Constitutional Oath to Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
July 7, 2022
The notion that the new justice can save the court is, of course, preposterous. But her presence on the court…
A male mass shooter
July 7, 2022
Did Jayland Walker deserve to be shot at least 60 times out of a possible 90 rounds fired? Hopefully, any…
Kevin Durant thegrio.com
July 6, 2022
The first time I saw Kevin Durant on a basketball court in person was really memorable. It was his first…