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Last week, we broke down which was better: "Love Jones" or the soundtrack. This week, we have a new one…
Last week, the Country Music Association announced its ban on the Confederate flag at the CMA Fest for the first…
Whether it be a writers’ strike or a global pandemic, a national cultural reset always seems to upend the powerless.
I miss Lauryn Hill. I know she’s still around, occasionally showing up super late for her own shows, but once…
OPINION: The NFL must act after a New York Times report revealed the $230 million QB sought 66 different female…
To assist you in understanding the differences between Black protests and white mob violence, we put together a list of…
The opening of the historic hearings of the Jan. 6 House Select Committee on Thursday night was, in a word:…
To quote Luther Vandross, Ralph Tresvant, Janet Jackson and Bell Biv Devoe, “the best things in life are free.”
I love The Roots Picnic, the vaunted Philadelphia homegrown music festival founded and put on by the legendary Roots crew
When Kendrick Lamar, aka Oklama, announced via social media that he had a new album dropping in May, well, the…
The overturning of Roe v. Wade would be disastrous. But the attacks on Black maternal health go far beyond Roe.
Can we take a moment to acknowledge the absurdity of LeBron James’ story? Screenwriters would find James’ life too boring…
OPINION: For Black Music Month, theGrio is featuring a weekly series in which our writers name the songs they believe…
We the people need to fight back and demand our congressional leaders act to bring about common-sense gun reform.
Another week, another mass shooting. The locations change, but the story remains the same. We had another one last week…
Stevie Wonder may be the greatest recording artist America has ever produced. He’s an extraordinary singer, writer and instrumentalist.
To be fair, the amateur forensic analysts who love to claim that “guns don’t kill people” are actually correct.
It’s June in Black America, which means that it’s also Black Music Month, aka African-American Music Appreciation Month.
I’m sad because one of my favorite restaurants in Brooklyn just closed. It’s heartbreaking when a restaurant you’ve fallen in…
Police do lie, and often. Those who accept what police officers say as the God’s honest truth are likely to…