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May 4, 2022
President Joe Biden must cancel the student loans now. Black people need it and deserve it, and this is a…
May 4, 2022
I love the movie "Belly." So much of it is bad that it actually ends up being amazing and entirely…
Clarence Thomas, theGrio.com
May 4, 2022
In the leaked opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, Alito refers to an argument Justice Thomas has dog-whistled for years.
May 3, 2022
The GOP’s opposition to student debt relief is the latest example of white America’s hypocrisy on policies that created their…
May 3, 2022
Let me say at the outset that I am pro-life. I have taken this faith position on abortion since I…
May 2, 2022
My 14-year-old son came home one day and said one of his best friends at school, a white boy, said…
Pete Buttigieg, Susan Rice, April Ryan and Byron Allen theGrio.com
May 2, 2022
When Gayle King mentioned April Ryan’s name, the White House Correspondents’ Dinner crowd rose in a spontaneous standing ovation for…
A Muslim woman kneels to pray
May 1, 2022
Approaching the end of Ramadan is always bittersweet, and while it is a taxing month, it has deeply affected me…
May 1, 2022
Like, it’s both my fault and not my fault. My kids have built up a bit of a resume when…
New Orleans
April 30, 2022
On International Jazz Day, theGrio examines the racist origins of the term 'jazz' and the rejection of it by music…
April 30, 2022
Andre Leon Talley passed away in January, and on this late April Friday, a crowd came together to remember his…
Waldo, Family Matters, 90s black tv shows, thegrio
April 29, 2022
Back in the day, when I was young (I’m not a kid anymore), I used to live for the ABC…
Colin Kaepernick
April 29, 2022
This week, NFL owner Mark Davis said he’s not opposed to Colin Kaepernick joining the Las Vegas Raiders, but there's…
Police officer uses his baton on a protester
April 29, 2022
It started with the verdict. Four police officers were charged by the state in the beating of unarmed Black motorist…
Actors Indy Sullivan Groudis and Christina Bennett Lind in "Atlanta"
April 28, 2022
OPINION: In another episode that departs from the world of the four main characters, the show explore white parents struggling to…
Flyer for Juneteenth event
April 28, 2022
I love Black Twitter. I love the way it can mine a wheelbarrow worth of golden humor from a mountain…
April 28, 2022
Black people marrying white people doesn’t erase white privilege or destroy systemic racism. But watching Newsmax does destroy brain cells. 
April 27, 2022
Despite what you may have gleaned from social media posts or cable news quarrels, you don’t actually have to pick…
Angela Davis, Communist writer and militant activist
April 27, 2022
"Free Angela and All Political Prisoners" is a brilliant documentary about her life that’s a must for anyone who cares…
April 27, 2022
A survey supports longstanding research that shows Black workers, especially Black women, feel less valued and respected by colleagues.