Opinion

Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown
April 5, 2022

‘Black excellence,’ explained

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Basketball stars Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and LeBron James
April 5, 2022

Kareem vs. LeBron: Much ado about nothing

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April 4, 2022

Jazmine Sullivan’s ‘Heaux Tales’ won a Grammy for best R&B album, and that reminds me that ‘The Other Side’ is the best vision board song of all time

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Comedian Chris Rock wearing a black jacket
April 4, 2022

Here’s a story about Chris Rock that doesn’t involve The Slap

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Anderson .Paak and Bruno Mars of Silk Sonic theGrio.com
April 4, 2022

Grammys celebrated Black music but can’t make up for its past of overlooking Black artists

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April 1, 2022

Passage of reparations bill H.R. 40, once an impossibility, is almost within reach

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Grammy thegrio.com
April 1, 2022

Grammys 2022: The artists who don’t show up may say more about the show than those who do

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Actors LaKeith Stanfield, Brian Tyree Henry, Donald Glover and Zazie Beetz wearing casual outdoor clothing
March 31, 2022

‘Atlanta’: The art of the scam

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U.S. President Joe Biden
March 31, 2022

Here’s what the Biden-Harris $5.8T budget proposal could mean for Black Americans

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March 31, 2022

‘May the Lord Watch’? I hope so. But I definitely will watch the documentary about the rise and fall of Little Brother. Thanks for asking

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The NFL logo on a football field
March 30, 2022

NFL’s new mandate won’t stop owners’ racist hiring practices

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The United Nations building
March 30, 2022

How Black American activism inspired the United Nations’ recent fight for racial justice

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March 30, 2022

As a Black man, I understand Will Smith’s reaction, but that wasn’t the way

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94th Annual Academy Awards - Arrivals
March 29, 2022

8 thoughts about ‘The Slap’ now that we’ve had a day to process, argue and debate it to death on social media and wherever Black folks gather

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A brick sign reading "Welcome to Mason, A Good Place to Live"
March 29, 2022

A white state comptroller wanted to take control of majority-Black Mason, Tenn. America has a history of taking over Black towns

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will smith slap thegrio.com
March 29, 2022

Sometimes, people get smacked

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94th Annual Academy Awards - Show
March 28, 2022

This is not how you protect Black women

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Actor Will Smith with his Oscar
March 28, 2022

No, Will Smith slapping Chris Rock doesn’t set Black people back. But anti-Blackness will

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March 27, 2022

I saved my kid from impending doom, but am I a hero? A discussion

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Kyrie Irving thegrio.com
March 26, 2022

Kyrie Irving is neither a victim nor a hero

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