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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.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk
April 26, 2022
Elon Musk buying Twitter feels like a perilous development for the typical Black user, especially considering the current state of…
April 26, 2022
I used to joke that "Brown Sugar" should have been titled "Love & Basketball 2: When They Put Down Basketballs…
April 26, 2022
I just read an article that put a certain sound in my ears. It was the sound of the siren…
Brooklyn Nets guard Ben Simmons
April 25, 2022
Brooklyn Nets guard Ben Simmons is trying our patience, tempting us to lose compassion for whatever’s going on in his…
April 25, 2022
For all the harm that COVID-19 has wrought, a silver lining in this dark cloud that still hangs over our…
Abortion rights protest, theGrio.com
April 25, 2022
Banning abortions is all that Republicans and their evangelical supporters have wanted ever since Roe v. Wade became the law…
soul food
April 22, 2022
Soul food is one way—a fundamental way—that Black people have been able to feel a sense of kinship with other…
Atlanta FX theGrio
April 21, 2022
What if you could personally profit from racism? Would you? I’m not talking about reparations for the entire community. I’m
Hands of people completing a drug transaction
April 20, 2022
As a person born and raised in Los Angeles, I’m serious about the green I burn, the edibles I eat…