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July 23, 2015

Israeli journalist thinks black women should thank white feminists for their 'rights'

theGRIO REPORT - An Israeli journalist took to Twitter to denounce feminists who criticize white feminists and to call those…
July 23, 2015

Transgender woman found dead near playground from blunt force trauma

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July 21, 2015

Man mocks KKK rally with his sousaphone in hilarious viral video

theGRIO REPORT - It's not the soundtrack the Ku Klux Klan was going for, but Matt Buck thought it was…
July 20, 2015

Ghostface Killah to Action Bronson: 'Don't let me hang you from a rope and gut you like a pig'

theGRIO REPORT - Ghostface Killah took to Youtube to put down Action Bronson after Bronson compared himself to Ghostface and…
July 20, 2015

Fantasia Barrino marries fiancé Kendall Taylor

theGRIO REPORT - Fantasia Barrino took to social media to share the story of her special day as she got…
July 17, 2015

Raven-Symoné says she's not African-American: 'There's nothing wrong with being an American, purely'

theGRIO REPORT - It's been nine months since Raven-Symoné sent social media to flames with her statements saying that she…
July 16, 2015

Washington mayor compares Obamas to monkeys, refuses to resign

theGRIO REPORT - A Washington mayor is facing pressure to resign after he allegedly posted racist comments on Facebook about…
July 16, 2015

NFL's Devon Still delivers emotional tribute at ESPYS, praises daughter battling cancer

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Devon Still of the Cincinnati Bengals and his 5-year-old daughter, Leah, who is struggling with cancer…
July 15, 2015

Video of young black man snatching Confederate flag goes viral, police made aware

theGRIO REPORT - "No flagging right here." Those four words in a video posted to Facebook Saturday have spread all…
July 14, 2015

Tyrese uses sleeping woman to promote album, did he cross the line?

theGRIO REPORT - Tyrese is taking album promotion to the next level. The singer has been furiously tweeting, posting and…
July 13, 2015

Chuck D questions the 'character assassination' of Bill Cosby

theGrio REPORT - Bill Cosby's brand has undeniably taken a hit over the last several months - and Chuck D…
July 13, 2015

Former Bush speechwriter David Frum tweets theory that Serena Williams is taking steroids, deletes tweets

theGRIO REPORT - David Frum, a former speechwriter for George W. Bush, suggested Sunday that Serena Williams may be on…
July 10, 2015

Sean Kingston apologizes for mocking teen with Asperger's on Facebook

theGRIO REPORT - Attention celebrities - that meme your sharing may not be as funny as you think. Sean Kingston…
July 9, 2015

Los Angeles Times hires reporter to specifically cover 'Black Twitter'

theGRIO REPORT - Los Angeles Times Managing Editor S. Mitra Kalita announced this week she has hired a reporter to…
July 8, 2015

Chrissy Teigen posts Instagram photo of hubby John Legend's butt because she wanted to

theGRIO REPORT - Chrissy Teigen has posted another revealing picture to Instagram, but this time, it's of her husband, John…
July 6, 2015

Jill Scott withdraws support for Bill Cosby: 'I was wrong'

theGRIO REPORT- Jill Scott wants her followers to know she was wrong for defending Bill Cosby. Thursday, the Philadelphia soul…
July 1, 2015

CA vigilantes attack mentally ill homeless man targeted in fake Facebook warning

theGrio REPORT - Over the weekend, vigilantes attacked a mentally disabled homeless man in California after being incited by a…
June 30, 2015

Florida officer fired for racist posts, captions about black people on Facebook

theGRIO REPORT - Fort Lauderdale Officer Jeffery Feldewert is the fifth Florida cop to be dismissed for racist comments this…
June 29, 2015

Confederate Flag 'parade' ends in fender bender, video goes viral

theGRIO REPORT - Apparently, "God don't like ugly." That's according to an unidentified man who recorded video of a Confederate…
June 26, 2015

North Charleston police officer fired for Facebook photo showing him dressed in Confederate flag

theGRIO REPORT - "Unacceptable." That's the word North Charleston Police Chief Eddie Driggers used Thursday to describe a Facebook photo…