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April 18, 2015
theGrio REPORT - Two white Texas girls have been in hot water since a recording of their racist improvised rap…
September 24, 2013
ESSAY - When my friends and I witnessed a man being battered by his female partner, we struggled over whether…
September 12, 2013
OPINION - We need to understand that gender roles are evolving. There is no longer a standard set of gender-based…
August 30, 2013
OPINION - If we can muster the same unity to fight sexism that brought hundreds of thousands of people together…
August 19, 2013
ESSAY - Birth rates may be down because that is how some women and men want to live their lives.…
August 12, 2013
OPINION - King said recently, 'If I was homophobic, I wouldn’t have friends who are gay and lesbian' -- yet…
June 13, 2013
ESSAY - Our children see us as their parents, not their gay dads. We are working every day to be…
April 29, 2013
Journalist Gil Robertson, IV takes an innovative approach to understanding the precarious state of black relationships in his latest anthology,…
April 23, 2013
What if all men had to obtain marriage approval from a girlfriend’s father by providing their credit reports, bank statements…
April 5, 2013
The majority of people in our society desire to be in healthy, successful and prosperous relationships. Unfortunately, many of them…
April 2, 2013
OPINION - Baby Girl Kardashian-West will need her hue, her fuzzy hair, her other black features, and her culture celebrated…
March 1, 2013
ESSAY - As Women's History Month progresses on theGrio, we invite you to participate as we fortify ourselves with the…
February 26, 2013
There’s still a huge negative stigma about bisexual men, particularly within the African-American community after the “down low” hysteria of…
January 4, 2013
The study found that “racial socialization”—teaching kids about their culture and involving them in activities that promote racial pride and…
December 21, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - This week, Amor 'Lilman' Arteaga, a nine-year-old Flatbush-raised rapper, dedicated his latest opus 'Stop Da Violence' to…
December 17, 2012
According to numerous reports, Adam Lanza, the 20-year-old who killed 20 children and seven adults in Newtown, Connecticut last Friday…
December 10, 2012
OPINION - We must face facts: the 50-year marriage is about to vanish in the black community. As the hip-hop…
November 9, 2012
OPINION - Imagine having two homes and not being welcomed in either one. That is undoubtedly how black LGBT (lesbian,…
October 17, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - From Mexico to South Africa, in Sweden and in Germany, it is not uncommon to find what…
October 12, 2012
Author Marita Golden sees blacks’ historical obsession over skin tone as everpresent in modern times. Many tend to think of