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