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December 13, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Monique Grissette-Banks worn her hair in dreadlocks for the past six years and says from personal experience…
December 9, 2011
OSLO, Norway (AP) - The winners of the Nobel Peace Prize vowed Friday to work even harder to make the…
December 7, 2011
OPINION - Cul-de-sac trickin'. That's what I call it when Ginger White and countless other women like her use their…
December 7, 2011
BEVERLY HILLS, California (AP) - For the 20th consecutive year, Hollywood's most powerful women broke bread at the Beverly Hills…
December 7, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a surprise move, the nation's health secretary stopped the Plan B morning-after pill from moving onto…
December 6, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - The Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act, sponsored by Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., would outlaw abortions done on the…
December 2, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Women make up 50 percent of the 34 million people living with HIV-AIDS globally, and new reports…
December 1, 2011
SLIDESHOW - Who will follow in Rosa Parks' footsteps? There are several young women rising through the activism ranks, many…
December 1, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Not all transgender people, though, can afford surgery or other body modifications, especially if they are poor,…
November 30, 2011
theGRIO REPORT- Authors of a newly released say that black women are being told to lower their standards if they…
November 24, 2011
MADAME NOIRE - Over ten years ago, before natural hair became a huge trend for black women, my older sister…
November 18, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - it seems many African-American women will go to any length to wear 'straight hair' even if it…
November 11, 2011
OPINION - Actress Viola Davis has it right: stop calling blacks 'dignified' or 'sassy' when it isn't warranted...
November 9, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Pro-choice advocates say the passage of the personhood amendment would have disproportionately negative implications for black women...
November 8, 2011
theGRIO REPORT- Empowered with a needle and thread, Rwandan-natives, Emelienne Nyiramana and Therese Iribagiza have changed their lives...
November 3, 2011
OPINION - Your biggest fear as a potential complainant is that you will be professionally black-balled and isolated, or worse…
October 29, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Grooming, for most loc wearers is simple once a routine is established but when it comes to…
October 28, 2011
theGRIO VIDEO - Claims from a recent book, 'Is Marriage for White People?' assert that African-American women should consider dating…
October 23, 2011
FAIRFIELD, Iowa (AP) - Oprah Winfrey meditated with more than 400 women in the U.S. state of Iowa and also…
October 20, 2011
The National Cancer Institute has awarded, in total, $19.3 million to a group of researchers to explore racial disparities in…