Women

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August 2, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Jezebel.com reports that one user wrote of flashing ground-rules: "No white women over the age of 25...
July 25, 2011
OPINION - I love 'Single Ladies' because it's simultaneously ridiculous and delicious...
July 21, 2011
FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina (AP) - A crew working on a boarding house for homeless women veterans got a hand Thursday…
July 20, 2011
VIDEO - Summer's Eve has three controversial new commercials that have people wondering: is campaigning using racial stereotypes okay?...
July 15, 2011
Deficit reduction plans currently on the table would cut social security benefits, impacting single, senior African-American women the hardest and…
July 13, 2011
OPINION - Surely the irony of threatening to leave three real-life children motherless by putting a young woman behind bars…
July 7, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Women leaders in the church still face some setbacks; even in denominations where ordination is obtainable...
June 23, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - A new study sheds light on the fact that colorism, or racial preference based on skin tone,…
June 23, 2011
OPINION - The first lady has delivered on her "core Africa issues" -- AIDS, poverty, and education; and she has…
June 21, 2011
OPINION - There is evidence that black women's status as double minorities might actually afford us unique opportunities to avoid…
June 20, 2011
African American women are moving ahead in their lives and professional careers rapidly...
June 6, 2011
OPINION - Black women for the most part are either staying with the well-established custom or they are choosing to…
June 2, 2011
CLUTCH - Cytotec -- the generic name for Misoprostol -- is supposed to be accessible only by prescription...
May 30, 2011
OPINION - Women serve in all four armed forces, ranking from private to general. Like our brethren, we are trained…
May 27, 2011
theGRIO VIDEO - The sweat caused by grueling hours in the gym often curls the roots, frizzes the bob and…
May 26, 2011
OPINION - While I'm not going to go out and get a "helicopter weave" any time soon, I am truly…
May 24, 2011
OPINION - Without Oprah, we would be deprived of one of the nation's most profound success stories, and a role…
May 20, 2011
VIDEO - With 600 million girls growing up in developing countries, the humanitarian organization CARE has decided to focus their…
May 17, 2011
OPINION - With such a wide audience and aspirational mission statement, it seems completely counter-intuitive that they would stoop so…
May 15, 2011
OPINION - Young black women in their 20s and 30's especially look up to Mrs. Obama. She gives them tangible…