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Black voters want action on housing

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio.   “There’s just no inventory for affordable housing at all.” That’s a direct quote from Jeffrey from Atlanta, Georgia, one of 200,000+ people who participated in the largest survey of

The Surprising Benefits of Communal Gardening

I cringe at my 5-year-old’s request to start a garden. The idea overwhelms me. We live in a desert city where the soil demands conditioning or needs to be replaced completely. Quality dirt isn’t cheap. Then there’s the issue of water. Will I be disciplined enough to water my plants

Will Democrats and Republicans better engage Black men after Nov. 5?

After the exhaustive and yet necessary conversations and news stories about how Black men have been taken for granted in this election cycle and the efforts to win their vote, the question remains whether both political parties will find actual solutions to better engaging Black men after Nov. 5. TheGrio

Elizabeth Francis, the oldest living person in the U.S., dies at 115

Elizabeth Francis, a Black woman from Texas who was the oldest known living person in the U.S., has died. She was 115. Her 69-year-old granddaughter, Ethel Harrison, told ABC News her grandmother died peacefully on Tuesday, Oct. 22, in her nursing home surrounded by loved ones. Francis, who lived in

Black voters want action on housing

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio.   “There’s just no inventory for affordable housing at all.” That’s a direct quote from Jeffrey from Atlanta, Georgia, one of 200,000+ people who participated in the largest survey of

The Surprising Benefits of Communal Gardening

I cringe at my 5-year-old’s request to start a garden. The idea overwhelms me. We live in a desert city where the soil demands conditioning or needs to be replaced completely. Quality dirt isn’t cheap. Then there’s the issue of water. Will I be disciplined enough to water my plants

Will Democrats and Republicans better engage Black men after Nov. 5?

After the exhaustive and yet necessary conversations and news stories about how Black men have been taken for granted in this election cycle and the efforts to win their vote, the question remains whether both political parties will find actual solutions to better engaging Black men after Nov. 5. TheGrio

Elizabeth Francis, the oldest living person in the U.S., dies at 115

Elizabeth Francis, a Black woman from Texas who was the oldest known living person in the U.S., has died. She was 115. Her 69-year-old granddaughter, Ethel Harrison, told ABC News her grandmother died peacefully on Tuesday, Oct. 22, in her nursing home surrounded by loved ones. Francis, who lived in