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Issa Rae says ‘diversity needs a better publicist’

Issa Rae may have a solution for diversity, equity, and inclusion’s growing unpopularity with the right-wing powers that be. On Saturday, during an appearance at SXSW, the 40-year-old actress, screenwriter, and producer said, “I think diversity needs a better publicist.” “The anti-DEI, the immediate retraction of any efforts to level

Celebrate Harriet Tubman Day by embracing Black Women’s right to rest

March 10 is more than just a date—it’s a call to honor both resistance and rest, two things that have been essential to Black survival and liberation. On this day, we celebrate Harriet Tubman Day, officially recognized by the U.S. government in 1990, as well as the National Black Day

‘Raising Kanan’ Season 4, Episode 1: The streets had a body

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Welcome back to Southside Jamaica, Queens, New York City.  When we last left our heroes—villains, actually; they’re all villains—Det. Howard (Omar Epps) and Ronnie (Grantham Coleman) had just met

The Psychology Behind the Spend

Chelsea Williams’ path toward financial literacy started on the school bus. “My first money lesson was from a bus driver when I was a sophomore in high school,” says Williams. “It just seemed really weird that a bus driver was taking the time to tell me and my friend how

Issa Rae says ‘diversity needs a better publicist’

Issa Rae may have a solution for diversity, equity, and inclusion’s growing unpopularity with the right-wing powers that be. On Saturday, during an appearance at SXSW, the 40-year-old actress, screenwriter, and producer said, “I think diversity needs a better publicist.” “The anti-DEI, the immediate retraction of any efforts to level

Celebrate Harriet Tubman Day by embracing Black Women’s right to rest

March 10 is more than just a date—it’s a call to honor both resistance and rest, two things that have been essential to Black survival and liberation. On this day, we celebrate Harriet Tubman Day, officially recognized by the U.S. government in 1990, as well as the National Black Day

‘Raising Kanan’ Season 4, Episode 1: The streets had a body

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Welcome back to Southside Jamaica, Queens, New York City.  When we last left our heroes—villains, actually; they’re all villains—Det. Howard (Omar Epps) and Ronnie (Grantham Coleman) had just met

The Psychology Behind the Spend

Chelsea Williams’ path toward financial literacy started on the school bus. “My first money lesson was from a bus driver when I was a sophomore in high school,” says Williams. “It just seemed really weird that a bus driver was taking the time to tell me and my friend how