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TheGrio's 100: Bill T. Jones, activism through movement

By Talia Whyte

9:00 AM on 02/03/2010

TheGrio's 100 - Some choose to protest with marches and picket signs. Bill T. Jones chose dance...

TheGrio's 100: Wynton Marsalis, a jazz legend plays on

By Talia Whyte

9:00 AM on 02/01/2010

TheGrio's 100 - Everyone knows that Wynton Marsalis lives and breathes by his trumpet...

TheGrio's 100: Darin Atwater, the jazziest conductor to date

By Talia Whyte

5:00 AM on 02/01/2010

TheGrio's 100 - As conductor of the Baltimore-based Soulful Symphony, Atwater is a trailblazer in the orchestral world...

TheGrio's 100: Kara Walker, activism through art

By Talia Whyte

5:00 AM on 02/01/2010

TheGrio's 100 - Political protest through art has always been a way of life for Walker...

TheGrio's 100: Kadir Nelson, drawing from the past to illustrate hope

By Talia Whyte

5:00 AM on 02/01/2010

TheGrio's 100 - You may not know Kadir Nelson by name, but you've probably come across his work...

TheGrio's 100: Jessica Care Moore, a revolutionary writer to represent black youth

By Talia Whyte

5:00 AM on 02/01/2010

TheGrio's 100 - Jessica Care Moore's fans call her the spoken word laureate of the hip-hop generation...

TheGrio's 100: Kehinde Wiley, a painter changing the image of black men

By Talia Whyte

5:00 AM on 02/01/2010

TheGrio's 100 - The New York-based painter has recently made a splash in the art world for his paintings of contemporary black men assuming poses from Renaissance portraits...

TheGrio's 100: Kari Fulton, to be young, green, and black

By Talia Whyte

4:59 AM on 02/01/2010

TheGrio's 100 - Did you know that it's cool to be black and green? Kari Fulton has been leading the charge...

Coakley ignored black voters at her own peril

By Talia Whyte

8:55 AM on 01/20/2010

OPINION - Hopefully Martha Coakley's loss will be a wake-up call for the Democratic party because black folks are certainly starting to wake-up to them...

Black women need a voice in health care's abortion debate

By Talia Whyte

1:47 AM on 12/08/2009

OPINION - The overall health concerns of black women, who are disproportionately affected by health care inequalities in general, have indirectly been mentioned in the headlines lately, but not dealt with effectively.

Why any old job ain't good enough

By Talia Whyte

9:22 PM on 11/29/2009

OPINION - It never ceases to amaze me that with all the strides people of color have made, we are still having this conversation about decent wages with health insurance and retirement security.

Buyers beware of Black Friday

By Talia Whyte

8:21 AM on 11/27/2009

OPINION - I will never understand the point of lining up in front of a store in the wee hours of the morning just to get $5 off a sweater I didn't really need...

Cross-dressing comedians becoming a drag in black films

By Talia Whyte

8:03 AM on 11/16/2009

OPINION - Unfortunately, "Sheneneh and Wanda" will also be a box office hit, partly because we, the black community, don't demand better images of ourselves...

Critics are jealous but Tyler Perry can't do bad all by himself

By Talia Whyte

8:30 AM on 10/27/2009

OPINION - The constant jabbing that takes place every time a new Tyler Perry production opens...

10 black women you should know

By Talia Whyte

3:20 PM on 10/20/2009

Here are 10 black women who are leading the struggle for change on many of the issues affecting our community today.

Obama: president or product?

By Talia Whyte

8:30 AM on 09/30/2009

OPINION - Nine months after his ascension to the White House, President Obama is still an international phenomenon and quite possibly the greatest marketing tool of all time...

African-Americans need to 'raise hell' about climate change

By Talia Whyte

8:10 AM on 09/23/2009

OPINION - Right here in the United States, there are serious climate issues that need to be addressed, and these problems disproportionately affect African Americans...

Kanye sparks an explosion of racism online

By Talia Whyte

8:05 AM on 09/15/2009

OPINION - After the MTV Video Music Awards, Twitter erupted into a cesspool of racism. Racism hasn't gone away, it has just gone online.

Gross inequality in access to healthy food

By Talia Whyte

4:00 PM on 08/28/2009

OPINION - Access to healthy food is one of those issues that anyone - no matter their racial, ethnic, geographic or political stripes - can agree upon, simply because everyone has to eat.

Is KFC trying to kill us?

By Talia Whyte

9:17 AM on 08/25/2009

OPINION - KFC has found itself embroiled in a fast food controversy as a result of its latest product, the Double Down Chicken Sandwich. Reported to be in a testing phase in Rhode Island and Nebraska, concerns of how it's launch will affect health and obesity rates among racial minorities, immigrants, and low income communities are arising.

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