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Mississippi lawmaker files ‘Contraception Begins at Erection Act,’ in an attempt to bring men into the conversation

A Mississippi state senator from Jackson has had enough of the litany of bills surrounding contraception and abortion being solely focused on a woman’s role in conception. So he decided to do something about it.  Democratic Senator Bradford Blackmon recently introduced legislation that would make it unlawful for a person to “discharge genetic material without the intent of fertilizing an embryo.” SB 3219, or the “Contraception Begins at Erection Act,” would impose fines of up to $10,000 for men convicted of […]

todayJanuary 23, 2025

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We need to have an uncomfortable conversation about America

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio.   We need to talk about roaches. According to noted entomologist Karlous Miller and John Whitfield Jr. (famous for his groundbreaking research on the Young Fly), everybody has them. While mosquitoes may have killed more humans throughout history than all of the wars, open borders and Black Lives Matter protests combined, humans are biologically programmed to hate cockroaches more than […]

todayNovember 22, 2024 3

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During NABJ-WHYY panel, Harris showed us again that she’s not going to let Trump define the conversation

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 one moment from the NABJ-WHYY panel with Vice President Kamala Harris that really stood out to me. It came near the end of the event, and it demonstrated a lot of what Harris’ campaign is about. The question came from theGrio’s Gerren Keith Gaynor who asked Harris about being a joyful warrior, laughing in public and being called out by the […]

todaySeptember 18, 2024

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Watch NABJ-WHYY’s conversation with Vice President Kamala Harris

WHAT: The National Association of Black Journalists and Philadelphia’s WHYY will host an in-person conversation Tuesday with Vice President Kamala Harris at the WHYY studio. The studio audience will include NABJ members and journalism and communication students from local HBCUs. The moderators of the panel discussion include: Gerren Keith Gaynor, theGrio’s White House correspondent and managing editor of politics.Eugene Daniels, Playbook co-author and White House Correspondent for Politico.Tonya Mosley, co-host of NPR WHYY’s “Fresh Air with Terry Gross and Tonya Mosley.“ WHEN: The event […]

todaySeptember 17, 2024

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Watch: ‘The Hill with April Ryan’ amplifies the voices of Black women in the conversation about a court’s IVF decision

This week, “The Hill with April Ryan” brings the voices of Black women to the national conversation on IVF after a controversial Alabama court ruling. Ryan chats with singer and reality star Candiace Dillard-Bassett and actress Keisha Knight Pulliam about the need to protect women’s reproductive freedoms. As it relates to IVF, the procedure remains out of reach for many Black and brown women as it can cost up to $15,000. Watch more on theGrio.com! Never miss a beat: Get our […]

todayMarch 8, 2024