Gen Z (and increasingly Gen Alpha), like pretty much every generation before them, may seem too cool for school and too hip to care about traditions from the past. Surprisingly, though, there’s one ...

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 are in the midst of historically Black college and university ...

Last year, I stood under the Maryland moonlight on the evening of a once-every-19-year eclipse in my zodiac. I was 19 years old the last time it had occurred. Unbeknownst to me at the time, I would ...

We’re officially in the thick of prom season. Teenagers are choosing their dates for the dance, planning where they’ll take photos, and picking out their outfits. Prom is a rite of passage and a ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX/Gray News) - A mother and daughter duo now share the same crown after a high school senior was crowned Homecoming queen 28 years after he mom was crowned at the same high school.

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. It’s homecoming season in African America—that joyous time of year when ...

His name was Mike. We grew up down the street from one another. Of course, where I grew up, surrounded by corn fields and soy beans, “down the street” meant a good two to three miles. Mike and I were ...

I set foot in a Catholic Church today for the first time in decades. I am one of those lapsed Catholics you’ve heard so much about. There are millions of us around the world who have long felt ...

We flew from New York City to New Orleans on November 28, 2016, my father, my mother, my husband, my two little girls and I. Our rental car followed the path of the Mississippi northward, snaking past ...