Is Florida's 'droopy drawers' law a form of racial profiling?
OPINION - Not surprisingly, the anti-sagging laws come at a time when young people -- particularly poor children and children of color -- are increasingly criminalized...
Central Park 5 still seeking justice in NYC jogger case
OPINION - The five young men who were ultimately indicted, tried and convicted say they were coerced into a confession...
Is Obama an 'affirmative action president'?
OPINION - Demanding that the president produce his college transcript, like demanding that he show his birth certificate, is an absurdity...
Blacks may bear brunt of new police data capture technology
theGRIO REPORT - The Michigan State Police has bought the 'Universal Forensic Extraction Device', a handheld gadget which can copy the entire content of a cell phone...
Why the Obama chimp email is no laughing matter
OPINION - The depiction of the nation's first black president as an ape or a monkey has been used against Barack Obama since the days of the 2008 presidential election...
Why blacks take birtherism more personally
OPINION - The attacks on the president's citizenship, combined with the personal jabs against Mr. Obama and his family, are an affront to the entire black community...
Racial bias of GOP base poses problems for 2012 hopefuls
OPINION - For example, 46 percent of Mississippi Republican voters believe that interracial marriage should be prohibited by law...
Gingrich funds group that compares black people to 'rabbits'
theGRIO REPORT - Gingrich denies that AFA is a hate group, claiming instead that is a 'Christian organization' and a 'Christian based membership group'...
Is 'racial resentment' behind health reform backlash?
OPINION - An interesting study was released suggesting that white opposition to heath care may be racially motivated...
Rodney King beating 20 years later: Can't we all just get along?
theGRIO REPORT - For all of the attention that the King incident brought in terms of the need for reforms, statistics suggest that these incidents have increased...
