Have we turned a corner on the death penalty?
OPINION - Mumia Abu-Jamal and Troy Davis faced different outcomes, but both cases speak to the issues of doubt and possible innocence...
Trump is back! And still has 'the blacks' problem
OPINION - Donald Trump is back! And there's every indication that he still has a black people problem...
What Maybach's fall says about hip-hop's reign
theGRIO REPORT - While the effect of rap celebrity endorsements is sometimes a positive one, these promotional efforts often backfire...
The cost of closing civil rights era cold cases
OPINION - For African-Americans, the stakes are high. Black people still suffer from wounds of the civil rights movement, and remember the reluctance of FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover to go after civil rights murders...
Has the South re-segregated politically?
OPINION - With their lockstep support for the Democratic Party in the South, African-Americans are seemingly returning to the old Jim Crow days of political powerlessness...
Can Clarence Thomas be fair on health care?
TheGRIO REPORT - The Supreme Court, has decided to hear arguments next March on the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's health care law...
Cain survives tone deaf debate performance
OPINION - Cain has not been hurt by the sexual harassment accusations in terms of his fundraising and support from the base. The audience reaction to Cain in the debate was no exception...
Why do Africans dominate marathons?
theGRIO REPORT - All in all, African runners won the top five spots and six of the top seven places. In the men's race, only one American has won since 1983, and no American woman has won since 1977...
How gang initiation is a Halloween 'tradition'
theGRIO REPORT - Whether based on actual incidents or the product of rumors and hoaxes, stories of Halloween gang initiations are not going away...
Is Cain's 'phantom campaign' a winning strategy?
OPINION - The former Godfather's Pizza CEO and motivational speaker is running a presidential campaign full of contradictions -- that is, if he is actually running much of a campaign at all...
