Struggling homeowners look to federal program
Lisette Dewitt * is trying to stay strong, but it’s hard. The single mother is facing foreclosure in less than a week, and could lose her Virginia townhouse.
New black student initiative has sweeping goals
theGRIO REPORT - The Obama administration has launched the first steps of an ambitious plan to dramatically improve academic achievement among African-American students from the 'cradle to career'..
The first lady's roots explored in 'American Tapestry'
REVIEW - While Americans and people all over the world are familiar with president Obama's biracial heritage, only basic family history was publicly known about the nation's groundbreaking first lady...
Will black Mormons back Obama or Romney?
theGRIO REPORT - With the presidential election close at hand, Mormons, and particularly African-American Latter-day Saints, have been increasingly thrust into the spotlight...
Black women salute America's 'first mom'
TheGrio REPORT -- A few days ago at the White House, as military families enjoyed a Mother's Day celebration in the chandeliered East Room, Michelle Obama offered praise for their sacrifice and service to America...
3 white supremacists guilty of hate crimes
theGRIO REPORT - Three alleged white supremacists who violently beat an African-American man while he waited at a Houston bus stop have been found guilty of a federal hate crime...
Kemba Smith story takes a more positive turn
theGRIO Q&A - You may remember the saga of Kemba Smith, the onetime Hampton University student who in 1995 was sentenced to 24 years in federal prison for her role in a crack cocaine ring...
Meet the black man behind Obama's Super PAC
theGRIO REPORT - Rodell Mollineau, a 35-year-old African-American political strategist, is the president of American Bridge, one of the two leading Super PACs trying to aid President Obama's re-election...
'Gleam' revisits Zora Neale Hurston's classic novel
theGRIO REPORT - Currently playing in Baltimore at CENTERSTAGE, a nationally respected artistic venue, 'Gleam' tells the epic story of one woman's journey through love and loss to a life of meaning and self-fulfillment...
New book reveals first couple behind the scenes
REVIEW - The book has 360 pages of dialogue and intimate details, giving the impression of being inside the minds of the first couple and other players...
