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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
March 19, 2013
VIDEO – A new video has been released showing an encounter between a self-described segregationist and a black radio host during a Conservative Political Action Conference session on race…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
March 15, 2013
theGRIO REPORT – A ‘tea party’ group on Friday held a session at the CPAC that was supposed to teach attendees how to persuade black voters, that instead turned into a shouting match.
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
March 13, 2013
theGRIO REPORT – When then gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott selected Jennifer Carroll as his running-mate in 2010, it seemed like a stroke of genius…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
March 12, 2013
OPINION – Reinhold Reince Priebus embarked on an African-American “listening tour” in Brooklyn, New York, Monday, and the results were simply platitudinous…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
March 11, 2013
theGRIO REPORT – Writer and Democratic strategist Zerlina Maxwell is fielding a wave of support on social media, following some ugly responses to a segment in which she appeared on Fox News Channel’s ‘Hannity’…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
March 10, 2013
theGRIO REPORT – The country has been seeing a lot of Michelle Obama, and she seems to be having the time of her life…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
March 10, 2013
OPINION – The day after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s death, students in the West African country of Ghana were marching…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
March 10, 2013
OPINION – I will never forget watching President Obama unveil the statue of one of my personal heroes in Statuary Hall last week – allowing civil rights icon Rosa Parks to take her rightful place in our nation’s Capitol…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
OPINION – A child’s zip code should never determine her destiny. But today, a child’s health, educational outcomes, and lifetime economic opportunities are often negatively impacted when she grows up in a high poverty community…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
March 4, 2013
HATTIESBURB, MS — More than 50 years ago, the president of an all-white university in Mississippi went to such great lengths to keep a black man from enrolling as a student, that he had the man arrested on trumped up charges and sent to prison…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
March 4, 2013
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — It’s going to be tough to beat this buzzer beater just three days into March…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
March 4, 2013
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A politician named Obama who is running for governor in Kenya can boast of one big claim to fame on the campaign trail: blood relations with the president of the United States…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
March 1, 2013
theGRIO REPORT – Asked by reporters during a small round table that included theGrio, how she responds to the instant sensation created by everything from her wardrobe choices to her hair, Mrs. Obama said anyone in her position would face that spotlight. But she said she also recognized that she and President Obama are different…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
February 28, 2013
theGRIO REPORT – First lady Michelle Obama on Thursday announced the launch of a program that will bring her ‘Let’s Move!’ campaign to some 50,000 U.S. schools…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
February 28, 2013
theGRIO REPORT – In a country that in recent years has become almost defined by political polarization, it’s hard to imagine more unexpected partners than the deeply red state of Mississippi and Michelle Obama….
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
February 28, 2013
theGRIO REPORT – O’Mara said he joins those who have denounced blogs and websites that have posted fake pictures purporting to be Trayvon, including pictures of a young man wielding a gun, and a picture of rapper The Game, who is 28 years old and covered in tattoos…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
February 26, 2013
theGRIO REPORT – The shooting death of Trayvon Martin on February 26, 2012 marked a turning point for many black residents of Sanford…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
February 14, 2013
POSTSCRIPT’D – As we continue to celebrate the lives and contributions of African-Americans during Black History Month, The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks is perhaps one of the most important titles…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
February 14, 2013
OPINION – NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre unleashed an incendiary manifesto on Thursday, describing America — and Brooklyn, New York in particular — as a virtual hellscape…