Black man who stormed stage during Kansas City mayor's speech charged

theGRIO REPORT - An African-American man who stormed the stage during Kansas City Mayor Sly James’ 'State of City' speech on Tuesday has today been charged with two misdemeanors...

Nigerian woman living under deportation threat

theGRIO REPORT - Yetunde Orungbemi faces the prospect of being estranged from her African-American husband and deported back to a country she barely knows...

Child prodigy set to take classical music by storm

theGRIO REPORT - Malik Kofi is extraordinarily talented; a child prodigy, musical genius, awe-inspiring orator, with intellectual gifts well beyond his years...

Africans react to historic election of Latin Pope

theGRIO REPORT - Could Francis’ election open the doors for the first African pope in more than 1,500 years?...

Mom petitions Obama to return child from Africa

theGRIO REPORT - A distraught mother whose daughter has been abducted has launched a campaign on the White House petition website in a last-ditch attempt to encourage the federal government to take action...

Does a lack of swimming pools in black neighborhoods endanger lives?

theGRIO REPORT - A South Miami community activist says the lack of access to a pool and swimming lessons in the city’s African-American neighborhood means black kids don’t have the skills to swim, in some cases costing lives...

'Fela!' musical shines in Atlanta

theGRIO REPORT - Celebrities turned out in full force yesterday for the opening night of the return of the musical Fela! to Atlanta...

Zoe Saldana on Nina Simone backlash

theGRIO REPORT - Zoe Saldana has finally responded to critics who have been fuming since it was announced that the Avatar star would be replacing Mary J. Blige in the upcoming Nina Simone biopic...

Who is Janet Jackson's new husband?

theGRIO REPORT - At first glance the Qatari billionaire businessman seems an unexpected mate for the Queen of Pop...

Photo exhibition celebrates link between preachers and DJs

theGRIO REPORT - An innovative one-day photographic exhibition that explores the analogy between DJs and ministers took place in Atlanta on Sunday night...

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