Ex-NYC mayor Dinkins on legacy, 'ridiculous' politics
VIDEO - Former NYC Mayor David Dinkins sat down with MSNBC’s Alex Witt on Saturday to talk about a range of issues, from America's national debt to partisanship in Washington, and his hard fought battle to become the first black Mayor of New York City in 1989...
Slavery-math homework causes uproar at school
NEW YORK (AP) - A school principal said she's 'appalled' by a homework assignment that used scenarios about killing and whipping slaves to teach math...
NAACP leader vs. Bloomberg on ‘Stop and Frisk’
theGRIO REPORT - The national president of the NAACP took to a Brooklyn pulpit Sunday to condemn the city’s 'Stop and Frisk' policy and recent comments made in support of it by New York City’s mayor...
Forest Whitaker falsely accused of shoplifting
NEW YORK - Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker was frisked by an employee at a Manhattan deli Saturday after being accused of shoplifting, according to published reports...
Carmelo Anthony unsure about All-Star game with arm injury
NEW YORK (AP) — Carmelo Anthony's All-Star game start could be in jeopardy after he received a deep bruise in his right arm that caused numbness.
Kimye security bypass delays flight
NEW YORK - An airline employee at Kennedy Airport is being investigated for allowing Kanye West and Kim Kardashian to bypass a mandatory security screening before they boarded a flight to Los Angeles Tuesday morning...
Report finds some gains for minority actors in NYC
NEW YORK (AP) — The percentage of minority actors working on Broadway and at the top 16 not-for-profit theater companies in New York City rose to 23 percent during the 2011-2012 season...
NYPD defends undercover spying of Muslims
WASHINGTON (AP) - The New York Police Department is defending its use of undercover officers to prevent terrorism attacks, saying it follows the Constitution regardless of what civil rights lawyers say about its surveillance of the Muslim community...
Racist graffiti found inside World Trade Center bathrooms
theGRIO REPORT - The newly constructed One World Trade Center stands as a beacon of historical significance and remembrance for those affected by the September 11th terrorist attacks more than a decade ago...
NAACP rep blasts 'unfairness' of NYC soda ban
theGRIO REPORT - 'What we are saying in the brief that was filed is that there is an unfairness to this,' Hazel N. Dukes, president of the New York State chapter of the NAACP, told theGrio....
