Why Sharpton and West's heated debate on Obama won't cool down
OPINION - Cornel West is correct to challenge Sharpton on this important issue and the discussion must certainly continue...
Is black America stronger with Obama?
OPINION - We do not need the National Urban League, the United Negro College Fund, or the Obama Administration to tell us that things are bad in black America...
What is the gay black agenda?
OPINION - It is encouraging that President Barack Obama lent his support to the recent anti-bullying campaign...
Education program ends revolving door for some ex-cons (VIDEO)
theGRIO VIDEO - Job prospects for America's roughly 14 million ex-offenders of working age are considerably lower than those without records...
Misplaced priorities create a prison boom, education bust
OPINION - Over the years, as states escalated spending on prisons, funding for education suffered...
'We rise and fall together,' Obama tells Sharpton group
NEW YORK (AP) - The president, officially running for re-election as of this week, stood by his record of the past two years as proof of real progress...
Sharpton draws focus on the issues at annual event
NEW YORK (AP) -The Rev. Al Sharpton marked the 20th anniversary of his Harlem-based organization with President Barack Obama...
