Why immigration matters to black America
OPINION - For black America, the conversation about comprehensive immigration reform has often seemed disconnected from the core experience of most members of the community...
NAN convention to attract Holder, Magic Johnson, Spike lee
theGRIO REPORT - When Rev. Al Sharpton and the National Action Network convene their 15th annual convention April 3-6, they will be joined by an array of political and entertainment leaders, including members of the Barack Obama administration...
Why black Americans take Sharpton's lead
OPINION - There is one optimistic and one despairing way to spin the Zogby Analytics Poll commissioned by BET founder and mega businessman Robert L. Johnson on leadership among black Americans...
Ted Nugent: 'Destruction of blacks' engineered by Obama
theGRIO REPORT - Nugent, in a column published today, claims that the Democratic party is the root cause for the poor social and economic conditions for African-Americans..
How to end the HIV/AIDS crisis in black America
OPINION - Two years ago, the nation’s oldest civil rights organization and oldest university formed a partnership to investigate the persistent racial disparity in HIV/AIDS in the United States...
Obama's not 'president of black America'
OPINION - The idea that the nation’s first black president is not the representative of all black people should not surprise anyone...
Obama: 'I'm not the president of black America'
theGRIO REPORT - In a recent interview with Black Enterprise magazine, President Barack Obama bristled at criticism that he has received, from some circles, about his supposed lack of action on behalf of black businesses...
I love the black church but it doesn't love me
OPINION - A theGrio reader speaks directly to those leaders of the black church who focus on what they call the 'sin' of homosexuality, sometimes to the exclusion of other issues of importance to black communities...
The top 10 best US presidents for black America
SLIDESHOW - America has had 44 presidents, each of whom has had varying degrees of influence, for better or worse, on the lives of black Americans...
How we can end the black HIV/AIDS epidemic
OPINION - Despite initially being mischaracterized, HIV/AIDS has disproportionately affected black Americans since the very beginning of the epidemic...
