Trump tweet hints he still thinks Central Park Five are guilty
theGRIO REPORT - Donald Trump used his Twitter account on Sunday to attack the five men convicted -- and later exonerated -- in the Central Park Jogger case in 1989...
PBS 'Central Park Five' airing illuminates racial biases in justice
OPINION - The documentary might be easier to stomach if 'justice' had improved since then. But it’s not so far fetched that this could happen now, is it?...
New York Observer's 'most influential' list overlooks black political icons
OPINION - The New York Observer recently put out an article titled 'The 100 Most Influential New Yorkers of the Past 25 Years' and a whopping six black people made the list...
Sharpton talks to wrongly convicted 'Central Park Five'
VIDEO - On Thursday's Politics Nation, Rev. Al Sharpton spoke with the four of the five men who as teenagers in the early 1990s were wrongly convicted of gang raping a white jogger in Central Park...
'Central Park Five' snubbed on Oscar documentary shortlist
theGRIO REPORT - Ken Burns' film about the minority youths falsely accused in the rape of Central Park jogger in the 1980s, The Central Park Five, has been left off the Academy Awards shortlist for best documentary...
This week's book list: Susan Rice, Charles Schultz remembered
POST SCRIPT'D - Susan Rice found herself on the hot seat this week as members of the GOP threatened to block her path to replace Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State...
'Central Park Five' revisited in Ken Burns film
theGRIO REPORT - Famed documentary filmmaker Ken Burns calls his latest release The Central Park Five his most "journalistic" project. The film, which opens in limited release in New York Friday, details the story of the 'Central Park Jogger' assault and rape case which nearly left a young woman dead...
Central Park 5 still seeking justice in NYC jogger case
OPINION - The five young men who were ultimately indicted, tried and convicted say they were coerced into a confession...
