Are the most dangerous neighborhoods in Detroit?
theGRIO REPORT - Detroit has the unenviable position of having the most dangerous neighborhoods in the nation, according to a study published this week...
Colion Noir, the NRA’s ‘urban gun enthusiast,’ is off target
OPINION - Noir’s position that African-Americans should then embrace a continued proliferation of assault weapons rather than support legislation that could only reduce guns on the street is baffling...
Which budget cuts are killing our communities?
NBC NEWS - For cities and rural towns across the country, as well as nonprofits like Baltimore Reads, officials are struggling to maintain programs offered to low- and moderate-income residents...
Compton poised to become next bankrupt US city
theGRIO REPORT - Compton, California, a city just outside of Los Angeles may be the third city in the state to file bankruptcy...
Detroit mayor Dave Bing frustrated over delays
DETROIT (AP) - Detroit Mayor Dave Bing lashed out Thursday against 'people with personal agendas' he blames for stalling his efforts to pull the city from the brink of financial collapse...
Detroit may go broke by June 15
theGRIO REPORT - The city of Detroit will run out of money by June 15 if a lawsuit challenging the validity of the consent agreement the city signed with the state of Michigan in April is not withdrawn...
Lights out! Why half of Detroit could go dark
theGRIO REPORT - The news was met with exasperation, shock, and disbelief last week as Detroit Mayor Dave Bing announced a plan to eliminate nearly half of the city’s streetlights in an effort to move people to more densely populated areas of the city...
Detroit mayor Dave Bing hospitalized
theGRIO REPORT - Detroit Mayor Dave Bing had surgery Saturday to repair a perforation of the intestines. He is expected to remain in hospitalized for the next five to seven days...
National rate of HIV is higher for black women
In Baltimore, and five other cities in the U.S., African American women are becoming infected with HIV much more than any other race...
Chicago activists highlight housing segregation in city
theGRIO REPORT - A recent study examined the racial makeup of American neighborhoods and proclaimed the decline in segregation nationwide. For two housing advocates in Chicago, this study could not have been further from the truth...
