Reporter fired for responding to racially-charged Facebook comments
theGRIO REPORT - As a black woman in a highly public profession, Rhonda Lee has received more than enough criticism in regards to her race and appearance...
On Facebook, Belcher and Perkins appear happy
theGRIO REPORT - If there were problems between Kansas City Chiefs player Jovan Belcher and his girlfriend, Kassandra Michelle Perkins, they were not obvious on Facebook, where they were the picture of a happy family. Clearly, the reality was different...
Parents who learned of daughter's death on Facebook hire investigator
theGRIO REPORT - The parents of a university student, who only learned of their daughter's death through a post on Facebook, have hired their own attorney and private investigator....
Parents learn about child's death on Facebook
theGRIO REPORT - Parents of Valdosta State University student Jasmine Benjamin say they learned of their daughter's death through Facebook. The case is now being investigated as a homicide...
Katt Williams blasted on Facebook; sued by disgruntled fans
theGRIO REPORT - Katt Williams may find himself in court again. Williams and his concert promoter Live Nation are being sued by fans who were so disappointed by his performance, or lack of one, that they are taking him to court...
Israeli faces backlash for blackface 'Obama' post
theGRIO REPORT - Sacha Dratwa, 26, head of the New Media Desk for the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) spent a day at the the Dead Sea's mud baths and posted this photo of himself with the controversial comment 'Obama style'...
Obama's 2012 campaign tops digital fundraising in 2008
theGRIO REPORT - New numbers show that the 2012 Obama campaign's digital fundraising brought in even more money than the successful tactic did in 2008...
Virginia GOP official condemns Obama to hell
theGRIO REPORT - Bob FitzSimmonds, a GOP official from Virginia, became the latest Republican to unleash a post-election rant when he condemned President Barack Obama to hell on his Facebook page...
Woman fired after posting racial slur about Obama on Facebook
NBC NEWS - A California woman has been fired from her job as an ice cream store manager after she referred to President Barack Obama with a racial slur on Facebook and wrote 'maybe he will get assassinated'...
Black women embrace Facebook page communities for inspiration
Household names like Essence, Jet, Heart & Soul, and EBONY have worked for decades to counter questionable images with positive alternatives, Facebook pages have allowed for the immediate creation of new communities that empower black women with images and words with a mere click.
