TheGrio's 100: Eugene Sawyer, bringing health care to Detroit's uninsured
TheGrio's 100 - Eugene Sawyer and Second Grace United Methodist Church have given impoverished Detroit dwellers a second chance at health...
TheGrio's 100: Carnell Cooper, treating victims of violence outside the ER
TheGrio's 100 - Dr. Cooper maintains a 60-hour work week, personally mentors two VIP clients, attends court hearings and even visits patients in jail...
TheGrio's 100: Aaron Shirley, using Iranian solutions for US health problems
TheGrio's 100 - Shirley pioneered the incorporation of clinics in city high schools, which reduced teenage pregnancy, sexually transmitted disease, drug, abuse and teenage violence...
TheGrio's 100: Winston Gandy, filling the gaps for health care have-nots
TheGrio's 100 - Dr. Winston Gandy understands that America's uneven access to health care is deadly. People of color live an average of six years fewer than their white counterparts...
Philly abortion clinic horror highlights need for more access
OPINION - We can't allow the sensationalistic images from Gosnell's case to distract us from the underlying issues that might otherwise be highlighted by this case...
GOP should do their jobs by creating some
OPINION - Much like their empty, anti-Obama attack machine, they provide no solutions, no answers for the nation's economic malaise and no legislative agenda...
Slideshow: TheGrio's most uplifting stories of 2010
SLIDESHOW - These inspiring stories touched our hearts this year, and we definitely do not want to forget them...
Slideshow: What has Obama done for black America in 2010?
SLIDESHOW - In light of the bad economy and attacks on Obama from all directions, the public has lost sight of the many accomplishments of the nation's first black president...
Senate passes aid package for Sept. 11 workers
WASHINGTON (AP) - A House vote was expected on the bill within hours as lawmakers raced to wrap up their work for the year before Christmas...
African-American women at higher risk of pregnancy-related death
theGRIO REPORT - Like most health conditions that affect low socioeconomic or minority populations, access to care is the common theme...
