Best pictures: Barack Obama the dad
SLIDESHOW - On Father's Day, here are some of our favorite pictures of Barack Obama just being a dad...
Yes, some black people do care about Kwanzaa
OPINION - At this point in my life and career I see little point in defining and/or defending Kwanzaa to any one, least of all some racially incensed republican state senator in Wisconsin...
How to deal with unwanted gifts
theGRIO REPORT - Someone thought enough of you to give you a Christmas present, but the problem is -- you hate it. Do you exchange it at the store? Do you re-gift it? What will you tell the gift giver?...
How Kwanzaa has become big holiday business
theGRIO REPORT - Given that Kwanzaa starts immediately after Christmas, arguably the most commercialized American holiday of the year, it makes sense to examine the economic effects of Kwanzaa on black businesses...
Family welcomes two Christmas babies
VIDEO - Monique and Jeremy Houston Sr. got married on Christmas Day 2010, then welcomed two sons the following two years, on Christmas Day 2011 and 2012...
First dog Bo likes story time from the lap of luxury
VIDEO - First dog Bo steals the show when he climbs into Michelle Obama’s lap before the First Lady reads a Christmas story to children at a hospital...
President Obama, first lady release Kwanzaa holiday message
theGRIO REPORT - President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama didn't overlook the Afrocentric holiday of Kwanzaa this year...
Obama to fly home early as 'fiscal cliff' looms
HONOLULU (AP) - President Barack Obama was cutting short his traditional Christmas holiday in Hawaii, planning to leave for Washington on Wednesday evening as a year-end deadline loomed before the U.S. economy goes over the so-called 'fiscal cliff'...
'Django Unchained' does killer business on its opening day
theGRIO REPORT - According to early box office estimates, Quentin Tarantino's controversial but critically acclaimed slavery-themed western Django Unchained is shaping up to be a hit...
Blacks lament commercialization of Christmas
theGRIO REPORT - Many – most specifically African-Americans – are uncomfortable with Santa Claus and the commercialization of Christmas...
