'Sou-sou': Immigrants bring savings club to US
theGRIO REPORT - Sou-sous allow it's members to avoid banking fees, loan interest and it's virtually devoid of paperwork and bureaucracy...
Holder intervenes in gay man's deportation case
WASHINGTON (AP) - Holder set aside the Board of Immigration Appeals ruling allowing the deportation to Ireland of Paul Wilson Dorman, a gay man illegally in the U.S...
NYC mayor says immigration can help Detroit
VIDEO - Mayor Bloomberg wants to help Detroit get back on its feet. Bloomberg appeared on 'Meet the Press' Sunday and told host David Gregory that if it were up to him...
Harvard has more black students than ever, but are they African-American?
OPINION - The irony is that the multicultural inclusiveness that is desired by colleges and universities is the same thing that can distort the numbers for black students...
Arizona gov. vetoes presidential 'birther' bill
PHOENIX (AP) - Opponents had warned the bill would give another black eye to Arizona after last year's controversy over the state's illegal immigration enforcement law...
Are black vs. brown tensions being exploited in jobs debate?
theGRIO REPORT - The third immigration hearing since January focused on whether illegal immigration contributes to higher jobless rates among black and Hispanics...
Cleaver says GOP causing minority jobs tension
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, and other lawmakers say the GOP want to create an "us versus them" mentality...
Do Hispanics 'work harder' than blacks?
OPINION - Instead of simply praising the work ethic of the immigrant population, SC lawmaker Robert Ford has gone out of his way to make this into some kind of contest...
Black and brown unite to fight new Miss. immigration bill
theGRIO REPORT - In a state where Latinos have no representation in the state legislature, African-Americans -- have extended their hands...
A year after quake, Haitians in America fear deportation
theGRIO VIDEO - When the deadly earthquake hit Haiti last year, an educated and well-dressed young man's life was changed forever...
