Jamie Foxx plays villain in new 'Spider Man'
SLIDESHOW - Jamie Foxx hit Times Square yesterday dressed as his character Electro for the upcoming movie 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2'...
The Whitney Museum of American Art presents 'Blues for Smoke'
REVIEW - The Whitney Museum of American Art exhibit, 'Blues for Smoke,' features an exciting array of works by a wide range of contemporary black artists. But it offers so much more...
Basketball star wants to 'represent' black males in college
theGRIO REPORT - A few minutes talking to Chicago high school basketball star Jabari Parker is refreshingly informative, reflective and positive. He is an 18-year-old going on 25...
NY State Sen. Malcolm Smith arrested in alleged mayor race plot
NEW YORK (AP) - New York state Sen. Malcolm Smith, a New York City councilman and four other politicians are facing charges in a public corruption probe...
NYPD officer says he taunted boy, 13, during stop
NEW YORK (AP) - A police officer testified Wednesday that he taunted a potential suspect who turned out to be an innocent 13-year-old after he detained the boy under the New York Police Department's disputed program of stopping, questioning and frisking people on city streets...
NYPD officer says he taunted boy, 13, during stop
NEW YORK (AP) - Police officers are being grilled about the New York Police Department's practice of stopping, questioning and frisking people on the street...
Audrey Smaltz and Gail Marquis: A loving example for marriage equality
theGRIO REPORT - Audrey Smaltz, 75, and Gail Marquis, 68, request to be called wife and wife when they are introduced. For them, only this term connotes the tender nature of their commitment...
24-year-old breaks down in NY stop, frisk trial
NEW YORK (AP) — A 24-year-old nonprofit worker wept on the witness stand Tuesday as he described an unnerving episode of being handcuffed near his home while an officer took his keys and went inside his building.
Do chain stores avoid black neighborhoods?
theGRIO REPORT - Many necessary retail resources were either non-existent, scarce or required traveling some distance...
2 NYPD officers who shot Kimani Gray had faced lawsuits
NEW YORK (AP) - Two police officers who killed a 16-year-old boy on a New York City street have been sued for alleged civil rights violations related to other encounters with the public, the Daily News reported Saturday...
