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...
Kimani Gray's family to speak out
NEW YORK (AP) - The family of a New York City teenager shot to death by police said they would speak out Thursday about the case after a candlelight vigil resulted in 46 arrests...
New York Observer's 'most influential' list overlooks black political icons
OPINION - The New York Observer recently put out an article titled 'The 100 Most Influential New Yorkers of the Past 25 Years' and a whopping six black people made the list...
NYC anti-teen pregnancy campaign shames when it should help
OPINION - There are certainly more compassionate ways to warn teen girls about the risk of becoming single mothers than the insulting, frightening messages being promoted by Mayor Bloomberg...
Fatal teen shooting by cops protested
NBC News - The fatal shooting of a 16-year-old boy by undercover police sparked a protest in New York City on Monday night.
Judge strikes down NYC soda ban, NY NAACP president responds
theGRIO REPORT - A judge has struck down a ban restricting the size of sodas sold in certain establishments in New York City that was set to go into effect Tuesday...
6-year-old boy killed in Harlem hit and run during crossing guard break
VIDEO - A 6-year-old boy was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer one block from his school in East Harlem Thursday morning while the crossing guard was taking a break, according to a law enforcement official...
Ex-NYC mayor Dinkins on legacy, 'ridiculous' politics
VIDEO - Former NYC Mayor David Dinkins sat down with MSNBC’s Alex Witt on Saturday to talk about a range of issues, from America's national debt to partisanship in Washington, and his hard fought battle to become the first black Mayor of New York City in 1989...
Slavery-math homework causes uproar at school
NEW YORK (AP) - A school principal said she's 'appalled' by a homework assignment that used scenarios about killing and whipping slaves to teach math...
