Tavis Smiley marks 10th year on PBS
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tavis Smiley has stood out in 20 years in broadcasting, and he has no intention of changing his style or substance.
PBS 'Central Park Five' airing illuminates racial biases in justice
OPINION - The documentary might be easier to stomach if 'justice' had improved since then. But it’s not so far fetched that this could happen now, is it?...
New film tells story of unsung civil rights leader
WASHINGTON (AP) - In the civil rights struggle, Young was overshadowed by his larger-than-life peer, Martin Luther King Jr...
theGrio's 100: Neil deGrasse Tyson, the nation’s expert on space
theGRIO'S 100 - Neil deGrasse Tyson is an accomplished astrophysicist from the Bronx, New York...
'Soul Food Junkies' film explores pleasures, perils of black cooking
EURWEB - Airing in January as part of the network’s Independent Lens series, the film from director Byron Hurt serves up such satisfying-yet-not-so-heart friendly soul food staples as fried chicken, ribs, collard greens, mac and cheese, cornbread, peach cobbler and more...
'Puppet March' planned in DC to defend PBS funding
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 1,000 puppeteers and public broadcasting supporters have signed on for a march on the National Mall in Washington three days before the election...
Big Bird flies high in 2012 campaign
NEW YORK (AP) -_ President Barack Obama's campaign deployed the beloved 'Sesame Street' icon in a new TV ad Tuesday mocking Mitt Romney for saying he would defund public broadcasting if elected...
Big Bird appears in new Obama ad
NEW YORK (AP) - President Barack Obama's campaign is deploying Big Bird in a new TV ad chiding Mitt Romney for saying he will end federal funding for public broadcasting...
LeVar Burton rejects Romney's Big Bird politics
NEWS ONE - On Thursday night, the former Emmy-winning host and producer of 'Reading Rainbow,' LeVar Burton (pictured right), blasted GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney for his Big Bird remarks about cutting funding to non-profit television station PBS...
New film tackles black AIDS crisis
theGRIO REPORT - The new documentary 'Endgame: AIDS in Black America' is a two-hour exploration of how black America is coping with the epidemic....
