Slideshow: A look back at 1970s 'Harlem, U.S.A'

Briana Lopes

SLIDESHOW - During that time, Harlem lost a third of its residents who sought refuge from its increasing crime and poverty. Those who stayed -- the barber, church-going women, children at play -- Bey captured through his camera lens...

Report: Economic recovery has barely reached blacks

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theGRIO REPORT - The benefits of the economic recovery that started in 2009, such as higher wages, more job opportunities and increased rates of homeownership, are reaching African-Americans much less than other demographic groups...

Art program changes lives of homeless, at-risk youth

Ashley Michelle Williams

theGRIO REPORT - ART START, a nationally recognized and award-winning non-profit organization for youth in New York City, uses art to nurture, transform, and save lives...

Study: Poor blacks endure more chronic pain, disability

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NEWS ONE - A recent study from the University of Michigan found that people in low income areas who are under age 50 experience more chronic pain than those who reside in more affluent neighborhoods...

Impoverished black youth publishes fantasy novel

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theGRIO REPORT - Despite being poor and homeless, at 20 Kyle Chais has risen above these hurdles to release his first novel called 'Nameless'...

Black seniors twice as likely as whites to be in poverty

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Some 19.4 percent of black and 19.0 percent of Latino seniors have incomes below the federal poverty line, compared to 9.4 percent for the senior population overall...

Somalia under threat of a second famine

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It has only been a month since the United Nations announced that the famine was over in Somalia...

Romney says he 'misspoke' when talking about poor

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RENO, Nev. (AP) - Mitt Romney says he misspoke when he said he was not very concerned about poor people...

Food stamp families to critics: Walk in our shoes

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Some have advanced degrees and remember middle-class lives. Some work selling lingerie or building websites. They are white, black and Hispanic, young and old, homeowners and homeless. What they have in common: They're all on food stamps...

Streets named for MLK on economic outskirts

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Even as the memory of King remains at the heart of American discourse, many of his namesake streets are drifting further to the social and economic periphery...

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Slideshow: A look back at 1970s 'Harlem, U.S.A'

Report: Economic recovery has barely reached blacks

Art program changes lives of homeless, at-risk youth

Study: Poor blacks endure more chronic pain, disability

Impoverished black youth publishes fantasy novel

Black seniors twice as likely as whites to be in poverty

Somalia under threat of a second famine

Romney says he 'misspoke' when talking about poor

Food stamp families to critics: Walk in our shoes

Streets named for MLK on economic outskirts

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