Newt Gingrich caught in race-baiting 'Catch-22'
OPINION - With thunderous applause in support of Newt Gingrich's continuing effort to connect poverty to stereotypes of African-Americans, the story of race-baiting in the 2012 election continues...
New study: Tensions between rich and poor rising
theGRIO REPORT - A new study shows that the conflicts between the rich and poor in this country have risen to its highest level in 25 years.
GOP candidates distort welfare, food stamps
OPINION - Racial drama from the presidential campaign seems never ending. At the center is government benefits programs. Rick Santorum was clearly caught on video connecting a general discussion about benefits solely to African Americans...
Gary, Indiana swears in first black female mayor
CLUTCH - On the first day of the New Year, Indiana will receive its first ever African-American woman mayor. Karen Freeman-Wilson, 51, was sworn in January 1st to lead one of the nation's most depressed cities...
Education prevents teens from turning to Plan B
theGRIO REPORT - The decision to not allow teenagers to obtain Plan B without a prescription could continue to feed into more unwanted teenage pregnancies, especially for African-American teenagers. Yet experts say more sex education can prevent teens from turning to Plan B.
How do cash-strapped parents cope on Xmas?
theGRIO REPORT - How do cash-strapped African-American parents tell their child that these difficult economic times made it hard for Santa Claus to bring them a gift?...
A poor black child? Love, not Google, saved me
NEWSONE - What Gene Marks' column and his legion of detractors failed to touch on is that overcoming poverty is not about access and citing statistics...
Census: 1 in 2 people are poor or low-income
WASHINGTON (AP) - Squeezed by rising living costs, a record number of Americans -- nearly 1 in 2 -- have fallen into poverty or are scraping by on earnings that classify them as low income...
47 percent of children in homeless families are black
theGRIO REPORT - The Child Trends Data Bank determined "Black children are disproportionately represented among homeless families. Approximately, 47 percent of children in homeless families are black'....
'If I Were a Poor Black Kid' column is just plain stupid
OPINION - Gene Marks of Forbes wrote a column entitled "If I Wear a Poor Black Kid" (which has been "removed from their website)...
