Man vs. bulldozers to save homeless ministry
theGRIO REPORT - In Fresno, CA, as we all prepare to enjoy Christmas, a homeless man fights bulldozers to maintain his homeless ministry...
Gingrich, Trump propose poor kids 'Apprentice'
TheGRIO REPORT - At a press conference with reality TV show host Donald Trump, Gingrich suggested Trump create a new "Apprentice" -- for poor children in New York city...
Gingrich plays Scrooge with America's poor
OPINION - As we approach the Christmas holidays, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich appears to be taking his political cues from Ebenezer Scrooge...
Gingrich on poverty: Pay poor kids to be janitors
OPINION - The former Speaker proposes that in poor neighborhoods, the 'schools ought to get rid of the unionized janitors, have one master janitor and pay local students to take care of the school.' Poverty solved...
Black students still losing academic ground despite reforms
Chicago Tribune - News of this growing deficit was surprising to researchers considering the strides African-American students had made nationally over the same period...
GA health care disparity: A result of wealth gap?
theGRIO REPORT - Georgia ranks low among states on several health indicators, including childhood obesity, infant mortality, childhood obesity, infectious disease and cardiovascular deaths..
'Personhood' failure a win for women in poverty
theGRIO REPORT - Pro-choice advocates say the passage of the personhood amendment would have disproportionately negative implications for black women...
Jimmy Carter: Few houses built for poor Haitians
LEOGANE, Haiti (AP) - Haiti hasn't seen many homes built for the poor following a devastating earthquake almost two years ago, former President Jimmy Carter said Monday...
'Prosperity gospel' is popular in black church
theGRIO REPORT - Prosperity gospel is not a new concept, contrary to popular belief. The prosperity gospel movement dates as far back to at least the 1940s and 50s...
Census: Atlanta has widest wealth gap of US cities
theGRIO REPORT - U.S census numbers have given the city a new label that's nothing to be proud of, but puts into perspective how many Georgians are struggling to make ends meet...
