Lynn Whitfield weighs in on Zoe Saldana as Nina Simone
VIDEO - During part 1 of her interview with theGrio, 'King's Faith' actress Lynn Whitfield opened up about her new film, and weighed in on Zoe Saldana playing Nina Simone in a biopic...
President Obama apologizes to Kamala Harris
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has apologized to California's attorney general for commenting on her looks at a Democratic fundraiser....
Cut Obama slack for Kamala Harris quip
OPINION - President Obama was at a fundraiser. He was comfortable among friends. I am choosing to believe the best in the president of the United States of America...
Obama's Kamala Harris 'best looking' comment crossed the line
OPINION - President Obama is a feminist ally which is why it’s important to call this remark out, with love, in order to bring awareness to the issue of sexism in politics...
Black teen unemployment drops 10 percent, national rate dips slighty
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. employers added just 88,000 jobs in March, the fewest in nine months and a sharp retreat after a period of strong hiring. The slowdown may signal that the economy is heading into a weak spring...
Slideshow: Action! Obama White House film screenings
theGRIO REPORT - Throughout President Obama's years at the White House, the first couple has screened variety of movies, documentaries, and television shows...
'Why '44' embraced the movie '42'
OPINION - When President Barack Obama embraced Rachel Robinson, the 90-year-old widow of baseball Hall of Fame legend Jackie Robinson on Tuesday, he did so as a man in a unique position to relate to her late husband's story...
A post-racial US? Court poised to change race laws
WASHINGTON (AP) — Has the nation lived down its history of racism and should the law become colorblind?
Frist lady Michelle Obama steps up policy agenda
NBC Politics - Behind the glamour and the occasional – yet always controlled – goofiness, First Lady Michelle Obama has returned to the East Wing for her husband's second term with a sharp focus on the policy causes that she has championed over the past four years...
Obama lays MLK memorial stone on Israeli grave
NBCNews - Barack Obama on Friday laid a stone from the grounds of the Washington memorial to Martin Luther King Jr. on the grave of Yitzhak Rabin, the Israeli prime minister assassinated by a Jewish extremist enraged by his efforts to make peace with Palestinians...
