Trayvon Martin’s parents take on a new role
theGRIO REPORT - Now that Zimmerman has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder, Trayvon's parents have transitioned into a new role as activists and agents for social change...
App created to report airport racial profiling
Civil rights groups are developing an idea for an app that would allow people to report in 'real time' when they are being racially profiled during airport searches...
Supreme ruling could reshape racial profiling
theGRIO REPORT - The Court's decision on the law, which will be debated in oral arguments on Wednesday, could play a powerful role in the the national debate on racial profiling...
Policymakers look to prevent another Trayvon
theGRIO REPORT - The shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin is leading to a burst of legislative and policy thinking about how to prevent such a tragedy from happening again.
Supreme Court strip search ruling hardest on blacks
theGRIO REPORT - The prevalence of racial profiling, despite its prohibition by federal law, suggests that innocent black men in particular are susceptible to disproportionate arrests and strip searches..
Black Sanford residents: A history of distrusting cops
theGRIO REPORT - When Sanford's black residents talk about the 'good old boy' network, they often mean the Sanford police department, which for many, embodies the worst aspects of the old south...
Tyler Perry recounts racial profiling by LAPD
Tyler Perry recently posted a detailed account to his personal Facebook page of his last experience being racial profiled by the police...
Trayvon Martin's parents go to Capitol Hill
theGRIO REPORT - The parents of Trayvon Martin came to Washington and thanked members of Congress for their support during an emotional forum on Capitol Hill on Tuesday afternoon...
Trayvon's mom to participate in racial profiling forum
MIAMI - The mother of slain Miami teen Trayvon Martin is expected to attend a congressional forum in Washington D.C. Tuesday to discuss racial profiling and hate crimes issues...
Black youth react to Trayvon Martin tragedy
theGRIO REPORT - While we still don't know all the details about what occurred that fateful night when George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin's paths crossed, the tragic result of their encounter is felt by many black teens today...
