Duke students call for better climate for blacks
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - A group of about two dozen Duke University students urged administrators Tuesday to create a better climate and provide more financial support for black students...
Apartheid's black-on-black divide slower to heal
BELA BELA, South Africa (AP) - In the two decades since apartheid crumbled, a Truth and Reconciliation Commission has brought about a measure of reconciliation between blacks and their former white rulers...
GOP 2012 campaign rhetoric raising racial concerns
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rhetoric like that from Gingrich and other candidates is stoking concerns among some blacks that the political discourse is rewinding to the days of 'Southern strategy'...
George Lucas tests box office racism with new film
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) - 'Star Wars' creator George Lucas has been blunt about his 23-year struggle to make the film 'Red Tails,' a movie chronicling the heroism of the first black aviators in the U.S. military...
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 Paul newsletters just as racist as the first
A brand new batch of Ron Paul newsletters raises questions for the libertarian Republican -- as well as a host of embarrassing fresh passages...
Why some celebrate Robert E. Lee on King holiday
the GRIO REPORT- Indeed, while most states celebrate Martin Luther King Jr's birthday singularly, several continue to proudly acknowledge Civil War general Robert E. Lee's at the same time on King's designated day...
NYC parks employee arrested for hanging black baby doll from noose
Police arrested Fariz Ahmemulic and charged him with aggravated harassment as a hate crime for the incident, CBS New York reports...
Landlord fights 'White Only' pool sign ruling
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A state civil rights commission is weighing whether to reconsider its decision that a Cincinnati landlord discriminated against a black girl by posting a "White Only" sign at a swimming pool...
Kors 'Afriluxe' fashion shoot accused of racism
Given the similarities in staging to the Donna Karan campaign -- both use black people as 'extras' in the photographs -- Michael Kors must have anticipated a negative reaction.
