'Hero' cop who sat beside first lady, facing rape charges

Ron Todt, Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A former Philadelphia police officer once hailed as a hero and given a seat next to the first lady at a speech by President Obama has been arrested and charged with rape and other crimes....

Will rape allegations break the Morehouse-Spelman bond?

Donovan X. Ramsey

OPINION - As of now, students and alumni are engaged in long-standing arguments over institutional identity, media attacks on black men and violence against women...

Morehouse College athletes charged with raping Spelman student

Kunbi Tinuoye

theGRIO REPORT - The alleged victim claims she was held against her will inside a room on campus at the East Suites on March 8th during Spring Break...

Talib Kweli on Rick Ross lyric scandal

Kyle Harvey

theGRIO VIDEO - Kweli, who is a fan of Rick Ross’ music, would love to see the passion that was cultivated for standing up to a few negative lyrics is transferred to more issues affecting urban communities...

Will pocketbook pressure change rap lyrics forever?

Kim Osorio

OPINION - Corporate America has got a chokehold on hip-hop. Whenever a something affects a rapper’s bottom line, as in what just happened with Rick Ross and Reebok, all of a sudden, they care. We all care...

Trump tweet hints he still thinks Central Park Five are guilty

Joy-Ann Reid

theGRIO REPORT - Donald Trump used his Twitter account on Sunday to attack the five men convicted -- and later exonerated -- in the Central Park Jogger case in 1989...

Sexual abuse in immigration detention: A growing concern

Alexis Garrett Stodghill

theGRIO REPORT - Advocates for undocumented immigrants see them as highly susceptible to abuse, including sexual abuse, while under U.S. government custody...

Lawyer: Girl, family wanted Steubenville rape case pursued

Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The lawyer for a 16-year-old girl raped by two Ohio high school football players is disputing a prosecutor's account that the girl's father initially wanted the investigation dropped...

Chief Keef tweet scandal: Is hip-hop hopeless?

Demetria L. Lucas

OPINION - I am supposed to pen a witty editorial, calling for the reform of rap, or some such. But I have officially long since given up on eradicating hip-hop's misogyny...

Prosecutor: Steubenville rape case pursued over dad's wish