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Gwyneth Paltrow attends 'El Hormiguero' Tv Show at Vertice Studios on October 29, 2012 in Madrid, Spain. Lisa Lampanelli attends 65th Annual Writers Guild East Coast Awards After Party at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill on February 17, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Ben Gabbe/Getty Images)/(Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/WireImage)

Why white people can't say ni**a

James Braxton Peterson
OPINION - Clearly black people have reclaimed and re-purposed the word over scores of years, but not even your favorite rapper disassociates the n-word from its white supremacist history...
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Viral video of beating puts WorldStarHipHop on hot seat

Donovan X. Ramsey
theGRIO REPORT - WorldStarHipHop is a website that has become infamous for featuring surreptitiously filmed violent altercations, but last week they wound up in hot water for hosting a video that Newark mayor Cory Booker called a 'human tragedy'...
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Ex-SC GOP leader under fire for Trayvon Martin tweets

Brittany Tom
theGRIO REPORT - Former South Carolina GOP Republican executive director, who calls himself 'The Honey Badger of American Politics' on his Twitter account, is facing a firestorm after posting derogatory tweets about the late Trayvon Martin...
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Mr. T returns to 'solve the world's problems

Randee Dawn, TODAY contributor
VIDEO - Pity the fool who doesn't keep up with Mr. T...
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Michelle Williams performs with Beyonce (not pictured) during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Halftime Show at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

Keyshia Cole slams Michelle Williams’ Super Bowl performance

Kyle Harvey
theGRIO REPORT - Not everyone was a fan of Destiny’ Child’s reunion at the Super Bowl this year...
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Source: Screenshot of R.I.P Hadiya Pendleton

Social media users united behind Hadiya tragedy

Brittany Tom
theGRIO REPORT - Hadiya Pendleton's murder in Chicago shook the nation two days ago and fans across the country have banded behind the young honor-student to share their condolences and to highlight the problem of gun violence in the U.S...
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Source: Screenshot from Youtube video

Video surfaces of Hadiya anti-gang violence PSA

Brittany Tom
theGRIO REPORT - NBC confirms that a video which has surfaced on YouTube featuring a young Hadiya Pendleton, the 15 year-old girl whose life was suddenly cut short due to a gang-related shooting in Chicago yesterday, appears to be a public service announcement against gang violence...
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Source: Youtube screenshot

First lady's eyeroll becomes viral hit

Brittany Tom
theGRIO REPORT - First lady Michelle Obama appeared to be irritated by Speaker of the House John Boehner at the Inauguration Day luncheon yesterday.
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First lady launches new Twitter account: @FLOTUS

Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Trying to find Michelle Obama on Twitter? Try tweeting her at (at)FLOTUS...
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Black woman on Instagram who is pro-Obama

Instagram ad policy change riles users

Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - Instagram, the popular photo-sharing service that Facebook bought this year, is the target of a storm of outrage on Twitter and other sites after a change in its user agreement hinted that it might use shared photos in ads...
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