Bus tour seeks to recruit black doctors
There are nearly 1 million doctors in the United States, but less than 4 percent of them are black, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges...
1 in 12 US marriages are between interracial couples
theGRIO REPORT - According to the Pew report, in 2010 about 15 percent of new marriages in the U.S. were between partners of a different race or ethnic group...
New study links racism, prejudice to low IQ
A new study from Brock University suggests that a low IQ (or intelligence quotient) may be one of the root causes of racist or prejudiced views, as well as socially conservative politics...
'Opportunity Youth': Out of work, costing US fortune
VIDEO - According to a new report prepared for the White House by the Center For Benefit Cost Studies and Education, there are an estimated 6.7 million youth between the ages of 16 and 24 that are not in school or the labor force...
Duke study slamming affirmative action angers
theGRIO REPORT - A Duke University study that explores the performance of "low performing" black students has set off a firestorm among alumni along Tobacco Road and stoked the argument over affirmative action...
Air pollution: A real threat to black women
theGRIO REPORT - Medical researchers have known that air pollution could cause people to have cardiovascular problem. Yet they were not aware that increases exposure to air pollution from traffic could cause people, especially African-American women...
Study shows that Haiti text donations work
NEW YORK (AP) -- A new study shows that text messages are becoming a viable avenue to give and receive charitable donations, even though the amounts people give are smaller...
Report: Blacks more likely to eat unhealthy cereals
theGRIO REPORT - Research found of individuals sampled that black and Hispanic families were more likely to buy unhealthy, highly- advertised cereals...
Newsflash! Press pounce on Obama the most
OPINION - The Pew Research Center found that negative assessments of President Obama outweighed positive by a ratio of nearly 4 to 1...
Study: Black youth not politically inclined
A majority of Black youth are not politically involved especially those from low-income households, according to a year-long study conducted by high school and college students.
