New PAC aimed at black and Latino voters

theGRIO REPORT - A new liberal political organization to seeking to build a coalition of minority voters and white liberals in a key states that would not only help President Obama win this November but elect Democrats in down-ballot offices..

Lil Wayne leads hip-hop's SXSW invasion

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Hip-hop stars completed a near takeover of the music conference and festival in Austin, Texas, overnight Thursday and Friday...

Justice Department blocks Texas voter ID law

Perry Bacon Jr.

theGrio REPORT -The Department of Justice is blocking a Texas law that would require all voters to present photo identification to vote, likely further fueling an intense partisan debate on this issue...

Obama re-election effort driving Texas gun sales?

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A Texas newspaper is reporting that a spike in gun sales may be tied to the potential re-election of Barack Obama as president...

'Babysitting while white' surveillance revealed

Briana Lopes

theGRIO REPORT - It you watch the surveillance video carefully, you'll also see that Austin officers did not use excessive force.

Angelou cancels appearance, cites illness

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DENTON, Texas (AP) - The 83-year-old poet is hosting a radio special on the civil rights era airing on public radio stations across the U.S...

Grandpa hancuffed for 'babysitting while white'

Briana Lopes

theGRIO REPORT - On Friday, February 10, a middle-aged white man named Scott Henson was walking his 5-year-old black granddaughter Ty home from an Austin, Texas rollerskating rink when several police cars suddenly surrounded them...

TheGrio’s 100: Nicholas Cobb, spreads ‘Comfort and Joy’ to homeless through foundation

Keosha Johnson

theGRIO's 100 - When he was four years old, Nicholas saw a homeless family living under a bridge. That image stuck out in his mind, and Cobb decided to do something...

Minority advantage as court upholds TX districts?

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A federal court refused late Friday to block a congressional redistricting map it drew up for Texas, rejecting a request from the state's attorney general just hours after the Republican accused the court of 'undermining the democratic process.'...

Possible break in Delta Sigma Theta rape case

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VIDEO - Texas investigators say the man who has sexually assaulted members of a national black sorority could live in the Mesquite area...

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New PAC aimed at black and Latino voters

Lil Wayne leads hip-hop's SXSW invasion

Justice Department blocks Texas voter ID law

Obama re-election effort driving Texas gun sales?

'Babysitting while white' surveillance revealed

Angelou cancels appearance, cites illness

Grandpa hancuffed for 'babysitting while white'

TheGrio’s 100: Nicholas Cobb, spreads ‘Comfort and Joy’ to homeless through foundation

Minority advantage as court upholds TX districts?

Possible break in Delta Sigma Theta rape case

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