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theGRIO REPORT – Michael Bobbitt is an African-American theater producer with a unique mission to create culture that celebrates diversity while providing role models for children of color…
theGRIO REPORT – The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) are two controversial pieces of legislation pending in the House and Senate respectively…
theGRIO REPORT – Ever since LeBron James got engaged to his long-term girlfriend Savannah Brinson on New Year’s Eve, the city of Miami has been abuzz with expectations about the glitz and glamour promised by the coming marriage ceremony…
OPINION – It is as though reporters are salivating at the idea that Michelle Obama must be ‘angry’ and hyper-masculine behind the scenes as a secret negative complement to her feminine public persona…
theGRIO REPORT – Latest reports reflect that for “African-Americans, the jobless rate is 15.8 percent, the same as it was in December 2010.” Could lower rates of high school graduation be the cause?
theGRIO VIDEO – Beverly Johnson sat down with theGrio to talk about developing a new product line as part of her own lifestyle company, in addition to other exciting projects including a film and reality show…
theGRIO REPORT – Jakadrien Turner has made national headlines for being wrongfully deported to Colombia by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Now heading home on a plane back from South America…
theGRIO REPORT – Jakadrien was mistakenly deported by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) in April of 2011 after being arrested as a teen runaway…
theGRIO REPORT – Atlanta has been ranked as the best city in America to find a date in 2012, according to The Daily Beast…
SLIDESHOW – African-American celebrities tied the knot in lavish ceremonies with guest lists filled with luminaries in 2011 — that you may have missed…
TheGRIO REPORT – The star’s pregnancy countdown has begun with rumors circulating that a birthing suite is being prepared in New York, NY…
theGRIO REPORT – Over Twitter yesterday afternoon, 19-year-old Deiondra outlined her version of the end of Deion Sanders’ marriage — laced with expletives hurled at Pilar…
TheGRIO REPORT – There was a time when it would be unthinkable that a prize winner from Art Basel Miami Beach would hail from Harlem.
theGRIO REPORT – Jennifer Hudson sings to her old self in a new Weight Watchers commercial that contrasts the new svelte J.Hud with the previously plump version of the star…
SLIDESHOW – As Viola’s star has climbed ever higher over the last ten-plus years, every character she has created has been rendered with rich emotion…
theGRIO REPORT – Zahara Jolie-Pitt’s debut of a braided hair extension style on Tuesday caused quite a stir, stealing attention from the rest of the family…
theGRIO REPORT – Last week, a Toys ‘R’ Us in Fayetteville, Georgia came under fire for pricing a black doll several dollars higher than the white version of the same doll…
theGRIO REPORT – The words ‘Howard Beach’ still strike notes of horror in those who remember the incident that rocked a city and shocked America 25 years ago…