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theGRIO VIDEO – African-American women have higher obesity rates than any other group in the nation, with four out of five African-American women facing obesity or being overweight…
theGRIO REPORT: Feminist and former Black Panther Angela Davis continues her legacy as a scholar-activist lending her voice to support the ‘Occupy’ movement that has swept the nation…
theGRIO REPORT – Five-time marathoner Jennifer Turner discusses her road to better health and how more African-American women can learn to take time from their busy work schedules to get fit…
theGRIO VIDEO – Claims from a recent book, ‘Is Marriage for White People?’ assert that African-American women should consider dating non-black men…
theGRIO REPORT – At an event in support of Cain, conservative activist Apostle Claver Kamau-Imani, described the Democrats as a party of the KKK and segregation…
theGRIO REPORT – Don’t forget your Coon-O-Ween costume because “Da First Eva Coon-O-Ween Party” will be a sold out affair that you don’t wanna miss — at least that’s what’s written on the event flyer…
VIDEO – Obama talks with Jay Leno on ‘The Tonight Show’ about chicken and waffles from a Los Angeles restaurant…
theGRIO REPORT- Nearly 25 percent of African-Americans currently do not have a valid photo ID necessary to vote, according to a recent study by the Brennan Center for Justice…
theGRIO REPORT – The African Union’s Peace and Security Council called for the National Transitional Council of Libya to protect all foreign workers, ‘including African migrant workers,’ at a recent meeting.
theGRIO REPORT- More black Christians are exploring and adopting West African-derived faiths – are they abandoning Christianity?
theGRIO REPORT- African-American Mormons grapple with two traits of their identity that have faced historic discrimination: one is being black and the other — being a Mormon…
theGRIO REPORT – National Organization Concerned Black Men has been helping African-American fathers since it began in 1975…
theGRIO REPORT – Robert Johnson has proposed a version of the NFL’s ‘Rooney Rule’ to be implemented by Fortune 1000 companies to increase employment and business opportunities for African-Americans…
theGRIO REPORT – U.S. Congressman and civil rights icon, John Lewis (D-Ga.) may have had something profound to say at Occupy Atlanta — but he wasn’t given the chance to speak…
theGRIO REPORT – Sun Belt metropolitan areas, such as Tampa, Miami and Las Vegas, are no longer havens for African-Americans to find employment as they once were, according to a new report by the Economic Policy Institute…
theGRIO REPORT – Would it be too far-fetched to imagine a coalition of African-American celebrities united as a voice for the women and children in the Horn of Africa who are too weakened by malnutrition to speak in a loud voice?..
theGRIO REPORT – Bishop Eddie Long has told his accusers that he wants his money back…
theGRIO REPORT – Every fall, Arizona State University students can learn about the n-word, in all its complexities and connotations…
theGRIO REPORT – More than half of states fail when it comes to teaching about the Civil Rights Movement in schools, according to a report released today by the Southern Poverty Law Center…
theGRIO REPORT- An inmate in a prison near Montgomery, Ala., has filed a lawsuit in a federal court claiming that his civil rights were violated when prison officials ordered him to return a book…