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June 17, 2014
OPINION - When Google released its own dismal diversity numbers last month, they showed what we already knew—that their workforce…
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June 12, 2014
OPINION - The Valerie Fund, a non-profit organization based in New Jersey, provides comprehensive health care services to children with…
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June 7, 2014
(AP) - Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan was in intensive care Saturday after the limousine bus he was riding in…
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June 4, 2014
(AP) - A southeast Michigan public school teacher who was removed from the classroom while district officials looked into whether…
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May 22, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — Half the U.S. Senate urged NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Thursday to change the Washington Redskins' name,…
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May 21, 2014
The Republican Party is hiring people to reach out to black and Hispanic communities, and setting goals for the number…
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May 20, 2014
OPINION - The untreatable international agita over Russia’s meddling in Eastern Ukraine is taking on otherworldly overtones here in the…
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May 19, 2014
OPINION - I watched about 40 minutes of the Billboard Awards last night, and I only lasted that long because…
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May 18, 2014
Beyoncé and Jay Z have the internet all abuzz again. The two released an action-packed, star-studded promo entitled Run ahead of their upcoming On…
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May 18, 2014
Saturday Night Live opened up Saturday’s show spoofing the now infamous video of Solange attacking Jay Z in the elevator of the…
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May 13, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Video was released Monday of a violent altercation allegedly between rapper Jay Z and his sister-in-law Solange…
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May 13, 2014
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling repeatedly disparaged Magic Johnson's HIV-positive status in an interview that…
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May 1, 2014
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The president of the Los Angeles chapter of the NAACP has resigned, following scrutiny of his…
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April 8, 2014
OPINION - What’s disgusting about the headlines calling Sharpton a 'snitch' and a 'rat' is that it feeds into the…
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June 4, 2013
OPINION - This disparity within the 'war on drugs' and the severity of its punishments are destroying the potential of…
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February 7, 2013
OPINION - Our community's near solidarity in support of the president is probably only exceeded by our collective disdain for…