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November 24, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Football become as synonymous with Thanksgiving Day as turkey, parades, and family gatherings. Since 1934, the National…
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November 21, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The city that may be the best example of this new racial identity is Lansing, which has…
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November 16, 2011
DETROIT - With the city of Detroit facing potential bankruptcy, Mayor Dave Bing vowed to make significant cuts to balance…
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November 16, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The city of Detroit could face potential bankruptcy by next Spring if significant cuts are not made.…
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November 15, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - In the aftermath of the shocking allegations of child molestation at Penn State University, parents around the…
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November 11, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - .The reaction of the school's black students has been largely mixed...
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November 9, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Last spring, 8,000 teachers, firefighters, police officers, and others unionized Ohio workers crowded into the state capital…
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November 7, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - In 1991, being HIV positive was a veritable death sentence as the medications were often experimental or…
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November 4, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Since the beginning of the 2008-2009 school year in Chicago, the country's third largest city, 264 children…
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November 1, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - With Halloween weekend coming to an end, Detroit has seen a marked change in the number of…
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October 31, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The night -- and in some cases, weekend -- surrounding Halloween has become synonymous with vandalism and…
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October 28, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The 2011-2012 Detroit Public School year started on Sept. 6, with thousands of homes and streets all…
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October 26, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Nearly two-thirds of Michigan residents are considered overweight, making Michigan the 10th fattest state in the country...
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October 25, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - For nearly a century, Detroit has been known as the Motor City. These days, however, the engine…
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October 14, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Detroit is looking to put ex-convicts back to work. On Wednesday, the city held an "Offenders Only"…
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October 13, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - In smaller NBA cities such as Orlando, Memphis, Oklahoma City, Salt Lake City, Portland, and Cleveland, the…
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October 11, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The streets in the city of Highland Park have gotten noticeably darker lately...
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October 6, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - These incidents included other racist messages being scrawled on doors; outright physical acts of racial intimidation; and…
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October 6, 2011
DETROIT - Charles Jones, the father of 7-year-old Aiyana Jones, was formally arraigned Wednesday in 36th District Court on first-degree…
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September 30, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - In February, newly elected Gov. Rick Snyder announced that apart of the sweeping budget cuts he was…