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theGRIO REPORT – Football become as synonymous with Thanksgiving Day as turkey, parades, and family gatherings. Since 1934, the National Football League has been a staple on Turkey Day, and it began in Detroit…
theGRIO REPORT – The city that may be the best example of this new racial identity is Lansing, which has the highest percentage of blacks who identify with different races…
DETROIT – With the city of Detroit facing potential bankruptcy, Mayor Dave Bing vowed to make significant cuts to balance the city’s budget…
theGRIO REPORT – The city of Detroit could face potential bankruptcy by next Spring if significant cuts are not made. Mayor Dave Bing is set to address the city’s long-mounting financial crisis this evening…
theGRIO REPORT – In the aftermath of the shocking allegations of child molestation at Penn State University, parents around the country are taking a closer look at the coaches that they send their young children to play for…
theGRIO REPORT – .The reaction of the school’s black students has been largely mixed…
theGRIO REPORT – Last spring, 8,000 teachers, firefighters, police officers, and others unionized Ohio workers crowded into the state capital in Columbus to protest the passage of the law…
theGRIO REPORT – In 1991, being HIV positive was a veritable death sentence as the medications were often experimental or too expensive for most people to afford…
theGRIO REPORT – Since the beginning of the 2008-2009 school year in Chicago, the country’s third largest city, 264 children age 18 and under have been killed by violence…
theGRIO REPORT – With Halloween weekend coming to an end, Detroit has seen a marked change in the number of arsons and specific fires that once plagued the city…
theGRIO REPORT – The night — and in some cases, weekend — surrounding Halloween has become synonymous with vandalism and destruction in the Motor City dating back to the 1970s…
theGRIO REPORT – The 2011-2012 Detroit Public School year started on Sept. 6, with thousands of homes and streets all over the city adorned with signs that had the two-word slogan ‘I’m In’ everywhere…
theGRIO REPORT – Nearly two-thirds of Michigan residents are considered overweight, making Michigan the 10th fattest state in the country…
theGRIO REPORT – For nearly a century, Detroit has been known as the Motor City. These days, however, the engine has stalled as many of the city’s buses are idled by numerous mechanical and financial issues…
theGRIO REPORT – Detroit is looking to put ex-convicts back to work. On Wednesday, the city held an “Offenders Only” Job Fair at the East Lake Church…
theGRIO REPORT – In smaller NBA cities such as Orlando, Memphis, Oklahoma City, Salt Lake City, Portland, and Cleveland, the effects on the businesses could be devastating…
theGRIO REPORT – The streets in the city of Highland Park have gotten noticeably darker lately…
theGRIO REPORT – These incidents included other racist messages being scrawled on doors; outright physical acts of racial intimidation; and the initial incident of a black doll being hung from a beaded noose in a chemistry lab…
DETROIT – Charles Jones, the father of 7-year-old Aiyana Jones, was formally arraigned Wednesday in 36th District Court on first-degree murder charges in connection with the death of 17-year-old Je’rean Blake…
theGRIO REPORT – In February, newly elected Gov. Rick Snyder announced that apart of the sweeping budget cuts he was implementing he would eliminate business credits awarded for films shot in the state of Michigan…