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theGRIO REPORT – Lawyers for the family of Trayvon Martin, the Miami teenager shot to death in February by a neighborhood watch volunteer, are raising objections to a defense request for Martin’s school records, calling the defense request a ‘witch hunt’…
theGRIO REPORT – Fans of the late ‘Green Mile’ actor Michael Clarke Duncan flocked to a public viewing Sunday in Los Angeles, as the famed Forest Lawn Memorial Parks and Mortuaries filled up with flower arrangements…
OPINION – Republicans and Democrats have wrapped their presidential nominating conventions, and they couldn’t have been more different…
OPINION – For black women in particular, Mrs. Obama is an object of particular pride; someone you never dreamed you’d see living in the White House…
theGRIO REPORT – As she prepared for her big speech on the opening night of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, first lady Michelle Obama reflected on her husband’s major accomplishments…
OPINION – It’s official. I am the only person in America who didn’t love the Condolleezza Rice speech…
theGRIO REPORT – For some African-Americans who tuned in to the Republican National Convention on television, one surprise might have been gospel singer Bebe Winans…
theGRIO REPORT – South Carolina Rep. Tim Scott didn’t join the Congressional Black Caucus because his goal is to impact Americans as a whole, and he sees the Tea Party as a positive force that’s building a better America…
theGRIO REPORT – How much racial diversity is there at this year’s Republican National Convention? It’s hard to say, if you ask some party officials…
theGRIO REPORT – The Republican National Convention was marred by a disturbing incident Tuesday night, as a black, female camera operator was apparently racially taunted on the convention floor…
theGRIO REPORT – At the start of the NAACP convention, the NAACP says the GOP is attacking the voting rights of people of color…
Author and Salon.com editor at large Joan Walsh recently sat down with theGrio’s Joy Reid to discuss her new book, “What’s the matter with white people?”
theGRIO REPORT – Mitt Romney’s campaign website contains a stark omission …
theGRIO REPORT – Mitt Romney appeared to join those who question President Barack Obama’s place of birth during a campaign stop in Commerce, Michigan today, telling the crowd, ‘no one has ever asked to see my birth certificate’…
theGRIO REPORT – Jonesboro, Arkansas police on Wednesday released two new documents that offer significant new details in the case of Chavis Carter — the 21-year-old Mississippi man who police say shot himself to death in the back of a patrol car where he had been detained — in handcuffs — by officers…
OPINION – There’s certainly nothing wrong with Newsweek fielding an op-ed from one of its conservative columnists. The problem comes when they put it on the cover without a good read-through…
theGRIO REPORT – A 20-year-old college student who says he was beaten by Los Angeles police officers Saturday says he was prevented from seeing his father for hours after the incident, and was left in a holding cell ‘bleeding, throwing up, and going in and out of consciousness’…
VIDEO – On MSNBC’s NOW with Alex Wagner, actress Gabrielle Union On MSNBC’s NOW with Alex Wagner, actress Gabrielle Union slammed Akin’s remarks…
theGRIO REPORT – The medical examiner in the case of Chavis Carter, the 21-year-old Mississippi man who Jonesboro, Arkansas police say fatally shot himself in the head while handcuffed in the back of a patrol car, ruled Carter’s death a suicide…
theGRIO REPORT – Wyclef Jean will perform in Tampa, Florida during the Republican National Convention, as the headliner of the ‘Got Your 6’ and ‘Lifetime Television’s Your Life. Your Time. Your Vote’ campaign…