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June 25, 2012
AUTHOR'S NOTEBOOK - Aspiring filmmaker Khalil Thomas writes about his experience at the 16th Annual American Black Film Festival, which…
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June 21, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Bill Lee, who led the Sanford, Florida police department at the time Trayvon Martin was killed, has…
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June 21, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Jeff Friday can name nearly every film and director making movies with predominantly black casts during the…
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June 20, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - We’ve endured The Great Recession and many of us feel as if we’re still in the midst…
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June 19, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The lawyer for George Zimmerman says Zimmerman and his wife used a 'simplistic code' to conceal the…
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June 18, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Prosecutors on Monday released audiotapes and transcripts of six phonecalls between George and Shellie Zimmerman, all placed…
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June 18, 2012
OPINION - While looking at the comments and interviewing various experts in social behavior, I particularly learned that the new…
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June 18, 2012
OPINION - President Obama appealed to Hispanic voters by protecting 'DREAMers' from deportation. But he has yet to address the…
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June 17, 2012
VIDEO - Barack Obama's re-election campaign released a Father's Day video that paints an intimate portrait of Obama the dad...
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June 16, 2012
EDITORIAL - Neil Munro, a veteran Washington reporter who now works for the conservative blog the Daily Caller, says his…
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June 16, 2012
OPINION - The president’s DREAM Act-ish executive order is an all-out effort to win Latino votes and put his rivals…
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June 15, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Bessie Flowers, the grandmother of NFL player Chad Ochocinco, is recovering in a Miami hospital from an…
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June 13, 2012
SANFORD, Fla. - It was once Florida’s tourism motto: 'The rules are different here'...
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June 13, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - When asked by his wife whether the more than $135,000 collected from supporters through his website should…
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June 13, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A piece of African-American history that was once sold for just a few dollars could fetch millions…
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June 13, 2012
Personal trainer and author David Sylvester's 2009 article about his encounter with the n-word during a bike trip across Africa…
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June 11, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The Barack Obama re-election campaign is up with its first radio ad targeting the urban/black media market...
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June 10, 2012
COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) - Megachurch pastor Creflo Dollar staunchly denied Sunday that he punched and choked his 15-year-old daughter…
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June 10, 2012
MANCHESTER, Tennessee (AP) - The reclusive R&B singer, D'Angelo, made his first live U.S. appearance in 12 years at the…
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June 8, 2012
MSNBC - Believe you are witnessing an unlawful police stop and want to record the moment? There's an app for…