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September 16, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The medical examiner who testified in the George Zimmerman trial says his office, state prosecutors and police…
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September 11, 2013
OPINION - Call it 'afro-mentum' Call it the dawning of the Age of Aquarius. Either way, Bill de Blasio's sweeping…
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September 11, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Twelve years later, with a new administration in office, and the country once again considering middle action…
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August 25, 2013
ANALYSIS - We forget that civil rights was a contested process, and that assumptions about black violence made the public…
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August 18, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - A Washington D.C. woman says a weekend trip to see the movie, 'The Butler' was marred by…
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August 17, 2013
OPINION - In an op-ed for the Washington Post, Ben Crump, one of the attorneys representing the parents of Trayvon…
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August 1, 2013
OPINION - It’s been 42 months – three and a half years – since Haiti’s calamitous January 12, 2010 earthquake…
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July 31, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Twitter has been having a field day with Riley Cooper...
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July 30, 2013
OPINION - Anthony Weiner was right about one thing: Clarence Thomas has a serious conflict of interest ...
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July 30, 2013
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Seeking to ease Washington gridlock, President Barack Obama on Tuesday challenged Republicans to accept a new…
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July 29, 2013
theGRIO SLIDESHOW - It’s carnival time in Ayiti. Sunday kicked off with a bang with what appeared to be a…
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July 29, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - On the night of June 26th, Traymon Williams was driving with his girlfriend, DeShonda Robinson, and her…
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July 29, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - When she went public in an on-camera interview with ABC News, the juror in the George Zimmerman…
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July 25, 2013
OPINION - But as I write you today, I am angry … saddened even, because I cannot provide for you…
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July 24, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Jordan's parents can't help to see the similarities between their son's killing and that of Trayvon Martin...
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July 23, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Marissa Alexander's daughter turns three today but there is not plan for a birthday party. Instead, the…
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July 23, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - On Saturday, the conservative publication's 'Cartoon of the Day' by Investor's Business Daily's Michael Ramirez depicted Sharpton…
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July 22, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - West may disagree with President Obama (and a majority of African-Americans) about the experience of being a…
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July 21, 2013
OPINION - The president made history Friday, in a nearly 18 minute address, delivered off-prompter, and from the gut...
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July 21, 2013
OPINION - Black America is still grieving the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial, and the sense that racial profiling…