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May 10, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Malcolm Shabazz, the 27-year-old grandson of the late Malcolm X, is dead, the Amsterdam News reported Thursday...
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May 9, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Wade Robson, celebrity choreographer and former friend of Michael Jackson, filed a claim against Jackson’s estate alleging…
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May 9, 2013
OPINION - Recently, thousands of people gathered in D.C. in front of the Capitol to demand comprehensive immigration reform which…
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May 8, 2013
CLEVELAND - Cynthia Conner spent Tuesday night the same way she’d spent Monday evening: standing in the middle of Seymour…
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May 8, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — McDonald's says it will reach out to a man widely quoted in accounts of the three…
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May 8, 2013
PARCHMAN, Miss. - Death row inmate Willie Jerome Manning will have another chance to prove his innocence in the murders…
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May 7, 2013
OPINION - In the past year, two public figures made international news by opening up about their sexuality: Jason Collins…
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May 7, 2013
OPINION - The NRA, which has been in the spotlight since the brutal murders in Newtown, Connecticut, seems to be…
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May 7, 2013
PARCHMAN, Miss. - Attorneys for a death row inmate convicted of killing two college students in 1992 are hoping that…
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May 6, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Hip-hop and corporate America have maintained a relatively healthy marriage over the years, but recent debacles between…
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May 6, 2013
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — The defense and the government have filed a joint court motion that asks a judge to…
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May 6, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ricardo Campo, a burly and jolly native of El Salvador, and President Barack Obama both have a…
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May 4, 2013
OPINION - It is a tragedy to travel to this deeply historical country of Ethiopia...
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May 3, 2013
OPINION - It wasn't our parents who introduced us to Assata Shakur. It was Hip-Hop. Chuck D of Public Enemy…
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April 28, 2013
OPINION - The notion of what constitutes as Muslim is a fascinating one both to non-Muslims and within the larger…
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April 23, 2013
OPINION - The fact that we're having the debate at all could be seen as progress in itself, given that…
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April 23, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Donald Trump used his Twitter account on Sunday to attack the five men convicted -- and later…
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April 19, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Blocked by Congress from expanding gun sale background checks, President Barack Obama is turning to actions within…
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April 19, 2013
NBC NEWS - With a bomb strapped to his chest, one of the Boston Marathon suspects was killed early Friday…
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April 15, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - A Port Canaveral, Florida police officer has been fired for bringing targets resembling Trayvon Martin to a…