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March 8, 2011

Is it ever ok to discipline someone else's child?

OPINION - Too many kids are not being taught the proper respect and values at home, or how to conduct…
February 16, 2011

Biden on black history: ‘A lot more to do, but damn, we’ve come a long way’

theGRIO REPORT - Vice President Biden welcomed over 120 elected African-American officials and their guests to their official residence in…
January 13, 2011

How Obama rose to the occasion as ‘Comforter-in-Chief’

OPINION - This speech will go down in the annals of politics as one of the most inspiring, compassionate and…
January 10, 2011

Obama has an opportunity to unite US through tragedy

OPINION - We need our president to lead by example, use his bully pulpit and help us to come out…
December 30, 2010

Why Gov. Barbour had to free Scott sisters

OPINION - After taking a major media pummeling for his comments and under increasing pressure to do something about the…
December 14, 2010

Michael Steele: 'My job is to win back the White House in 2012'

THEGRIO Q & A - theGrio was able to secure an exclusive first interview with Steele about an hour after…
December 13, 2010

Did Palin go to Haiti in search of black votes?

OPINION - I hope her visit to Haiti teaches her that there is a big difference between campaigning and governing...
December 9, 2010

Tim Scott: Blacks vote Democratic because of past, not future

theGRIO Q&A - Scott has made headlines because he is the first black Republican elected to Congress from South Carolina…
November 16, 2010

Obama family values on full display in 'Of Thee I Sing'

OPINION - The Obamas represent a tangible and real change for the better in our public dialogue and perception of…
November 14, 2010

It's time for 'Colored Girls' to move beyond the pain

OPINION - My concern is that once again black men are not seeing the proverbial forest for the trees...
November 3, 2010

Midterms not about Barack but ‘the Benjamins’

OPINION - This election was not about socialism, a president who was illegitmate, or black, or any of the other…
October 29, 2010

Why are Dems bullying the black candidate?

OPINION - Meek could have had a good shot at winning in Florida if he had been given the support…
October 21, 2010

Why Anita Hill’s story still hits a nerve

OPINION - To see this accomplished black female lawyer vilified as a lying, bitter, scorned woman picking on a nice…
September 14, 2010

Mo' money means mo' problems for married women

OPINION - My advice to the sisters (of all hues) is to keep doing that which makes you feel fabulous…
September 2, 2010

'Tea Party Tracker': Doesn't the NAACP have better things to do?

OPINION - I would rather see the NAACP's wisdom and energy spent focusing on policing "us" and our own community...
August 30, 2010

Why DC's dueling rallies confirm there are two Americas

OPINION - America does need to revisit, seriously who we are and who we want to be as we move…
August 24, 2010

Has 'Muslim' become the 'M-word'?

OPINION - "Muslim" has become synonymous with all that is wrong in the world--right or wrong--deserved or not...
July 26, 2010

Dem senator calls ‘white privilege’ a myth and gets away with it

OPINION - This must be a misprint I thought -- no sitting Democratic U.S. Senator with a black population of…
July 22, 2010

Obama should speak out about Sherrod, but probably won’t

OPINION - How sad is it that our president, our nation's first black president, cannot speak out to the nation…
November 4, 2009

How Republicans reclaimed the middle in 2009 elections

OPINION - Governors-elect Bob McDonnell (VA) and Chris Christie (NJ) proved last night that the moderate/centrist wing of the GOP…