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June 27, 2013
June 27, 2013
OPINION - Wednesday's Supreme Court decisions srtiking down DOMA and Prop 8 provide our community with the opportunity for honest…
June 26, 2013
The West Philadelphia abortion doctor who will spend the rest of his life behind bars for murdering three newborns has…
June 26, 2013
In the wake of an outcry over an Ohio charter school's attempt to ban "afro-puffs and small twisted braids," the…
June 26, 2013
ESSAY - Serena Williams’ remarks surrounding the Steubenville rape case, and more recently, her alleged comments regarding Maria Sharapova, give…
June 26, 2013
NBC News - President Barack Obama has telephoned his congratulations to the plaintiffs in a gay marriage case before the…
June 25, 2013
OPINION - The Supreme Court’s decision on Tuesday in Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder, is devastating, but not definitive...
June 25, 2013
ESSAY - I’m not sure that those of us on the darker-end of the spectrum really need to maintain a…
June 25, 2013
VIDEO - Rev. Al Sharpton appeared live on MSNBC's Jansing and Company today to give his initial reactions to the…
June 25, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The Supreme Court's conservatives struck down a key plank in the Voting Rights Act, but still left…
June 25, 2013
SLIDESHOW - Check out the list of performers who have both influenced and paved the way for MJ -- shown…
June 25, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - In striking down one of the central planks of the Voting Rights Act, the conservatives on the…
June 25, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The fall of a key plank of the Voting Rights Act is an unquestionable setback to civil…
June 24, 2013
NeNe and Gregg’s ceremony at the InterContinental Buckhead Hotel in Atlanta was certainly the reality TV event of the year.
June 24, 2013
TODAY - Jeffrey Wright was busted for DWAI (driving while ability impaired) in New York City early Saturday morning, E!…
June 24, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Justice Clarence Thomas again urged the end of affirmative action on Monday, writing a fiery concurring opinion…
June 24, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The U.S. Supreme Court did not outlaw affirmative action in a widely-anticipated opinion today, instead issuing a…
June 22, 2013
OPINION - While some folks are eagerly awaiting the documentary, a good number of folks in my personal networks have…
June 22, 2013
OPINION - The now-viral TMZ pictures show Lozada with an ugly, three-inch gash in her forehead. No one, not even…
June 22, 2013
ESSAY - From both the winners and the losers of this contest of wills and prowess, there are lessons of…