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January 18, 2013
OPINION - If you want a head-coaching gig, your best bet is to be able to coach offense. So where…
January 17, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - We’ve done the legwork for you and provided a list of some of the most interesting happenings…
January 17, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) - President Barack Obama is preparing for all the musicians set to perform at his inauguration festivities…
January 17, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The long awaited big screen biopic for the Godfather of Soul, James Brown, is finally picking up…
January 17, 2013
SLIDESHOW - His boxing career spanned three decades and certainly had its share of ups and downs. Still, no fighter's…
January 16, 2013
WASHINGTON - In an exclusive interview, a D.C. man told News4 that his father died on New Year's Eve while…
January 16, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The outspoken figure is facing a backlash of his own, as a growing chorus of black entertainers…
January 15, 2013
theGRIO'S 100 - RZA has now made not only his directorial debut but also flexed his chops as the screenwriter…
January 15, 2013
theGRIO'S 100 - Wanda Butts turned unspeakable tragedy into hope for thousands of Ohio children and their families...
January 15, 2013
theGRIO's 100 - Rodney Stearns is an iPhone app developer from Portland, Oregon who designed the Text No More app…
January 15, 2013
theGRIO's 100 - Born and raised in the Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., Aprille Ericsson is the first African-American…
January 15, 2013
theGRIO's 100 - In recent years, Shaun Evans has made significant contributions to the world of iPhone applications...
January 15, 2013
theGRIO'S 100 - Ibrahim Abdul-Matin, 36, is the author of 'Green Deen: What Islam Teaches About Protecting The Planet'...
January 15, 2013
theGRIO's 100 - Kat Calvin is the founder of 'Black Girls Hack', the country’s first all-black female hack-a-thon.
January 15, 2013
theGRIO'S 100 - Lee Saunders made history by becoming president of the nation's largest labor union...
January 15, 2013
theGRIO's 100 - Michelle Obama has brought national attention to black designer Laura Smalls, who is known among the fashionable…
January 15, 2013
theGRIO's 100 - The Rev. Dr. William Barber is a modern-day civil rights leader who has led the fight for…
January 15, 2013
theGRIO's 100 - Emily Carpenter embodies the best spirit of her generation...
January 15, 2013
theGRIO's 100 - Valeisha Butterfield Jones is putting the best image of black women forward...
January 15, 2013
theGRIO's 100 - The 25-year-old Myrick is the youngest-ever mayor of Ithica, New York, as well as the first African-American…