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May 12, 2011
OPINION - Black men are taught to tuck away the pain until it becomes too much and expresses itself in…
May 12, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - The New York City medical examiner's office says a jazz musician was stabbed to death before…
May 12, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rapper Common opened his performance at the White House with cuts of words from Martin Luther King,…
May 12, 2011
VIDEO - Nicholas Cobb is a lucky high schooler. There's always been food on his table and a roof over…
May 12, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - It was Jackie Robinson's non-violent reaction to the hatred, boos, racist taunts and threatening letters that predated…
May 11, 2011
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - The African nation of Congo has been called the worst place on earth to be a…
May 11, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans have told the top U.S. foreign aid official that the country's earthquake relief efforts in…
May 11, 2011
DULUTH, Ga. (AP) - Ochocinco will earn $10,000 if he rides a bull. If he can stay aboard for the…
May 11, 2011
Despite what stance you view the landscape from -- hair -- African-American hair and the cultivation of that "look" via…
May 11, 2011
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Police said in a statement he was found dead Wednesday on the bedroom floor…
May 11, 2011
CHICAGO (AP) - Winfrey is the latest of more than 1,000 celebrities, religious leaders and activists and others who have…
May 11, 2011
If you haven't been following the story, Michelle Obama's event is set to feature poetry readings by a number of…
May 11, 2011
Spokesman Jay Carney says President Barack Obama has spoken out against violent and misogynistic music lyrics..
May 11, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack arranged for the $8 million review as part of an effort to address…
May 11, 2011
NORWALK, Conn. (AP) - She is charged with felony larceny for allegedly using her baby sitter's address to enroll her…
May 11, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. companies in March advertised the most jobs since the peak of the 2008 financial crisis, a…
May 11, 2011
When Spike Lee released 'Jungle Fever' in 1991, he single-handedly addressed an issue that had been raising eyebrows for years:…
May 11, 2011
NEW YORK - "Who would do such a thing?" asked Nancy Kremsdorf, a friend of the victim...
May 11, 2011
NeNe Leakes never had second thoughts about quitting Celebrity Apprentice. It all just got to be too much, she says...
May 11, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - Caroline Frazier has spent months dreading that her 18-year-old daughter may be buried 70 feet deep in…