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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
August 30, 2010
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A poll released earlier this month by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center showed that 18 percent of people believe Obama is Muslim…
August 30, 2010
From HipHopWired.com – Instead of apologizing to the victims for his actions, a convicted serial rapist instead blamed them for “taking advantage of him”…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
August 30, 2010
VIDEO – “We should be passing legislation that helps small businesses get credit,” says Obama calling for Congressional action…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
August 30, 2010
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – Michael Jordan and his Bobcats NBA team will donate $250,000 to middle-school athletics programs in Charlotte, North Carolina’s largest city…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
theGRIO REPORT – They said they’re often asked about that day in 1963, what it was like, how they felt and what it meant…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
August 30, 2010
OPINION – Black satire will likely always be an arduous undertaking and require a certain sensitivity and deft craftsmanship…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
August 30, 2010
ALBANY, New York (AP) – Whether intended or not, Paterson’s remarks implied that Sufis were the only peaceful Muslims, an affront to American Sunnis and Shiites who reject extremism…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
August 30, 2010
theGRIO Q&A – What started out as a request for a few quotes turned into a full-blown discussion about what’s changed about the region; what must be done to help…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
August 30, 2010
VIDEO – In the week ahead, jobs will continue to dominate headlines, along with housing and consumer confidence data…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
August 30, 2010
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (AP) – William P. Foster He created more than 200 halftime pageants for the band at the historically black university…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
August 29, 2010
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – And he pledged: “My administration is going to stand with you and fight alongside you until the job is done.”…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
August 29, 2010
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (AP) – The Rev. Jeremiah Wright delivered a fiery sermon Sunday at the New Millennium Church in Little Rock that largely criticized supporters of the Iraq war…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
August 29, 2010
SHELL BEACH, La. (AP) – Memorials were planned across the Gulf Coast from New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward to Biloxi, Miss., to mourn the hundreds who died when Katrina hit on Aug. 29, 2005…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
August 29, 2010
theGRIO REPORT – For many attendees, the trip to Washington D.C. began overnight Saturday. Thousands boarded buses…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
August 29, 2010
VIDEO – The Pontchartrain Park project is at the core of a massive undertaking to acquire and sell 4,500 formerly occupied lots …
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
August 29, 2010
VIDEO – Fearful that his beloved community would cease to exist, Wendell Pierce answered the community’s call …
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
August 29, 2010
OPINION – What was the great idea? Gather a group of people together to play upon their fears and drive a larger wedge between us based upon contrived ideological foolishness?…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
August 28, 2010
OPINION – Without a shift in how energy policies are made and by whom, our disastrous trajectory toward peril will be unabated…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
August 28, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) – Rev. Al Sharpton told his rally it’s important to keep King’s dream alive, and that despite progress more needs to be done…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
August 28, 2010
OPINION – This blatant attempt to preserve segregation was an institutionalized assertion of a mythical white superiority…