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TheGrio’s 100 – As U.S. Surgeon General, Benjamin has said she will work to make sure “no one falls through the cracks” in America’s health care system…
TheGrio’s 100 – Clarence Otis Jr., the chairman and CEO of Darden Restaurants, which owns the popular family-style chains, explains the company’s recipe for success…
VIDEO – A woman who says Kampai Japanese Steak and Seafood House, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina refused her service has started a petition to boycott the establishment…
VIDEO – Local Santa Monica residents convinced Los Angeles County and the U.S. Geological Survey to change that name…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A former police lieutenant pleaded guilty to conspiring to obstruct justice after federal officials say he helped cover for officers who killed two people in the chaos following Hurricane Katrina…
Once in a while, the dog-whistle messages from the far-right are enough to make one’s ears bleed…
It was a close match, but in the end Sade took the No. 1 spot again, selling 190,000 copies of their ‘Soldier of Love’…
NEW YORK (AP) – A New York City police officer accused of sodomizing a drug suspect in a subway station was acquitted after defense attorneys spent weeks chipping away at the credibility of the accuser…
VIDEO – Tthe Central Falls School Committee voted Tuesday evening to fire every educator at Central Falls High School at the end of the school year…
NEW YORK (AP) – A former New York City sportscaster was indicted Tuesday on charges he raped a 14-year-old runaway working as a prostitute…
Robert Pattinson, the heartthrob from the “Twilight” series, has upset a few people…
Van Jones has been appointed distinguished visiting fellow at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University…
WASHINGTON (AP) – The 70-28 vote sends the bill back to the House, which passed a far more costly measure in December…
OPINION – While the battle between Tavis Smiley and Al Sharpton makes for good radio, it does not make for good black leadership…
The Credit Card Act of 2009 includes several changes that will benefit U.S. consumers. But there’s a catch: credit card companies are not giving up without a fight…
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The University of California, San Diego has halted funding for student media after a TV segment ridiculed black students outraged by a party mocking Black History Month…
PORT-AU-PRINCE – Doctors here are bracing for another onslaught of patients, as emergency workers leave the country and thousands of surgeries done after the January 12 earthquake need to be redone…
NEW YORK (AP) — Mo’Nique won the Golden Globe. She also picked up a SAG Award. And don’t forgot about her most recent honor this week at the BAFTA’s…
PHOENIX (AP) — Nearly half of the Arizona Legislature wants to force President Obama to show his birth certificate to state officials if he runs for re-election…
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – CBS argued anew Tuesday that it should not be held responsible for the half-second of nudity…