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June 25, 2009
On the eve of Juneteenth, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution apologizing for slavery. The gesture sparked lots of debate
June 25, 2009
The NBA Draft is tonight and theGrio.com stopped by the NBA Store in New York City to catch up with
June 25, 2009
Five of six black teens accused of beating a white high school classmate in a case that led to the…
June 25, 2009
OPINION - My name is Martina Correia and I am on Death Row in Georgia...
June 25, 2009
In America, there are essentially two types of power: Political power and economic power. African Americans, relatively speaking, have always
June 25, 2009
One question at last night’s prime time health care event on ABC got personal when a neurologist from New York
June 24, 2009
BEN SENGER Teenage girls in Greensboro, North Carolina are offered $1 a day as an incentive to avoid getting pregnant,
June 24, 2009
What are people thinking about the Senate's unanimous decision to apologize for slavery? Was it necessary? Is it enough? The…
June 24, 2009
TRACIE POTTS Exercising your brain is just as important as exercising your body, experts said at a Washington briefing Wednesday.
June 24, 2009
A high school mascot has led to a controversy in Monroe, NC, a town of 26,000 people. For nearly fifty
June 24, 2009
Famed rapper Lil’ Wayne appeared at a pre-trial hearing in an Arizona court on June 23rd. Wayne, whose given name
June 24, 2009
The body of a woman who passed away in 2006 was found on Friday in a shed behind the Forest
June 24, 2009
JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN Associated Press Writer BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut (AP) — The video shows the 16-year-old boy lying on the floor, his
June 24, 2009
WASHINGTON — President Obama goes into today’s health care town hall not backing down on the biggest rift over reforms…letting
June 24, 2009
(AP Photo/ Charlie Tasanadi, File) CAL WOODWARD Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — When the Watergate scandal grew into a
June 24, 2009
Kevin Copeland Paul Lindley is shopping for a new TV, but worries over the economy, may drive him to rent
June 24, 2009
In Georgia, a man named Troy Davis sits on Death Row despite unassailable evidence pointing to his innocence. It is
June 24, 2009
“Blame it on hip-hop” has become the common refrain of many older African Americans, especially those in the Civil Rights
June 24, 2009
As the story goes…. there once was a dancer who showed up to the Apollo Theater for Amateur night in
June 23, 2009
New measures aimed at reducing prison rapes are in the works -- and states that fail to take steps to…