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June 22, 2009
JULIA MAYES TheGrio.com went behind the scenes at New York City’s 59E59 Theater’s “Pure Confidence,” a play about an African-American
June 22, 2009
President Barack Obama on Monday welcomed the pharmaceutical industry's agreement to help close a gap in Medicare's drug coverage, calling…
June 22, 2009
ROXANNE VARGAS MIAMI — You’ve heard of consignment shops for clothes, toys and even wedding dresses, but now one south
June 22, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ruled narrowly in a challenge to the landmark Voting Rights Act, exempting a
June 22, 2009
I have a friend who broke both of his legs climbing a dangerous mountain in Southeast Asia. This friend has
June 22, 2009
Let’s face it: the Republican Party has a racism problem among some in its ranks. We’ve heard about the watermelon
June 22, 2009
We often hear the phrase ‘this country was built on the backs of slaves’. Men and women who were stripped
June 22, 2009
There’s a new political parody from the Internet animators known as JibJab and it pokes fun at President Obama. The
June 22, 2009
Brett Johnson Athletic trainers are calling on high school football coaches do eliminate traditional two-a-day practices in order to prevent
June 22, 2009
LIZ ZAMORA Missouri military dad Willie Vanhousen celebrated his first Father’s Day with his new son. He and his wife
June 22, 2009
President Barack Obama got a chance to take out his bag of jokes again Friday, this time at the expense
June 22, 2009
America has long made a virtue of confusing her aspirations with her reality. Such optimism is a permanent part of
June 22, 2009
BETH DeFALCO Associated Press Writer SOMERVILLE, N.J. (AP) — Retired NBA star Jayson Williams is heading back to a New
June 21, 2009
The Compton neighborhood in Los Angeles is known as a tough one. One man there is using an abandoned baseball
June 21, 2009
On this Father’s Day, theGrio.com revisits an engaging discussion on the current state of black fatherhood between Al Roker, Tiki
June 21, 2009
The Grio was at the White House Friday for the president's focus on the responsibilities of fatherhood. Earlier in the…
June 20, 2009
To paraphrase Caesar, as he stood over the gallant Marc Antony, I come not to bury our Fathers, but to
June 20, 2009
It’s no secret, nor surprise, that many black men and women have relationship issues. Many women view the men as
June 20, 2009
The lack of black fathers is a subject given its share of attention in mainstream media. The fact that there
June 19, 2009
CINCINNATI (AP) -- Hall of Fame slugger Hank Aaron called on Major League Baseball on Friday to do more to…