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October 1, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The Oprah Winfrey Network has announced a new partnership with award-winning actor and director Tyler Perry...
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September 28, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - One Kentucky congressional candidate is shocking viewers with a new television ad calling President Barack Obama a…
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September 28, 2012
The Miami-Dade School Board is not happy with the recent release of Juicy J's "Bandz a Make Her Dance" music…
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September 28, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Pressure is mounting in what has been an almost decade-long campaign for phone companies to lower the…
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September 27, 2012
VIDEO - Ann Coulter's appearance on 'The View' today to promote her latest book 'Mugged' quickly erupted into a back…
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September 27, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The Republican Party of Florida has decided to fire a firm it has given more than a…
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September 27, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The man behind the infamous 'macaca' slur is back in the spotlight for his racially troubled past...
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September 27, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Police are investigating disturbing photos that were sent to Utah Republican congressional candidate Mia Love Tuesday...
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September 26, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The Oprah Winfrey Network will premiere a television special on October 14 following the journey of the…
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September 25, 2012
More than 1,100 defendants are now serving prison sentences based at least in part on drug tests by a chemist…
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September 25, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Amid calls for education change during NBC’s 2012 Education Nation Summit, the Sunday night premiere of Won't…
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September 24, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A Texas man, who got attention last week for hanging an empty chair representing President Barack Obama…
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September 24, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Students can sometimes find the transition into middle school stressful and challenging, so one eighth grader used…
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September 21, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Russell Simmons and Questlove are going head-to-head this election season.
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September 21, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - It doesn’t look like Mitt Romney has the hip-hop world’s approval...
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September 21, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - House at the End of the Street hits theaters today just as Halloween season approaches...
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September 21, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Congressional Black Caucus chairman Emanuel Cleaver said yesterday that blacks who decide not to vote 'ought to…
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September 20, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Pennsylvania House Representative Daryl Metcalfe told a local radio host yesterday morning that the state cannot carry…
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September 20, 2012
SLIDESHOW - FORTUNE magazine has released its annual 50 most powerful women in business and four African-American women made the…
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September 20, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - In four days over 1100 organizations will come together in a national wide call for voter registration...