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OPINION – Black households are beyond broke, owning only six cents for every dollar of wealth owned by the typical white household and possessing an average liquid wealth of only $200…
OPINION – It is a treat to pick up the June 2014 edition of Essence Magazine to see the one and only Prince on the cover. The words, “A Night With Prince: What Really Happens at the After Party” are printed in the upper left, with Prince in trademark purple…
VIDEO – Police in Albuquerque, New Mexico have released 45 seconds of helmet-cam video from a fatal weekend standoff and shooting…
VIDEO – Some Missouri parents say they’re outraged by a controversial sex education book available to middle school in the Francis Howell School District…
theGRIO REPORT – Reverend Jesse Jackson, head of the Rainbow Push Coalition held a news conference to demand international mobilization to find hundreds of Nigerian girls kidnapped by extremists who plan to sell the women into marriage and slavery…
SLIDESHOW – The U.S. Attorney’s Office in D.C. has released photos of the involved parties from the night singer Chris Brown and his bodyguard allegedly assaulted a man outside a D.C. hotel…
theGRIO REPORT – Protesters in Africa, the US and Europe say the world has failed Nigeria’s kidnapped school girls.
There are news reports claiming two of the schoolgirls kidnapped by the terrorist group Boku Haram have died of snake bites in the jungles where they are being hidden.
VIDEO – Students in Missouri City, Texas say their school bus driver stopped the bus in traffic on a bridge and told the children to drive themselves home…
theGRIO REPORT- Max Brooks, the author of the popular World War Z and The Zombie Survival Guide, collaborated with artist Canaan White to create the graphic novel “The Harlem Hellfighters.”
VIDEO – Last week, a 911 operator received her second call in five days to help two separate women deliver babies…
VIDEO – It is a complicated legal issue. Right now, police have the legal right to search your person, your packages and your car if you are being held for arrest. But does that include your cell phone? The Supreme Court of The United States is set to decide on this issue…
VIDEO – NBA Commissioner Adam Silver will address the media on Tuesday regarding the investigation into alleged racist remarks made by Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling…
VIDEO – Last Friday night hundreds of people turned out for “Fight Club” night, to watch a card of mixed martial arts bouts…
theGRIO REPORT – It is a sad fact that has been documented time and time again… black children are disproportionally likely to be investigated, substantiated and placed in foster care.
theGRIO REPORT – The Australian navy Thursday intercepted a ship hiding a metric ton of heroin to be smuggled into Africa. The HMSA Darwin is part of an international maritime force fighting terrorism, smuggling and piracy off the coast of Africa and the Middle East.
theGRIO VIDEO – Jacque Reid looks at the issue of fairness when it comes to recognizing the ‘single’ lifestyles in the workplace…
OPINION – The hoodie Christ wore can be observed in the literal sense, and the one He wears in the metaphorical sense, in that He identified and identifies with those who are oppressed, stopped and frisked…
theGRIO VIDEO – We may not like it, but based on the amount of clicks the trailer has received this week—I’m sure their pockets will…
theGRIO VIDEO – In a rousing speech last week in front of the National Action Network President Obama called out Republican voter suppression tactics…