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May 4, 2015
theGrio REPORT - Marion “Suge” Knight has good reason to rejoice the outcome of the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao fight…
May 4, 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ben Carson, retired neurosurgeon turned conservative star, has confirmed that he will seek the Republican presidential nomination
April 30, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - Fox News reporter Leland Vittert was attempting to interview Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) about the protests in…
April 29, 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's state dinner for the prime minister of Japan offered guests a haiku, some R&B…
April 26, 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) — A presidential election just getting into gear provided U.S. President Barack Obama plenty of new material to
April 24, 2015
MANASSAS, Va. (AP) — Michelle Obama announced Thursday that the technology industry has promised to hire and train 90,000 military…
April 24, 2015
OPINION - The historic delay to confirm Loretta Lynch as attorney general has finally ended, but the problems for the…
April 23, 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutor Loretta Lynch won confirmation to serve as attorney general Thursday from a Senate that forced…
April 22, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - It's the kind of compliment anyone of a certain age likes to hear: 'You look young for…
April 21, 2015
OPINION - Can’t we all just get along? Better yet, when it comes to black intellectuals, can’t we agree to…
April 21, 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama will deliver the commencement address at Tuskegee University, a historically black university in Alabama...
April 17, 2015
theGRIO REPROT - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is not pleased with the working title of Spike Lee's upcoming film Chiraq...
April 17, 2015
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A new Kansas law tells poor families that they can't use cash assistance from the state…
April 16, 2015
The National Action Network, founded by Reverend Al Sharpton, along with female civil rights leaders are staging a hunger strike until
April 13, 2015
Hillary can run, but she can’t hide from the issues that concern us. On Sunday, Hillary Clinton — the former