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Love letters — a soldier’s timeless gift to his family

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University of Alabama n-word incident is not isolated

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Pilot creates black youth mentor networking site

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Mysterious murder: 2 girls shot to death in their home

PHILADELPHIA - "They were good girls, they were loved by their family," said Fanita Mitchell, one of the victim's aunts...
/ February 15, 2011

Disrepectful! Grandmother gets robbed at gunpoint

VIDEO - A great grandmother and bartender of 30 years faced the barrel of a shotgun during a robbery on…
/ February 15, 2011

African-American ‘giants’ more than meet Medal of Freedom standard

OPINION - Collectively, Maya Angelou, John Lewis and Bill Russell represent the very best of the American spirit..
/ February 15, 2011

Why are blacks always the biggest targets of budget cuts?

OPINION - One reason is a failure to develop what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called permanent units of political…
/ February 15, 2011

El DeBarge squanders ‘Second Chance’ with latest drug relapse

OPINION - If his spiral continues, who's going to be the voice of reason to not let that part of…
/ February 15, 2011

Haynesworth’s agent denies accusation by waitress

WASHINGTON (AP) - Albert Haynesworth's agent says there's no truth to a complaint that the Washington Redskins defensive lineman sexually…
/ February 14, 2011

Spalding makes history with best new artist win

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The 26-year-old Portland, Oregon, native became the first jazz artist to win the award in a…
/ February 14, 2011

How violent crimes create violent minds

Nearly 75% of urban youth with witness, be a victim of, or know someone who is a victim of a…
/ February 14, 2011

Janet Jackson: Michael and I ‘so much alike’

VIDEO - The pop icon reflects on her family's practice of keeping their emotions hidden from the public and how…
/ February 14, 2011

African immigrants redefine term African-American

Ask someone to define the term "African American" and chances are you'll get more than one definition...
/ February 14, 2011

Clarence Thomas’s silence on bench is anything but golden

OPINION - There's a method to his silence, and the method is to encode his retrograde court stamp on law…
/ February 14, 2011

‘Resegregation’ in NC schools sparks protests

theGRIO VIDEO - The school district in Wake is a shining star for urban schools across the country that have…
/ February 14, 2011