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January 15, 2013
theGRIO'S 100 - Wanda Butts turned unspeakable tragedy into hope for thousands of Ohio children and their families...
January 15, 2013
theGRIO'S 100 - Lee Saunders made history by becoming president of the nation's largest labor union...
January 15, 2013
theGRIO's 100 - The Rev. Dr. William Barber is a modern-day civil rights leader who has led the fight for…
January 15, 2013
theGRIO's 100 - Emily Carpenter embodies the best spirit of her generation...
January 15, 2013
theGRIO's 100 - Valeisha Butterfield Jones is putting the best image of black women forward...
December 14, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - When Harry Belafonte asked Common to participate in a benefit concert in support of freeing Native…
December 1, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - On the 'Melissa Harris-Perry Show' Saturday, Melissa commemorated World AIDS Day, including with an interview with AIDS…
October 25, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Black Thought may be better known for his music with the The Roots every night on the…
August 8, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Belafonte's contributions to the Civil Rights Movement are numerous -- including financially assisting Dr. Martin Luther King,…
June 20, 2012
OPINION - Is Jesse Jackson still relevant? And can he remain relevant in the age of Obama?...
May 16, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Chuck D speaks out in support of Obama's stance on gay marriage, and outlines the greatest problem…
May 7, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Veteran NAACP leader and former professor of civil rights Julian Bond hopes that renewed interest in activism…
May 7, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - A Manhattan judge convicted all the defendants in one of the biggest political protest group trials…
May 1, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The president himself is speaking much more about the growing gap between the rich and poor in…
May 1, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - Twenty activists who converged on a police station to protest a controversial stop-and-frisk policy went on…
May 1, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Now that Zimmerman has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder, Trayvon's parents have transitioned into a…
April 27, 2012
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - The black activist and follower of Martin Luther King Jr. never made it home to…
April 19, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The National Action Network NAN held its annual Keepers of the Dream Awards last night in New…
April 3, 2012
OPINION - Why are white protestors largely missing in action at the Trayvon Martin rallies?...
March 23, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - John Payton, the president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund has died. He was…