African Americans

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March 12, 2013
OPINION - Reinhold Reince Priebus embarked on an African-American "listening tour" in Brooklyn, New York, Monday, and the results were…
February 21, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - President Obama said 'these are both the best of times and the worst of times' for African-Americans…
October 22, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - 'When Obama was elected it was thrilling,' the ad starts off, but the African-American man and woman…
October 4, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The anti-immigration group NumbersUSA was anything but subtle when it launched an ad last night which some…
September 11, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday night approved a resolution that will move the bust of…
September 3, 2012
OPINION - Whether it is slavery or the use of governmental power to crush labor unions, the U.S. has always…
July 25, 2012
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - In one of his most expansive responses yet to gun crime, President Barack Obama on Wednesday…
July 23, 2012
Keli Goff, a writer for Loop 21, has made a connection between Holmes and 'stop and frisk', the controversial practice…
June 27, 2012
In 1969, the Stonewall riots transformed the face of the LGBTQ movement across the US...
June 21, 2012
In celebrating the bicentennial of the War of 1812, many historians have said that remembering the pivotal role African Americans…
June 7, 2012
OPINION - It's easy to sit back and criticize. Pretty much anyone, anywhere with access to a computer can spew…
May 23, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - The 2010 census missed more than 1.5 million minorities after struggling to count black Americans, Hispanics, renters…
May 22, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - The undercount estimate has generally gone down, but it's always been disproportionately higher for blacks than…
May 14, 2012
Of all the cancers among African-Americans, only one to two percent are skin cancer, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation...
March 21, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - At Wright's Barbershop in Denver, CO, Dr. Byron Connor, a volunteer in the program, says they're doing…
March 12, 2012
NEW YORK - New York City Judge Nicholas Garaufis has announced that at least $128 million is owed to Latinos…
March 2, 2012
From the Baltimore Sun -- Overall, the life-expectancy gap nationwide seems to be narrowing slightly, according to researchers, but it…
March 2, 2012
From the McDonough Voice -- A coalition of Illinois blood centers is encouraging more African Americans to give blood...
March 2, 2012
From Color Lines -- Blacks and Latinos have adopted the use of smart phones faster than any other race, a…
February 26, 2012
SLIDESHOW - As we gear up for the awards tonight, and anticipate The Help's success, theGrio is looking back at…