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October 15, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - This November, residents will vote again to see if their state's Constitution can finally be rid of…
September 27, 2012
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal judge gave his final approval Thursday to a $42.6 million class-action settlement between companies…
August 28, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - In 2008, then-congressman Artur Davis of Alabama gave an effusive speech to second Barack Obama’s nomination as…
August 21, 2012
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - The Justice Department is establishing a civil rights unit in Alabama after the state's crackdown on…
August 3, 2012
After making headlines with his YouTube video in support of Chick-Fil-A, viral video 'star' Antoine Dodson decided to attend the…
July 31, 2012
VIDEO - When Rosa Parks was arrested in 1955 for refusing to sit at the back of the bus, Thelma…
July 19, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Although the ID itself may not be at a cost, the documents needed to get the voter…
July 5, 2012
White supremacist Christians are holding a 'whites only' conference in Winfield, Alabama angering local residents...
July 3, 2012
SLIDESHOW - Which states stand to lose the most if their governors say 'thanks, but no thanks,' to the Medicaid…
June 11, 2012
HAYNEVILLE, Ala. (AP) - An Alabama man acquitted in a double murder is being charged with killing 9-year-old twins and…
May 31, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - .After GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s failed attempt to ingratiate himself with black voters last week the…
May 30, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Former Alabama congressman Artur Davis, once considered a rising star in the Democratic Party and a potential…
May 25, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - In the past six months we’ve reported on several stories where a noose was used as a…
May 18, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, rejecting an…
April 30, 2012
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Bo Jackson's 300-mile bike ride across Alabama ended Saturday in Tuscaloosa, with the Heisman Trophy winner…
April 26, 2012
A man was beaten into critical condition after an argument at a basketball court sparked out of control...
April 17, 2012
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick has made another effort to say animal cruelty is wrong, urging…
April 11, 2012
PRATTVILLE, Ala. (AP) - Authorities in central Alabama say a man has been given a three-day jail sentence for contempt…
April 4, 2012
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Detroit Lions defensive tackle Nick Fairley was arrested Tuesday in Alabama on a charge of possessing…
March 29, 2012
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Founded to teach about human rights and the fight for equality during the days of racial…