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December 21, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Atlanta rapper Waka Flocka has been ordered to pay $501,000 for a North Carolina shooting that happened…
December 18, 2012
ATLANTA (AP) - Jesse Hill Jr., a civil rights leader and businessman who later became the first black president of…
December 13, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Yesterday Atlanta Mayor and President Obama supporter Kasim Reed came out with his support on same-sex marriage...
December 12, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed has just announced his support of gay marriage, reversing the position he held…
December 11, 2012
Last week, Michaela Angela Davis spoke with Jacque Reid on the Tom Joyner Morning Showabout a new campaign she is…
December 10, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The home was put into foreclosure last week after he reportedly defaulted on a $1.2 million mortgage,…
December 5, 2012
TheGrio spoke with several African-American culinary entrepreneurs and discovered that the “back to basics” philosophy is alive and well. Artisinal…
November 30, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - TLC, the network that recently brought us the hit series 'Here Comes Honey Boo Boo,' has released…
November 28, 2012
ATLANTA (AP) - The wife of a shoplifting suspect who died after he was wrestled to the ground outside a…
November 26, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Media mogul Tyler Perry has begun shooting his upcoming flick, Single Mom’s Club, at various locations across…
November 20, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - In an unthinkable homicide case, a 13-year-old girl has been charged with the brutal murder her two-year-old…
November 16, 2012
ATLANTA (AP) - Former WNBA star Chamique Holdsclaw is in custody after being accused of shooting into a woman's car…
November 14, 2012
ATLANTA - An African-American teenager has been jailed for ten years for posing as a hospital worker and kidnapping a…
November 12, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Emmy award-winning actress S. Epatha Merkerson was just one of the women honored at this year’s BronzeLens…
November 5, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - With just one day to go before the presidential election, on Sunday African-American church leaders fired up…
November 2, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The parents of R&B singer Natina Reed held a media conference Thursday to express their growing unease…
October 28, 2012
ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities say R&B singer Natina Reed, known as a member of the female group Blaque, was killed after
October 24, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The African-American Christian community is in shock following the killing of a praise leader at one of…
October 24, 2012
COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) - Police say the man suspected in a fatal shooting at a Georgia megachurch was a…
October 24, 2012
COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) - Police say a gunman opened fire inside the chapel of a Georgia megachurch, killing one…