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September 13, 2013
OPINION - Toni Morrison is literary royalty and though her work is fiction, it is rooted in real life, real…
June 27, 2013
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida A&M University is lifting the suspension of its famous Marching 100 band following a fatal…
March 17, 2013
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greek soccer player Giorgos Katidis has been banned from his national team for life after giving…
February 28, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a historic argument for gay rights, President Barack Obama on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to…
January 24, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - Allowing women to serve in combat roles will strengthen the U.S. military's ability to win wars, Defense…
December 1, 2012
DETROIT (AP) - The ruling that ended Michigan's ban on affirmative action in college admissions was put on hold Friday…
October 2, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Rapper Waka Flocka Flame announced on his Twitter page last night that his upcoming shows in Norfolk…
August 24, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Sid Credle, dean of Hampton University's business school, stands by the ban he placed on dreadlocks and…
August 8, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - The White House says President Barack Obama, who is honorary president of the Boy Scouts of…
July 28, 2012
OSLO, Norway (AP) — A lawyer representing Snoop Dogg says the American rapper has been banned from entering Norway for…
July 22, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - For the first time since Congress lifted a ban preventing HIV-positive people from traveling or immigrating to…
May 24, 2012
The rumors that Sony Pictures/Screen Gems' predominately African-American hit romantic comedy 'Think Like a Man' being banned in France are…
May 11, 2012
SLIDESHOW - There are many things in the Bible forbids which most people choose to ignore. TheGrio compiled 10 things…
February 29, 2012
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Soul singer Erykah Badu said Wednesday she holds no grudge against Malaysia's government for barring…
February 14, 2012
An effort to ban hip-hop music in Pakistani schools has instead turned into a lesson in tolerance in a nation…
February 3, 2012
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved legislation that would prevent those receiving welfare benefits from using their federal payments…
December 20, 2011
Mathew Knowles' Music World Music is listed in the lawsuit because his company brokered the deal for the Essence Music…
December 9, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit challenging California's voter-approved ban on affirmative action in…
November 30, 2010
NEPTUNE, N.J. (AP) - The unanimous decision came after "prayer and thoughtful consideration" by the church's board of elders, along…
August 23, 2010
A nightclub in Montreal, has specifically put a ban on overweight women, leaving a lot of club goers and partiers…