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December 29, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The famous 1957 photograph of two young girls at Little Rock Central High School continues to not…
December 28, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Steven Spielberg's first foray into 3D animation 'sensitively' tackles the racist undertones of Georges Remi's (who published…
December 20, 2011
Marcus Books, the nation's oldest black-owned bookstore, is taking on Amazon.com's new price-checker app. Now, the indy bookstore's supporters have…
December 15, 2011
SLIDESHOW - Since 'The Help' was based on a best-selling book, we got to thinking about other big screen adaptations…
December 5, 2011
CLUTCH - Thandie Newton confessed that as a teen, she relied on romance novels to cope with the lack of…
November 26, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has pitched in to help small businesses get into the holiday shopping season...
November 24, 2011
theGRIO Q&A - We know her as the wife of Bishop TD Jakes, the gifted pastor, orator, best-selling author, successful…
November 18, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - While most kids her age are playing with toys, 7-year old LaNiyah Bailey is writing books about…
October 25, 2011
REVIEW - Three rappers decided to write chapters instead of verses this year. But are their paragraphs as engaging as…
October 24, 2011
Talking Points Memo - When the faith dies, the culture dies, the civilization dies, the people die. That is the…
October 17, 2011
SEATTLE (AP) - The comic book-inspired patrolling of city streets by "real life super-heroes" has been getting more popular in…
September 16, 2011
theGRIO VIDEO - TheGrio sits down with author and social commentator Touré to discuss his new book, 'Who's Afraid of…
September 12, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - The rapper, known for his million-selling album "Illmatic" and his public feuds with Jay-Z and Bill…
September 4, 2011
theGRIO Q&A - The 45-year-old Iowa native is also a best-selling author whose books aim to encourage young people, as…
June 9, 2011
OPINION - You don't need to be a lifelong comic fanboy to notice the parallels between the universe inhabited by…
May 24, 2011
OPINION - Without Oprah, we would be deprived of one of the nation's most profound success stories, and a role…
May 20, 2011
Screen Gems has picked up the production which will highlight a soon-to-be-divorced, self-professed relationship expert who dishes advice to a…
May 6, 2011
OPINION - With every passing year, comic books are being strip-mined for movie fodder, so plenty of 'diversity' is on…
April 18, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama and his wife, Michelle, reported income of $1.728 million for last year, much of it…
April 18, 2011
CLUTCH - It's been 15 years since Whitney, Angela, Loretta, and Lela united on screen to bring Terry McMillan's groundbreaking…