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November 6, 2014
In a rare but refreshing twist, NYPD officers caught on video beating a teen after arresting him for marijuana have
October 2, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - A Brooklyn resident recently witnessed NYPD officers trailing a group of black teens in their cruisers before…
September 30, 2014
Police are still searching for two suspects who held a 1-year old at gunpoint while forcing the parent and other
July 16, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - A Brooklyn heavy metal band consisting of three black teens from Flatbush, just caught their big break...
July 9, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — Many of the thousands of people arrested on low-level marijuana possession charges in Brooklyn will likely…
June 5, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Authorities in New York have arrested 27-year-old Daniel St. Hubert in connection with stabbing two children in…
June 3, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - A man attacked two children in a Brooklyn elevator Sunday, stabbing them and killing one.
May 23, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Dartanyan Kingsberry was arrested earlier this week in Georgia in connection with the attempted murder of his…
May 19, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - 13-year-old Angela Content says reading is one of her favorite activities - so much so, that she…
May 15, 2014
The experience of Kara Walker’s latest work, 'A Subtlety or The Marvelous Sugar Baby,' staged in an abandoned Domino Sugar…
April 18, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Michael Rapaport has now become the second former Spike Lee collaborator who's called out the director for…
March 11, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - The Brooklyn native released two stellar projects in 2013, and is one of hip-hop's most outstanding voices…
March 1, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Those of us who were not yet born are mostly familiar with that era via history books,…
February 28, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Director Spike Lee's recent profanity-laced rant about gentrification in his hometown on Brooklyn, N.Y. has clearly struck…
February 28, 2014
theGRIO VIDEO - 'Repentance' star/Brooklyn resident, Anthony Mackie, rips his former director Spike Lee for his rant against Brooklyn gentrification...
February 26, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Filmmaker Spike Lee is infamous for speaking him mind, but some recent remarks he's made on gentrification…
February 23, 2014
(AP) - Jason Collins became the NBA's first active openly gay player Sunday, signing a 10-day contract with the Brooklyn…
February 12, 2014
OPINION - The borough of Brooklyn, New York has a new chief prosecutor, and if he has his way, there…
February 11, 2014
theGRIO VIDEO - Brooklyn singer Gene Noble breaks down the inspiration behind his new track 'Still Here' and trailer exclusively…
January 31, 2014
theGRIO'S 100 - In 2010, the dedicated teacher-turned-visionary set up Scholarish, a Brooklyn non-profit that provides youth programs, educational services,…