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January 18, 2012
WASHINGTON - Ward Connerly, the black businessman who has been the face of the movement to end affirmative action for…
December 13, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Monique Grissette-Banks worn her hair in dreadlocks for the past six years and says from personal experience…
December 2, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - The unemployment rate fell last month to its lowest level in more than two and a half…
November 30, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - While the effect of rap celebrity endorsements is sometimes a positive one, these promotional efforts often backfire...
November 29, 2011
Daimler hasn't made a profit on the Maybach after deciding to reintroduce the 1930s-era marque in 2002...
November 29, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - In 2001 there was only one branded hotel owned by an African-American. Today there are more than…
November 26, 2011
theGRIO Q&A - In honor of small business Saturday, theGrio sat down with a young DC based clothing company called…
November 26, 2011
WACO, Ga. - A west Georgia business owner is stirring up controversy with signs he posted on his company's trucks,…
November 24, 2011
MADAME NOIRE - Over ten years ago, before natural hair became a huge trend for black women, my older sister…
November 19, 2011
OPINION - How can we trust Simmons when he continues to promote false, unsubstantiated statistics that claim 60 million people…
November 15, 2011
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - White House hopeful Mitt Romney on Tuesday criticized President Barack Obama for saying the U.S. had…
November 15, 2011
OPINION - Cities with strong diversity supplier policies and which allow easy access to business-to-business and government contracts were the…
November 15, 2011
SLIDESHOW - On November 9, the National Urban League Policy Institute released its State of Urban Business report on minority…
November 2, 2011
theGRIO VIDEO - Steve Stoute is a former record executive who's had a hand in launching the careers of rapper…
October 28, 2011
Blogger-turned-investor Michael Arrington ignited a controversy with his comments about the visibility of minority-led companies...
October 25, 2011
OPINION - According to a bank official, Carver will receive a $55 million infusion of cash and will be saved.…
October 20, 2011
WASHINGTON, D.C.- African-Americans' buying power is expected to reach $1.1 trillion by 2015...
October 13, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - In smaller NBA cities such as Orlando, Memphis, Oklahoma City, Salt Lake City, Portland, and Cleveland, the…
October 13, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Robert Johnson has proposed a version of the NFL's 'Rooney Rule' to be implemented by Fortune 1000…
October 12, 2011
As Congress weighs the Obama administration's jobs package, RLJ Companies CEO Robert Johnson is pushing a proposal that he says…