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August 5, 2011
OPINION - Employment advocates maintain that unemployment discrimination could be illegal if there is a disparate impact on groups such…
July 13, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - When government measures are still not enough to break-even on the monthly budget, many citizens have gotten…
July 8, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - For African-Americans the unemployment rate remained stubbornly steady at 16.2 percent...
July 7, 2011
OPINION - In many ways, tattoos for many people are evolving from expression to a quasi-form of cultural or even…
June 21, 2011
OPINION - There is evidence that black women's status as double minorities might actually afford us unique opportunities to avoid…
June 20, 2011
African American women are moving ahead in their lives and professional careers rapidly...
May 19, 2011
DETROIT (AP) - Don Barden, a prominent Detroit businessman involved in casinos, cable TV and real estate, has died, the…
May 4, 2011
The boards of directors of Fortune 500 companies still look pretty much how you'd expect: Primarily male, and primarily white...
April 21, 2011
Dealing with mean employees can heighten stress levels for you at work. When you're finding every excuse in the rule…
March 7, 2011
VIDEO - In February the unemployment rate fell to 8.9 percent - with strong job gains in manufacturing, business, services,…
March 4, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - African-American unemployment dipped to 15.3, while black teen unemployment declined sharply to 38.4 percent...
February 17, 2011
O.B. Nizam, an Altanta based hair care business owner, is in a trademark battle over the name of his product…
February 14, 2011
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Jackson, 82, was at the groundbreaking as one of the investors in the $2 billion, five-star…
February 11, 2011
CLUTCH - The 37-year-old model turned entrepreneur is enrolled in the Harvard Business School and is taking an executive education…
February 9, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Magic Johnson is set to play point again, this time as chairman of Vibe Holdings, the…
February 8, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - This Former Marine now commands his own company, Fidelis, which has rapidly built a sturdy reputation in…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - More than 1.5 million Texans depend on Jason Few to keep their homes cool during boiling Southwest…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - In 1993, Lisa Price started Carol's Daughter, a multimillion-dollar beauty business, with $100 and a homemade lotion…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - With a Harvard MBA and management experience at Disney and the NBA, Rice founded Management Leadership for…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - As a volunteer attorney, Kenneth Frazier won the 1997 release of James "Bo" Cochran, who spent 19…