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September 8, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Benjamin Jealous, the president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, says…
July 1, 2013
OPINION - With the Fourth of July holiday just around the corner, and as we near the 50-year celebration of…
May 24, 2013
VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) - European Tour CEO George O'Grady said that 'most of Sergio's friends are colored athletes in…
May 21, 2013
NBC Chicago - Desiree Rogers is adding another line to her resume and has now been tapped to chair the…
February 14, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Discovery's CEO, David Zaslav, praised Tyler Perry's new series for OWN, saying 'the scripts look strong.' He…
October 24, 2012
CANTON, Mass. (AP) - A Massachusetts judge has postponed a decision on whether to unseal testimony that GOP presidential candidate…
October 12, 2012
CHICAGO (AP) - Just three weeks after the resolution of Chicago's first teachers' strike in a quarter-century, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's…
October 5, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Republicans caused eyes to roll this election season by perpetuating the meme that poll numbers favoring Barack…
March 22, 2012
OAK BROOK, Illinois (AP) - McDonald's Corp. said Wednesday that Chief Executive Officer Jim Skinner will retire later this year,…
February 21, 2012
theGRIO'S 100 - Desiree Rogers was the White House social secretary during President Obama's first year and a half in…
January 24, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Dispelling previous assumptions that black women have a harder time making it to the top, a researcher…
January 20, 2012
BENTONVILLE, Arkansas (AP) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's biggest retailer, said Friday that it has named Rosalind Brewer as…
July 13, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) -- Oprah Winfrey is expanding her role at her struggling network beyond the position of chairman...
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - As a volunteer attorney, Kenneth Frazier won the 1997 release of James "Bo" Cochran, who spent 19…
August 10, 2010
From The New York Times - Former White House Social Secretary Desirée Rogers has been hired to run the Johnson…
July 21, 2010
VIDEO - The plainclothes officer was approached by Mr. Gaymon, 'who was engaged in a sexual act at the time'...
June 23, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) -- Despite renewed market fears of a hit to global growth because of economic trouble in Europe,…
April 7, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - For the first time in two years, more CEOs expect to be adding jobs than cutting…
March 8, 2010
In the latest unnecessary onslaught of racial slurs, the CEO of Tennessee's Hospitality Association made the bold decision to send…