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September 21, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - According to the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) 88 percent of the New Yorkers who were…
September 19, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Derrick Miller, the chief administrative officer to disgraced former mayor, received $568,000 in connection with a $117…
September 14, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Disgraced former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick held court on a variety of subjects on Tuesday night, including…
September 13, 2011
DETROIT (AP) - Texana Hollis was evicted Monday and her belongings were placed outside the home. Her son, Warren Hollis,…
September 12, 2011
DETROIT (AP) - Prosecutors say Derrick Miller admitted Monday that he accepted $115,000 from a real estate broker in connection…
September 7, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The biggest problem the president is facing is not whether people will switch sides. It's whether people…
September 5, 2011
DETROIT (AP) - Obama said that with widespread suffering, "the time for Washington games is over" and lawmakers must move…
September 5, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama's speech at an annual event sponsored by the Metropolitan Detroit AFL-CIO was serving as a dress…
September 1, 2011
DETROIT (AP) - President Barack Obama will have a royal warm-up act when he comes to Detroit to speak during…
August 25, 2011
DETROIT (AP) - Edwards died Wednesday surrounded by family and friends in Detroit, the Motown Historical Museum said in a…
August 19, 2011
OPINION - For there to be any chance for us, or any urban area with a violent history, to shake…
August 18, 2011
VIDEO - It's reported that more than 50 percent of U.S. police officers live outside of the cities they served....
August 17, 2011
OPINION - Sparks flew during the Congressional Black Caucus "For the People Jobs Tour" town hall in Detroit, MI, when…
August 15, 2011
From TheGRIO -- Just 3 percent of Detroit's fourth graders and 4 percent of eighth graders meet national math standards.…
August 11, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Royce da 5'9" has enjoyed a No. 1 album thanks to his collaboration with Eminem, but…
August 10, 2011
MSNBC will air "A Stronger America: Making the Grade," a live two-hour discussion on strengthening America through education, from the…
August 9, 2011
DETROIT (AP) - Eleanor Josaitis and the Rev. William Cunningham founded Focus: HOPE in 1968 after the riots that widened…
August 2, 2011
JACKSON, Michigan (AP) - Kwame Kilpatrick walked free from a state prison early Tuesday after serving just over a year…
July 28, 2011
OPINION - Detroit is in dire straits these days, and the Motor City could give us a hint as to…
July 27, 2011
DETROIT (AP) - Bing's plan isn't about shrinking Detroit --the boundaries of the 139-square-mile city aren't receding...