Diversity

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November 2, 2012
CHICAGO - At age 53, Marvin Jones finally became the fireman he'd always dreamed of becoming...
November 1, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - This week, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported on the overwhelming number of white players on the NBA's…
October 17, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Gallaudet University has announced that it would like its chief diversity officer to return to her post,…
October 9, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - After seven months of petitioning, a group of Columbia, Maryland residents gathered Monday for an official ceremony…
October 8, 2012
Just a couple weeks after the historic hiring of Keija Minor as the editor in chief of Conde Nast's Brides…
September 28, 2012
The United States Senate will remain without any black representative for some years to come...
September 14, 2012
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The NFL received its highest grade for diversity hiring practices but still has work to do...
September 6, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - The WNBA reaffirmed its distinction as the top professional sports league in hiring women and minorities…
August 30, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The CNN camerawoman who was reportedly the victim of racially motivated taunting on the floor of the…
August 29, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - How much racial diversity is there at this year's Republican National Convention? It's hard to say, if…
August 28, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Every four years political junkies, spectators and commentators tend to point out the lack of racial diversity…
August 19, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A growing chorus of critics is decrying the Commission of Presidential Debates' decision to not include a…
August 17, 2012
(AP) - A group of black journalists says it is disappointed in the lack of ethnic diversity among the people…
August 15, 2012
OPINION - In a country currently undergoing dramatic demographic shifts, it’s time for the presidential debates to reflect the diversity…
August 14, 2012
The Commission on Presidential Debates announced this year's group of presidential debate moderators, and they are all white...
July 30, 2012
OPINION - Ride's selection as the first American woman in space was a clear indicator of NASA's acknowledgement of the…
July 29, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - 'The Newsroom's Adina Porter believes she has liberated her identity in Hollywood...
July 26, 2012
OPINION - Through the 70s, what shows like The Jeffersons were able to convey were hopes, dreams and struggles to…
July 23, 2012
OPINION - If Romney were to pick Rice, Rubio or any of the other non-traditional candidates being considered, it would…
June 26, 2012
Dartmouth Researchers Richard Wright, Steven R. Holloway, and Mark Ellis believe they have found evidence that suggests gentrification of black…