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March 6, 2013
NBC NEWS - When Kansas City homeless man Billy Ray Harris returned Sarah Darling’s engagement ring last month after she…
January 9, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Planners of President Barack Obama’s second inauguration are soliciting high-dollar contributions up to $1 million to help
December 19, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A 21-year old senior at Syracuse University is in the giving and service spirit this Christmas season…
November 9, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Pop star Rihanna may rub a lot of music fans the wrong way, but even her most…
November 2, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The Romney campaign's decision Tuesday to suddenly change a scheduled victory rally in Ohio into a storm-relief…
November 1, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - NBC will hold a benefit concert Friday for victims of Hurricane Sandy featuring some artists native…
September 21, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Russell Simmons and Questlove are going head-to-head this election season.
August 14, 2012
CHICAGO - Actress and singer Jennifer Hudson returns to Chicago Tuesday to honor the memory of her slain nephew...
July 30, 2012
CHICAGO - Groupon has announced it's now taking donations on CPS' behalf to provide school supplies to low-income students...
July 10, 2012
OPINION - To date, the president's major Hollywood fundraisers have all been hosted by almost exclusively white celebrities...
July 6, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - In his plea, Mark O'Mara appeals to those who have gravitated to the Zimmerman side over issues…
March 5, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - While individual current and former players are open supporters Democrats, such as Julius Peppers, Dhani Jones, Brett…
February 8, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The multimillionaire rapper is under scrutiny following reports he donated a tiny fraction of his earnings to…
January 23, 2012
When Mattie Lawson's husband, Michael, suggested in 2003 that they consider hosting a political fundraiser at their lavish Los Angeles…
January 18, 2012
WASHINGTON - Ward Connerly, the black businessman who has been the face of the movement to end affirmative action for…
January 13, 2012
The stars were named numbers 22 and 20 respectively on The Giving Back Fund's 'Giving Back 30,' a list of…
January 11, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Black people are far more inclined to give back to the community compared with their white counterparts,…
August 25, 2011
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - "This is what we pledged today, it is new money and exclusively African," said AU…
August 15, 2011
VIDEO -- For kids who join the Harlem RBI program in middle school, 90 percent will graduate and go on…
August 4, 2011
MAPLAT, Haiti (AP) - I went to Haiti last year after the earthquake, driven by an excited but vague notion…