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January 31, 2014
theGRIO'S 100 - Turnquest was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2013 after passing her exams with…
January 31, 2014
theGRIO'S 100 - Coleman was one of a trio of young African-American men who decided to do something to tackle…
January 31, 2014
theGRIO'S 100 - Currently a strategy director for student financial support at the Lumina Foundation, Smith is focused on developing…
January 31, 2014
theGRIO'S 100 - Last year on his 75th birthday Dr. Finney launched a new state-of-the-art Urban Broadcast Media (UBM) Center…
January 25, 2014
Nightly News -- A crumbling Trenton, N.J., high school in the shadows of the state capital has been terminally ill…
January 23, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Arizona has currently only one African-American representative in its legislature and with an expected departure in January…
January 17, 2014
ANALYSIS - Obama and his aides have argued the president will increasingly use his 'convening' power to bring influential people…
January 16, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Successful and educated black people are remembered as lighter in skin tone, according to the controversial findings…
January 15, 2014
OPINION - Ever since the Supreme Court decided Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, Little Rock, Arkansas has been…
January 14, 2014
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas can stop making payments in one of the nation's most historic desegregation efforts, a…
January 13, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - As part of her ongoing efforts to encourage youth members to commit to their education, First Lady…
January 8, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration wants to end the apparent disparities in how students of different races are punished…
January 4, 2014
NBC News - On a cold December day in East Detroit, a dozen kids form a human assembly line stretching…
December 30, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — A former teacher, principal and longtime advocate of early childhood education will be the next leader…
December 27, 2013
MSNBC - In Chicago, the school board has struck more broadly and with a heavier axe than any other school…
December 20, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Public school students in the nation's largest cities are improving their performance in reading and math faster…
December 19, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - It is often said that the younger generation are disinterested and disengaged from politics. But one young…
December 13, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - New data shows that, in a number of areas -- teen pregnancy, violent crime and increasing gradation…
November 23, 2013
NBC News - Mesha Exum wonders how her life would have turned out without a stroke of good luck 11…
November 22, 2013
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge gave preliminary approval Friday to a proposed settlement that would bring an…