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July 16, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - When news like the recent Zimmerman verdict is handed down, it’s not uncommon that disheartened African-Americans consider…
July 16, 2013
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jurors were selected Monday in the case of a 76-year-old white man charged with gunning down a…
July 15, 2013
OPINION - I can only wonder how black boys around America will digest the Zimmerman acquittal...
July 15, 2013
NBC NEWS - Shawn Vincent, an aide to defense attorney Mark O’Mara, told NBC News on Sunday that the Keltec…
July 14, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Rev. Jesse Jackson encouraged Chicago residents to stay nonviolent in their protest of Zimmerman’s verdict...
July 10, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - As Illinois rushed to pass the country’s final concealed-carry law by the July 9th federally mandated deadline,…
July 9, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Following an extended holiday weekend where Chicago experienced an elevated amount of shootings and homicides, Illinois Gov.…
July 8, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The nation’s third-largest city reached a new high over the extended holiday weekend as its top cop…
July 7, 2013
ESSENCE FESTIVAL -- “It’s an uncomfortable issue…no parent should have to bury their child,” said New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu…
July 1, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Snoop Dogg and T.I. joined Fruitvale Station director Ryan Coogler and others on the 'No Guns Allowed'…
June 25, 2013
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Police say a 5-year-old girl fatally shot herself when her mother locked her inside their home…
June 20, 2013
WINNFIELD, La. (AP) — Police in north Louisiana are investigating the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old rapper known as Lil…
June 18, 2013
NBC Chicago - A 15-year-old boy was fatally shot late Sunday by a police officer, marking the third police-involved shooting…
June 17, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - In one of the most violent weekends Chicago has seen since the temperature has risen, seven people…
June 14, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - This week, the nation’s third-largest city reached a milestone it hadn’t seen since the 1960s as murders…
June 13, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will meet Thursday with relatives…
June 7, 2013
NBC Chicago - A 9-year-old boy remained in critical condition Thursday after he was shot in the chest while riding…
June 3, 2013
NBC Chicago - An 18-year-old man was shot and killed in weekend violence that wounded at least 12 others across…
June 3, 2013
NBC Chicago - Family and friends gathered Sunday night to celebrate what would have been the 16th birthday of Hadiya…
May 29, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Speaking for the first time publicly since the death of his 6-month-old daughter Jonylah Watkins, Jonathan Watkins…