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February 9, 2011
VIDEO - Olympic gymnast Dominique Dawes, co-chair of the President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition, talks about her support…
February 9, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - "Life is about good food, at least in America," the first lady told NBC's "Today" show on…
February 9, 2011
The Grio's 100 - Michelle Obama is throwing her weight behind her landmark Let's Move initiative, and is propelling our…
February 7, 2011
SLIDESHOW - Sometimes the stakes are too high to let these instances of misinformation go unchecked. Now is one of…
February 7, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - "I am the future and I have AIDS." These words, spoken by a 12-year-old Broadbent at the…
February 6, 2011
OPINION - We, as Americans, have become very complacent; since we don't see people walking around looking like death we…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - After obesity factored in her sister's death, Linda Fondren made it her mission to get Mississippi, the…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - This high school senior from Long Island, New York was motivated by her mom's battle with breast…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Lisa Newman's 16-hour journey to Ghana from her Michigan hospital is only a step in the surgeon's…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Eugene Sawyer and Second Grace United Methodist Church have given impoverished Detroit dwellers a second chance at…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Dr. Cooper maintains a 60-hour work week, personally mentors two VIP clients, attends court hearings and even…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Shirley pioneered the incorporation of clinics in city high schools, which reduced teenage pregnancy, sexually transmitted disease,…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Dr. Winston Gandy understands that America's uneven access to health care is deadly. People of color live…
January 27, 2011
FORT JACKSON, S.C. (AP) - First lady Michelle Obama is visiting the Army's largest training post to see how the…
January 25, 2011
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - He says he has been living with pain in his lower extremities, face and side for…
January 24, 2011
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Davida Johnson walked into Dr. Kermit Gosnell's clinic to get an abortion in 2001, she saw what…
January 20, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - Mrs. Obama said the announcement has "the potential to transform the marketplace and help Americans put healthier…
January 19, 2011
OPINION - What we have is a failure to communicate. What we need are more drastic, in-your-face approaches...
January 14, 2011
Aretha Franklin spent December living through a severe health crisis, surgeries and rumors of incurable diseases...
January 12, 2011
DETROIT (AP) - The legendary singer also vowed to reschedule the concert dates she missed...