Holiday

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December 23, 2012
SLIDESHOW - Here are a choice few holiday films with black characters in leading roles that spread Christmas cheer...
December 20, 2012
ESSAY - Even though your loved one may not be here physically, he or she can be here in spirit…
December 20, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Food sitting at room temperature for over two hours creates the perfect environment for food poisoning...
December 17, 2012
SLIDESHOW - For more great holiday style selections, check out our style guide featuring black designers. These fab garments have…
May 26, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - On the road or at home, it’s important to beware of holiday dangers. Keep your weekend from…
February 23, 2012
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Former Indiana U.S. Rep. Katie Hall, a key sponsor of the 1983 legislation that established…
February 4, 2012
Cecil Ash, a Republican from Mesa, feels that what Arizona needs now is an official holiday for white folks...
January 14, 2012
the GRIO REPORT- Indeed, while most states celebrate Martin Luther King Jr's birthday singularly, several continue to proudly acknowledge Civil…
January 9, 2012
In 1980, Stevie Wonder joined with the members of the Black Caucus in the US congress to speak out for…
December 25, 2011
VIDEO - Like shopping for gifts then wrapping them up, some Christmas traditions rarely change. But there's one classic image…
December 24, 2011
SEATTLE (AP) - Fights, vandalism and arrests marked the release of Nike's new Air Jordan basketball shoes as a shopping…
December 13, 2011
New York Post - "I just shot my wife," muscle-bound Clarence Cash, 49, calmly told officers hours after allegedly pumping…
October 14, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - While athleticism at their ages is impressive, both match ups raise the same question -- at what…
October 13, 2011
MIAMI (AP) - Grammy-winning OutKast rapper Big Boi has reached a deal on drug charges that allows him to avoid…
January 15, 2011
OPINION - The fight for a King national holiday has been bitter, contentious, and controversial from the first moment it…
January 14, 2011
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - "For that day, so many have died. For that day, so many have marched. So many…
January 14, 2011
ATLANTA (AP) - Seventy-seven percent of people interviewed in an AP-GfK poll say there has been significant progress toward King's…
January 13, 2011
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The city's NAACP chapter called Wednesday on area clergy to urge church members to keep their…
December 26, 2010
theGRIO REPORT - Known by some to be an alternative to Christmas, many Christians have become largely critical of the…
December 25, 2010
During the holidays, it's easy to overindulge in all the yummy, home-cooked treats...