Howard University

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June 15, 2015
Rachel Dolezal, the former Spokane NAACP president who was recently outed as white by her parents, sued Howard University in
April 7, 2015
OPINION - It is official. Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is running for the Republican nomination for president in 2016. But…
July 13, 2014
A deeply attached fan of a championship team called a couple of months back, saying he had arranged an interview…
May 11, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Chants roared from the crowd as attendees of Howard University’s 146th commencement waited to hear from one…
May 1, 2014
theGRIO REPORT- Reverend Lennox Yearwood is a man of faith that's been in hip hop's corner since it's inception...
April 17, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Some people have applauded the university for finally solidifying a relationship with a longtime unofficial alumnus, while…
April 15, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - While Diddy never graduated from Howard University when he was a student there back in 1989, the…
March 11, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - This Women’s History Month, I’ve been thinking frequently about Pauli Murray, a radical black woman who failed…
February 21, 2014
ANALYSIS - Paul is becoming an increasingly influential figure in the intersection between race and politics in America...
February 11, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - A recent article in the New York Times took a tough look into the inner workings of…
January 31, 2014
GRIO'S 100 - In February 2012, Ward, along with his mother and his two younger siblings, secured a place at…
October 25, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — D.C. police say at least seven people have been injured when crowds rushed the gates during a…
October 3, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Howard University President Sidney Ribeau announced Tuesday that he will be stepping down at the close of…
August 19, 2013
TODAY - James Ward, a Howard University student, spent much of his childhood homeless, alternating between shelters and the streets…
August 7, 2013
OPINION - What I give Rand Paul credit for is trying to reestablish credibility by getting outside of his comfort…
June 19, 2013
OPINION - Rand Paul displays the sort of lack of self-awareness that could only make a sociopath smile – which…
June 11, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - In a letter sent to fellow Howard University board of trustee members, vice chairwoman Renee Higginbotham-Brooks warned…
April 17, 2013
OPINION - Some GOPers, Sen. Paul included, love to bring up the fact that Abraham Lincoln 'freed the slaves'...
April 11, 2013
OPINION - During a speech at Howard University, Rand Paul made his case for blacks supporting the Republican Party. Unfortunately,…
April 10, 2013
ANALYSIS - The actual words of the likely 2016 presidential candidate illustrated the surprising and unlikely-to-work strategy Republicans are taking…