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May 23, 2012
theGRIO Q&A - Cory Booker, the popular Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, appeared on NBC’s 'Meet the Press' and in…
May 22, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Officials in Newark, who knew Cory Booker, before he became a regular headline maker weren't surprised that…
May 21, 2012
OPINION - Cory Booker stepped all over the Obama campaign's message because staying on message and attacking venture capitalism damages…
May 17, 2012
OPINION - Booker's chummy relationship with Christie isn't just about doing work for the people of Newark it's also likely…
May 16, 2012
NEW YORK - Police in New Jersey are investigating after a mural of slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin was defaced…
May 16, 2012
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and the mayor of New Jersey's largest city are channeling the…
April 30, 2012
NEW YORK - Trayvon Martin's mother met briefly with the mother of a New Jersey teenager fatally shot by police…
April 27, 2012
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) - West Point cadets, who graduate as second lieutenants in the Army, come from every state…
April 17, 2012
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The woman pulled from her burning home by Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker says she would…
April 13, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Cory Booker's 'heroic actions' didn't come as a complete surprise to the people who work most closely…
April 9, 2012
MSNBC - Whitney Houston's funeral cost her hometown of Newark, New Jersey, $187,000 in police overtime, and some residents aren't…
March 29, 2012
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Three sons of the founders of the Sugar Hill Records hip-hop recording label pleaded guilty Thursday…
March 15, 2012
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A police official in a New Jersey town where a disqualified 'American Idol' contestant is the…
March 14, 2012
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Rep. Donald Payne was a modest man who favored quiet persuasion over bombast, qualities that didn't…
March 8, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress on Thursday he's disturbed by what he's read about the New…
March 7, 2012
theGRIO REPOT - With the passing of New Jersey Congressman Donald Payne, America has lost a piece of black political…
March 6, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - U.S. Congressman Donald M. Payne, described as a true and dedicated native son of Newark, New Jersey,…
March 2, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - A congressional aide says Democratic New Jersey congressman Donald M. Payne is being described by a family…
March 1, 2012
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Civil rights groups in the Northeast pressed Thursday for an investigation of the New York Police…
February 23, 2012
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The mayor of New Jersey's largest city called for state authorities Wednesday to investigate a widespread…