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October 28, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - A black female’s genetic make-up may reduce the effectiveness of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in curbing…
October 25, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - In a shocking and uproarious recent Daily Show interview, GOP precinct captain Don Yelton uses the n-word,…
October 17, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - A former middle school principal in Fayetteville N.C. was arrested Friday after he was accused of committing…
September 26, 2013
ASHEBORO, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina school board has rescinded its ban on Ralph Ellison's 'Invisible Man,' returning it…
September 24, 2013
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (AP) — The U.S. Department of Labor has ordered Bank of America topay black job applicants more…
September 24, 2013
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — An armed man pursued onto the campus of North Carolina Central University was shot and killed…
September 17, 2013
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (AP) — An unarmed man seeking help after a car crash over the weekend was shot 10…
September 16, 2013
Associated Press — A North Carolina police officer accused of shooting and killing an unarmed man was scheduled to appear…
September 4, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Lead pastor of Freedom House Church in North Carolina sent an e-mail to her congregation requesting that…
August 24, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - A Moral Monday gathering in Charlotte this week channeled sights and sounds of the March on Washington…
August 23, 2013
OPINION - If Republicans repeat their dismal performance among voters of color when the 2016 election rolls around, don’t blame…
August 22, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Lady emcee, Rapsody is an artist that hip-hop purists can be proud of...
August 21, 2013
ANALYSIS - A number of prominent Democrats of all races are urging Clinton to run..
August 21, 2013
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — The Republican mayoral candidate in Winston-Salem, N.C., has dropped out after local party leaders withdrew their…
August 13, 2013
theGRIO REPORT- Opponents of the new law fear its provisions would particularly target minorities, the elderly, the poor and the…
August 13, 2013
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's governor on Monday quietly signed a measure into law that overhauls the state's election…
August 6, 2013
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - Seventy-First High School returned to the football practice field on Monday as the team and community were…
August 5, 2013
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Julius Chambers, a Charlotte attorney whose practice was in the forefront of the civil rights movement…
July 29, 2013
NBC News - From 1929 to 1974 North Carolina forcibly sterilized thousands of men, women and children, usually without their…
July 29, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - It’s been more than 53 years since Feb. 1, 1960, the day when Franklin McCain, David Richmond,…