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January 27, 2015
LONDON (AP) — Benedict Cumberbatch says he was an "idiot" to refer to non-white actors as "colored." The Academy Award-nominated…
November 3, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — You don’t get to the longest-running children’s show in U.S. TV history by doing the same
October 14, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Filmmaker Whitney Dow launched a new PBS project, entitled "The Whiteness Project: Inside the White Caucasian Box,"…
April 25, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Smiley has been hosting his self-titled talk show for 11 years and has made headlines in recent…
December 5, 2013
VIDEO - PBS Digital Studio’s web series, Blank on Blank recreates iconic interviews from celebrities and politicians from the past…
November 14, 2013
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tavis Smiley, who has brought rare diversity to late-night TV for a decade on PBS, will…
November 4, 2013
VIDEO - Next week, PBS will air JFK, a four-hour, two part special on the assassination of President John F.…
October 13, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - It wasn't easy - but Idris Brewster and Seun Summers made it through. The two best friends…
October 11, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. and his collaborator Dr. Donald Yacovone have exciting findings for African-American history…
August 28, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom turns 50 today. A new PBS documentary reveals…
August 8, 2013
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - After a tragedy like the Trayvon Martin killing, calls routinely arise for a conversation about…
June 27, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - PBS' hit TV show Downton Abbey recently cast Gary Carr as its first African-American actor -- but…
June 18, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - President Obama, in his first extended remarks since the disclosure of two National Security Agency programs that…
May 24, 2013
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tavis Smiley has stood out in 20 years in broadcasting, and he has no intention of…
April 17, 2013
OPINION - The documentary might be easier to stomach if 'justice' had improved since then. But it’s not so far…
February 25, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - In the civil rights struggle, Young was overshadowed by his larger-than-life peer, Martin Luther King Jr...
February 15, 2013
theGRIO'S 100 - Neil deGrasse Tyson is an accomplished astrophysicist from the Bronx, New York...
November 28, 2012
EURWEB - Airing in January as part of the network’s Independent Lens series, the film from director Byron Hurt serves…
October 17, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 1,000 puppeteers and public broadcasting supporters have signed on for a march on the National…
October 10, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) -_ President Barack Obama's campaign deployed the beloved 'Sesame Street' icon in a new TV ad Tuesday…