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September 13, 2010
VIDEO - In DC, the mayoral election could be decided to the sound of a different beat; the mixture of…
August 31, 2010
OPINION - But there is a deeper, more relevant question to be asked about the allegations against Eddie Johnson: Even…
July 29, 2010
VIDEO - As the ethics controversy evolves, has the 80-year-old congressman's legacy been irrevocably damaged?...
June 24, 2010
ALL HIP HOP Q&A - We ask Drake about how he intends to appease his highly critical base and his…
June 17, 2010
VIDEO - When hip-hop artists speak out about politics does that matter to you? Does hip-hop influence what you do…
June 15, 2010
The number of African Americans winning political offices hasn't increase since Obama won. The black political community says these stats…
June 15, 2010
Forget a corporate job. A Portland man dances in a skirt to support himself, his cat and to make some…
June 14, 2010
Rep. James Clyburn does not think he will fall behind Alvin Greene. Clybum thinks his campaign is a mess...l
June 14, 2010
theGRIO VIDEO - Although the faces in power might be different today, many of the issues political hip-hop artists spoke…
June 14, 2010
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) - Perhaps the most surprising element of Alvin Greene's victory so far is that nothing yet…
June 14, 2010
SLIDESHOW - Unofficial? Certainly. There are just too many great examples of politically minded rap to put in one list...
June 12, 2010
theGRIO Q & A - South Carolina Democratic Senate candidate Alvin Greene discussed his shocking primary win on the Hutchinson…
May 28, 2010
theGRIO VIDEO - Kweli and Hi-Tek say their music has evolved as both have experienced the ups and downs of…
May 27, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House vote came just hours after the Senate Armed Services Committee took the same course and…
May 26, 2010
VIDEO - A drug dealer at age 12, pregnant at 14, and out on her own at just 15 years…
April 6, 2010
OPINION - Black America, we've been surviving for 400 years in this nation. The question for the twenty-first century is…
April 1, 2010
OPINION - It's not as if Sarah Palin has very many fans who look like LL Cool J. Her appeal…