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June 14, 2010

Will hip-hop return to its activist roots? (VIDEO)

theGRIO VIDEO - Although the faces in power might be different today, many of the issues political hip-hop artists spoke…
June 14, 2010

Conspiracy theories no surprise in SC Senate race

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) - Perhaps the most surprising element of Alvin Greene's victory so far is that nothing yet…
June 14, 2010

Slideshow: The top 20 political rap songs

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: SC Senate candidate Alvin Greene

theGRIO Q & A - South Carolina Democratic Senate candidate Alvin Greene discussed his shocking primary win on the Hutchinson…
May 28, 2010

Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek: Real issues are missing in hip-hop (VIDEO)

theGRIO VIDEO - Kweli and Hi-Tek say their music has evolved as both have experienced the ups and downs of…
May 27, 2010

House approves repeal of gay ban in military

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House vote came just hours after the Senate Armed Services Committee took the same course and…
May 26, 2010

Rapper turned politician Mo Wiley runs for mayor

VIDEO - A drug dealer at age 12, pregnant at 14, and out on her own at just 15 years…
April 6, 2010

An open letter to black America

OPINION - Black America, we've been surviving for 400 years in this nation. The question for the twenty-first century is…
April 1, 2010

Does Palin have a black people problem?

OPINION - It's not as if Sarah Palin has very many fans who look like LL Cool J. Her appeal…