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December 11, 2013

Jim Brown on Kobe Bryant: 'He threw Shaq under the bus'

theGRIO REPORT - Retired football legend Jim Brown joined the Arsenio Hall Show last night to weigh in on topics…
December 10, 2013

South African president Jacob Zuma booed at Mandela memorial

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Corruption scandals have stained Zuma and the ANC, the liberation movement during apartheid that casts itself as…
December 7, 2013

South Carolina sheriff refuses to lower flag for Nelson Mandela

theGRIO REPORT - Pickens County, South Carolina sheriff Rick Clark took to social media Friday to declare that he would…
December 6, 2013

How Mandela helped create the path for President Obama

ANALYSIS - They are in many ways kindred spirits, patient, confident men who rose to power, employing their unifying styles…
December 5, 2013

NBC's Brian Williams: My meeting with Mandela

OPINION - The morning after his election as president of South Africa -- I was his first appointment of the…
November 24, 2013

From JFK to President Obama's election: Top 10 'where were you when' moments

theGRIO REPORT - A list of the top moments in recent history, in which you will always remember where you…
November 22, 2013

Remembering the real JFK: What is the late president's legacy with black Americans?

ANALYSIS - Rather than remember Kennedy with rose-colored glasses, let us remember him accurately...
November 18, 2013

University of Alabama sorority elects 1st black president

theGRIO REPORT - One of the University of Alabama's majority white sororities elected an African-American president for the first time…
November 10, 2013

Even President Obama knows how sexy Idris Elba is

E! News - Idris Elba probably didn't expect Pres. Barack Obama to talk about his sex appeal when he went…
November 8, 2013

Petition asks President Obama to meet with Walmart employees

theGRIO REPORT - Walmart employee Charmaine Givens-Thomas has started an online petition to get President Obama to meet with Walmart…
November 5, 2013

Ted Nugent on running for president: 'Why not?'

theGRIO REPORT - Ted Nugent, the outspoken gun rights advocate and conservative rock musician, has not ruled out a run…
October 21, 2013

Lorraine Miller appointed interim NAACP President and CEO

theGRIO REPORT - Congressional Black Caucus Chair Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH) has released a statement, announcing Loraine Miller as the…
October 19, 2013

Informal spiritual adviser: ‘Obama’s faith has grown in his time in office’

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is not an overtly religious man. He and his family rarely attend church, and…
October 18, 2013

Allen West calls Obama ‘a tyrant, not a president’

theGRIO REPORT - Former Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) took to his Facebook page Wednesday and referred to President Obama as…
October 13, 2013

Allen West on Obama: He’s acting like a ‘spoiled brat child’

theGRIO REPORT - Former Rep. Allen West (R-FL) commented on President Barack Obama's handling of the government shutdown, saying the…
October 10, 2013

Eleanor Holmes Norton interrupts Obama multiple times at White House meeting

theGRIO REPORT - Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) interrupted President Obama multiple times when he was answering her question related…
October 9, 2013

How Obama is helping a future President Clinton or Christie

ANALYSIS - The fiscal standoff in Washington, once an argument about the president's health care law, has turned into a…
October 6, 2013

GOP rep: Romney wasn't focused on Obamacare

theGRIO REPORT - Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX), a member of the Tea Party caucus, joined Craig Melvin on MSNBC Saturday…
October 6, 2013

Weekend in Washington yields little on shutdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner said Sunday he sees no way out of the government shutdown unless President…
October 3, 2013

Howard University president Sidney Ribeau announces retirement

theGRIO REPORT - Howard University President Sidney Ribeau announced Tuesday that he will be stepping down at the close of…