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December 8, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - CNN's Soledad O'Brien sat down with CBS's Bob Schieffer to set the record straight on what the…
December 7, 2014
LeBron James may be following Derrick Rose’s lead and openly showing his support for the protests against the Eric Garner
December 5, 2014
Stevie Wonder took a moment during a Seattle concert for his Songs in the Key of Life tour to share his thoughts
December 5, 2014
PHOENIX (AP) — The deadly shooting of a black, unarmed drug suspect by a white Phoenix police officer who mistook
December 2, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Police in Philadelphia will be using lapel-mounted body cameras as part of a pilot program for police…
November 25, 2014
I really wanted to write something poignant last night but all I could do was cuss at random intervals for
November 25, 2014
Has nothing been learned since April 29, 1992? That was the date in which mayhem erupted in Los Angeles after
November 24, 2014
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Officers in armored vehicles lobbed canisters of irritants that made people’s eyes and lungs burn, dispersing
November 23, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - It went down on Meet The Press Sunday. During a panel discussion on diverse police forces and…
October 10, 2014
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Protesters angered by the fatal shooting of a black 18-year-old by police faced off with officers…
August 27, 2014
OPINION - Michael Brown has been eulogized and buried. Family, friends, indeed a nation mourns the senseless loss of a…
August 15, 2014
NBC News -- Police on Friday will release the name of the officer who shot and killed Michael Brown, an…
August 15, 2014
REPORT - To keep our Grio Fam up to date on the fast moving events in Ferguson, Missouri, here is…
August 10, 2014
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — The fatal shooting of a black teenager by police sent hundreds of angry residents out of…
June 5, 2014
VIDEO - More than a dozen homeless people flanked by numerous representatives of non-profit food sharing programs and religious groups…
March 18, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — Organizers of the fast-food protests for higher wages on Tuesday shifted their sights to another issue…
December 5, 2013
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A judge has found North Carolina NAACP President William Barber and 11 others guilty of second-degree…
November 11, 2013
DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) — Protesters and civil rights groups are calling for justice after a suburban Detroit homeowner fatally…
October 19, 2013
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Grambling's proud football program descended into further chaos Friday when the school canceled Saturday's game against…
September 3, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Nearly a month after the incident at Wild Wings Café, the complaints on Facebook started to garner…