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December 23, 2011
DETROIT (AP) - The Rev. Jesse Jackson and U.S. Rep. John Conyers joined religious and civil rights leaders Thursday to…
December 14, 2011
The African American clergy and civil rights leaders will announce their decision to join the Occupy movement starting a sub-project…
November 15, 2011
OPINION - They were trying to kill the movement. They've only set themselves up for an incredibly long fight...
November 14, 2011
TheGrio REPORT -- A plan by Jay-Z's clothing line Rocawear to release a new line of T-shirts with the slogan,…
November 14, 2011
OAKLAND, California (AP) -- Police drove hundreds of anti-Wall Street demonstrators from weeks-old encampments in Portland and arrested more than…
November 9, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Kansas, Tennessee and Wisconsin are among the states that passed voter identification measures this year...
October 28, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The drum circle at Occupy Wall Street is known to protesters within Zuccotti Park as the Pulse…
October 26, 2011
ATLANTA (AP) - With helicopters hovering overhead, police moved into a downtown Atlanta park and arrested around 50 Occupy Wall…
October 26, 2011
OAKLAND, California (AP) - The scene was tense early Wednesday as a crowd of hundreds of protesters dwindled to just…
October 10, 2011
SLIDESHOW - You've probably been wondering how well-represented African-Americans are at the three-week-long 'Occupy Wall Street' protest.
October 8, 2011
SLIDESHOW - The following images capture the burgeoning Los Angeles movement which mirrors New York City's infamous 'Occupy Wall Street'…
October 7, 2011
OPINION - Obama needs to rip off his tie, leap into action, spin the angle, and rally the troops to…
August 9, 2011
MIAMI - Family and friends of a 22-month-old boy found dead inside a day care van gathered outside the shuttered…
July 27, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - A $1 million dollar shortfall in the Wayne County, MI budget has now put the future of…
July 6, 2011
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (AP) - The Birmingham City Council has pardoned six women who were arrested in 1963 for protesting segregation-era…
June 13, 2011
OPINION - The juxtaposition of Obama's election and the cold-blooded killing of an unarmed 22 year-old at the hands of…
June 12, 2011
OAKLAND, Calif (AP) - Under a heavy police presence, the protesters held a peaceful demonstration near City Hall as they…
May 20, 2011
NEW YORK - The center, which will offer mentoring, GED and tutoring programs for children and adolescents, as well as…
February 28, 2011
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Several hundred union members cheered Monday as the star of the "Lethal Weapon" action movies told the…
February 11, 2011
OPINION - Africa's youth are growing less tolerant of scenarios where they suffer while leaders entrusted with national treasuries choose…