Race

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August 22, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - "When I first got here, you could hardly find another black person," said Brumskine, who has lived…
August 19, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Regardless of achievement or education, black scientists are more likely to be rejected for medical research funding,…
August 12, 2011
OPINION - When in the history of this great republic has a man been able to set so many political…
August 11, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The only factor more influential than socioeconomic status was having a previously diagnosed sexually transmitted infection --…
July 22, 2011
MONACO (AP) - The Jamaican improved his personal best this season by 0.03 seconds, but was well short of his…
July 18, 2011
WASHINGTON -- This city, the country's first to have an African-American majority and one of its earliest experiments in black…
July 11, 2011
Yohann Gène, 30, is a Guadeloupian member of the Europcar team and the first black cyclist to take part in…
October 27, 2010
VIDEO - It sounds like an old comedy routine, but some New Yorkers feel that cabbies are picking their fares…
October 27, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Prosecutors told a judge that prison time would be the only appropriate punishment for a white…
October 21, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Jimmy McMillan was the breakout star in New York's gubernatorial debate this week with his mantra…
October 14, 2010
VIDEO - Simeon Wright had no idea he would witness the kidnapping of the man whose murder launched the civil…
October 14, 2010
BOWIE, Md. (AP) - Polls indicate many minority voters are discouraged and won't turn out Nov. 2 as they did…
September 10, 2010
VIDEO - Many American Muslims argue that the latest surge in "Islamophobia" continues to be, at its core, a civil…
August 25, 2010
VIDEO - Police say in the latest attack on the Iowa State Fair's final night, Sunday, 30 to 40 teens…
August 16, 2010
The 2010 state results, released last month, came as a blow to the legacy of the mayor and the chancellor,…
July 9, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Dennis Haysbert, who played the President of the United States on "24," makes his Broadway debut,…
June 28, 2010
Broadway shows about black characters often draw black theatergoers, but the producers of "Memphis" and "Fela!" as well as producers…
June 10, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's minority population is steadily rising and now makes up 35 percent of the U.S., an…
May 24, 2010
As the son of an immigrant and as a black man, Obama's political image depends on a racial identity even…
May 7, 2010
Nearly a year and a half into his presidency, and 14 percent of Americans say they still believe Barack Obama…