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June 2, 2020
The community answers a call to help residents who have been impacted by grocery store closings and lootings in the…
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April 18, 2020
The WNBA held its annual draft on Friday and used the occasion to honor the memory of the late Kobe…
December 20, 2016
Looking to head into 2017 with good intentions? It’s time to get real about living a life of passion and
May 26, 2014
OPINION - So is the fact that the first Memorial Day was, as Yale Professor David Blight observed, actually created…
May 24, 2014
OPINION - My job is about passion. It’s a passion to lead. It’s a passion to succeed. And it’s a…
September 13, 2013
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Abused in life and death, an enslaved man known as Mr. Fortune will be honored…
July 3, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Usher's non-profit organization, New Look Foundation, hosted their third annual World Leadership Conference at Emory University in…
February 20, 2012
SLIDESHOW - Their passion for giving back and helping their communities are reasons these 10 African-Americans made this year's Grio's…
December 15, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says it's inexcusable that home health care workers who care for the elderly and…
November 29, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - In 2001 there was only one branded hotel owned by an African-American. Today there are more than…
August 11, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - When other African-Americans see them pushing strollers in the street, they avert their eyes or ask if…
February 3, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. service sector, which employs nearly 90 percent of America's work force, grew in January at…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - When the Louisiana Housing Authority planned to raze a public housing project in 2006, Tracie Washington sued…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Before 25-year-old Cpl. Oliver and 39 other female Marines were deployed to interview rural Afghan women last…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Dale Long has a big family. A 34-year volunteer for Big Brothers Big Sisters, the Dallas native…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - In the age of the Internet, Millennials have an increased access to political power -- they just…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Terrance Roberts tells high school students they'll have 700 days after joining a gang until they're in…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - With TwitChange.com, Shaun King leveraged Twitter to address the Haitian earthquake's aftermath...
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Pastor Larry Camel could not sit idle when his small city of Saginaw, MI saw 17 homicides…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - At the age of 5, philanthropist Joshua Williams decided to stomp out hunger in the Miami region…