Shirley Sherrod

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August 27, 2010

Blacks begin to close the happiness gap with whites

Economists Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers from the Univ. of Pennsylvania found that the gap between black and white happiness…
August 24, 2010

Shirley Sherrod rejects job offer from USDA

WASHINGTON (AP) - Tom Vilsack said that Sherrod did agree to work with the agency in a consulting capacity in…
August 23, 2010

Sherrod to meet with Vilsack on job offer

EPES, Ala. (AP) - Shirley Sherrod was forced to resign last month after a conservative blogger posted excerpts from a…
August 23, 2010

Black farmers lose faith, lives waiting for settlement money

theGRIO REPORT - Many farmers have become frustrated and suffer from low morale after little tangible resolution more than decade…
August 19, 2010

Shirley Sherrod interview: Fired USDA official describes her ordeal, blames Fox News

Despite being fired, Shirley Sherrod still believes in America and the promise of a multiracial society living in harmony, but…
August 18, 2010

Shirley Sherrod to meet with USDA officials for job offer

From The Huffington Post - Shirley Sherrod may be going to DC to meet with USDA officials to discuss the…
August 18, 2010

Is 'reverse racism' real?

theGRIO REPORT - The concept is deeply rooted in the idea of race in the context of power and privilege…
August 18, 2010

Why we still aren't safe from Dr. Laura

OPINION - This may be Dr. Laura's last year on the radio but it's clearly not the last time she…
August 17, 2010

Shirley Sherrod makes amends with NAACP

WASHINGTON (AP) - Sherrod and NAACP President Ben Jealous will appear together and she has written a letter to the…
August 11, 2010

Ga. Senate candidate talks about race at USDA

ATLANTA (AP) - U.S. Senate candidate Michael Thurmond says as a child he was suspicious of whites. "The only white…
August 10, 2010

Why Fox News' 'Southern Strategy' could sink the network

OPINION - With a diversifying U.S. population, does it matter that Fox News, a major news outlet, only seems to…
August 5, 2010

Big trouble lurks for black members of Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) - These were supposed to be heady days for African-Americans in Congress...
August 3, 2010

Blacks and whites continue to differ sharply on Obama

July average is the lowest monthly average approval rating blacks have given Obama yet, although not significantly lower than the…
August 3, 2010

Black farmers want Vilsack fired, settlement approved

VIDEO - The group wants Tom Vilsack to honor his own department's zero tolerance policy against discrimination...
August 2, 2010

How Breitbart is benefiting from Sherrod smear

OPINION - Like most of Obama's critics on the far-right, Breitbart would have us believe that the president is responsible…
August 2, 2010

Van Jones to Obama: ‘Race is an issue that will not go away’

theGRIO Q&A - Van Jones talks about the parallels to his resignation, Shirley Sherrod and the power of the right-wing…
July 31, 2010

Andrew Breitbart: Obama is not ‘post-racial’

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Breitbart accused the president of engaging in a "proxy warfare plan" using the media, Hollywood and lawmakers...
July 30, 2010

Shirley Sherrod: ‘I will not give Fox an interview, period’

Shirley Sherrod has a simple answer for the Fox News producers begging her for an interview: Too late...
July 29, 2010

Black journalists react to Sherrod vs. Brietbart

theGRIO REPORT - Some African-American journalists and public relations professionals expressed mixed feelings over Shirley Sherrod's plans to sue...
July 29, 2010

Sherrod plans to sue blogger Andrew Breitbart

SAN DIEGO (AP) - Sherrod made the announcement at the National Association of Black Journalists annual convention...