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September 26, 2014

Tavis Smiley blasts ‘Dancing with the Stars’ producers

theGRIO REPORT - TV host Tavis Smiley is lashing out at 'Dancing with the Stars' producers after being voted off…
April 25, 2014

Tavis Smiley receives star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

theGRIO REPORT - Smiley has been hosting his self-titled talk show for 11 years and has made headlines in recent…
March 3, 2014

Triple Negative Breast Cancer Awareness Day: Stepping toward a cure

theGRIO REPORT - Two years ago, at age 42, Sheryl Flowers, journalist and former executive producer for the Tavis Smiley…
November 14, 2013

PBS renews 'Tavis Smiley' talk show for 2 seasons

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tavis Smiley, who has brought rare diversity to late-night TV for a decade on PBS, will…
September 11, 2013

Black talk show hosts of today (SLIDESHOW)

theGRIO SLIDESHOW - Following the return of Arsenio Hall's The Arsenio Hall Show after a 19 year hiatus, theGrio decided…
September 3, 2013

Tavis Smiley: Obama ‘dishonoring’ MLK with proposed action in Syria

theGRIO REPORT - PBS host Tavis Smiley finds fault with Obama's plans in Syria especially in light of the 50th…
July 23, 2013

Cornel West, Tavis Smiley criticism of President Obama devolves into pot shots

OPINION - No matter how the president reacted to this—or any situation—the pattern with Smiley and West is that it’s…
July 23, 2013

Cornel West: MSNBC a ‘rent-a-negro’ network, Sharpton on ‘Obama plantation’

theGRIO REPORT - After calling Obama a 'global George Zimmerman,' West has now also directed his ire at MSNBC and…
July 22, 2013

Cornel West: Obama is a ‘global George Zimmerman’

theGRIO REPORT - Dr. Cornel West, author, activist and Professor at Union Theological Seminary, is not shy about expressing his…
July 22, 2013

The surprising success of Obama’s Travyon speech

ANALYSIS - President Obama spoke on Friday about racial profiling, the George Zimmerman verdict, the state of blacks in America…
July 21, 2013

On ‘Meet the Press,’ Tavis Smiley doubles down on Obama ‘weak Kool-Aid’ remarks

theGRIO REPORT - Appearing on 'Meet the Press' on Sunday, NPR host Tavis Smiley doubled down on remarks about President…
July 19, 2013

Tavis Smiley slammed on Twitter for criticism of Obama’s Trayvon Martin remarks

theGRIO REPORT - President Barack Obama has received widespread praise for his impromptu remarks today on race and the trial…
June 24, 2013

Tupac, Tavis Smiley to receive stars on Hollywood Walk of Fame 2014

theGRIO REPORT - The Hollywood Walk of Fame committee chair David Green has announced the 2014 list of honorees...
May 24, 2013

Tavis Smiley marks 10th year on PBS

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tavis Smiley has stood out in 20 years in broadcasting, and he has no intention of…
January 26, 2013

Tom Joyner: Tavis Smiley 'fascinated with his own legacy', wants to be remembered like MLK

theGRIO REPORT - Tom Joyner, Tavis Smiley's onetime friend and host of the show that made Smiley a household name…
January 23, 2013

Cornel West criticizes Obama's use of MLK Bible at inauguration

theGRIO REPORT - West is lashing out at Obama for using a restored Bible which once belonged to the late…
January 16, 2013

‘Django Unchained’: The fallacy of famous detractors’ uninformed criticism

OPINION - Tavis Smiley and Spike Lee's criticisms must delve deeper than the idea of it being a “spoof” and…
January 8, 2013

Tavis Smiley slams ‘Django Unchained,’ calls it ‘spoof’ of slavery

theGRIO REPORT - Talk show host Tavis Smiley has joined Spike Lee in condemning Quentin Tarantino's hit film Django Unchained,…
November 13, 2012

The Cornel West conundrum: Will Obama’s black critics have more traction in a 2nd term?

OPINION - With President Obama now headed for a second term in the White House—after laying the campaign of GOP…
August 8, 2012

Obama says he's not 'president of black America' — turns out he's right

OPINION - The idea that the nation’s first black president is not the representative of all black people should not…