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June 8, 2015
Swimming while black is a crime? Or having a black pool party? Maybe the police in Texas have lost their
June 7, 2015
theGrio REPORT - Sunday morning we posted a video that clearly shows overzealous officers brutalizing young people at a Texas…
June 5, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - As the school year draws to an end, kids are taking home awards ...
June 2, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - Richard Lee got a surprising phone call this week. A deacon at his church was calling to…
May 28, 2015
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — An Austin city official has resigned after being suspended during an investigation into a training session…
May 27, 2015
Houston is an international city and its been voted the most diverse city in the United States.
May 26, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - An 82-year-old man has filed suit against the Georgetown officers who he says used excessive force against…
May 18, 2015
OPINION - Nine dead. Eighteen injured. Nearly 200 arrested. But apparently, not much to see here. Looking at the media…
May 8, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - Phoenix and Kingston Walwyn started riding the bus home three months ago.
May 6, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - Richard Overton, take a bow. Overton, the oldest living World War II vet, celebrated his 109th birthday…
May 6, 2015
DENTON, Texas (AP) — Forward Eboniey Jeter, who led the North Texas Mean Green women's basketball squad in shooting percentage…
April 23, 2015
OPINION - Video visitation is coming to a county jail near you. Families can take advantage of new technology and…
April 15, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - Julian Gibson has always been up for a challenge, so the robot competition he and his middle…
April 1, 2015
theGrio REPORT - A Texas man who had just won $500 from a scratch-off lottery ticket did not want to…
March 24, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - A black college student at Texas A&M Corpus Christi returned home from spring break to a slew…
March 23, 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is weighing a free-speech challenge to Texas’ refusal to issue a license plate bearing
February 17, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - After video of his road rage went viral, and after speaking with local police, a Texas man…
February 3, 2015
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston police are investigating the deaths of an Episcopal priest, his wife and 5-year-old son whose bodies…
January 30, 2015
A proposed bill in Austin, Texas, would allow teachers to use deadly force to protect themselves against students without the
January 15, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - A Texas woman was pulled over by police last August while her four children were still inside…