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January 30, 2012
theGRIO's 100 - Alie Kabba is the executive director of the United African Organization, a Chicago-based group comprised of multiple…
January 30, 2012
theGRIO's 100 - Jana Johnson is a tech analyst at Goldman Sachs. The Columbia University graduate has been a leader…
January 30, 2012
theGRIO's 100 - LeVar Burton helped teach millions of children learn to read during Reading Rainbow's 23-season run, and now…
January 30, 2012
theGRIOs 100 - Doyle Beneby is the president and CEO of CPS Energy in San Antonio, Texas. Beneby strives to…
January 30, 2012
the GRIOs 100 - Ayanna Pressley is making history as the first African-American woman elected to the Boston City Council.…
January 28, 2012
theGRIOs 100 - Cheryl Pearson-McNeil is the vice president of public affairs and government relations at The Nielsen Company, one…
January 19, 2012
Hellobeautiful.com has reported that Amber Rose and Monica are working together in the studio. Monica, who is currently working...
January 1, 2012
theGRIOs 100- Carol Jenkins is an Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist who is most widely known as the former co-anchor of…
January 1, 2012
theGRIO's 100 - While living drug-addicted on the streets, Brenda Combs hit rock bottom. Combs then got clean and founded…
April 28, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Running on a campaign platform of job creation and economic development, finance attorney Terri Sewell struck a…
April 21, 2011
VIDEO - Old Spice spokesman Isaiah Mustafa made a visit to the Today Show this morning to talk about his…
February 24, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - The sleepy-eyed Cenac delivers reports and almost-too-honest interviews with an aura of droll and occasionally misplaced concern…
February 23, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - A self-proclaimed "rap-tivist," this Grammy-winning writer and producer serves as an outspoken leader for Chicago's South Side...
February 11, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Reed has more than sextupled Atlanta's reserves to $58 million, largely through pension reform, all while maintaining…
February 10, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - This Texas native has a cable television home on MSNBC's 'NewsNation', where she has established herself as…
February 10, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Obama calls the newly repurposed Office of Public Engagement the "front door" of his White House and…
February 9, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Lt. JG La'Shanda Holmes' claim that she 'didn't grow up with a silver spoon' is an incredible…
February 3, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - "Muslim" and "Congressman" were mutually exclusive terms before Minnesota elected Keith Ellison in 2006, when he also…
February 2, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - More than 26,000 people tune in to Gabi Gregg's tweets about behind-the-scenes life at MTV...
February 2, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - As the sole candidate President Barack Obama endorsed with a television commercial in that election, Richmond serves…