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July 12, 2012
African-American kids growing up in housing projects could have a greater chance of becoming addicted to tobacco as adults than…
July 9, 2012
VIDEO - A recent study by the USA Swimming Foundation found that 70 percent of African American and 60 percent…
July 3, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Lack of access to healthy meals during summer months is, ironically, causing two separate health issues among…
June 11, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A rash of violent crimes in major cities like Philadelphia and Chicago have only highlighted the need…
May 29, 2012
OPINION - These stereotypes, according to social justice advocates, can create a racially charged atmosphere that results in violence such…
May 24, 2012
MIAMI (AP) - Safety advocates urging parents to be aware of swimming pool safety before the summer heats up also…
May 23, 2012
DALLAS (AP) - Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson has been an outspoken voice for two decades as the first black woman…
May 11, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A home owners' association in Harris County Texas sent an email to its members asking them to…
May 10, 2012
Research has shown that more young black men were searched in New York City than the total number of young…
May 8, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Perennial, a Washington, D.C.-based family of businesses, under direction of national business leader and advocate Lamell McMorris,…
April 16, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The 'choking game' involves decreasing the amount of oxygen to the brain, leading to a sensation which…
April 13, 2012
This system may be the reason young Black men and boys are criminalized and over-incarcerated relative to others groups...
April 11, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - Nicki Minaj loves the kids, but she's not ready to completely clean up her image for…
April 3, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - On the May 2012 cover of 'O, The Oprah Magazine,' Oprah Winfrey embraces a Photoshopped image of…
March 24, 2012
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - I thought my son would be much older before I had to tell him about the Black…
March 24, 2012
VIDEO - Melissa Harris-Perry and her guest, urban school district consultant Jawanza Kunjufu, seek to find out what it's like…
March 23, 2012
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) - The furor over the failure to charge a neighborhood watch captain for shooting Trayvon Martin to…
March 22, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - While we still don't know all the details about what occurred that fateful night when George Zimmerman…
March 15, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - ART START, a nationally recognized and award-winning non-profit organization for youth in New York City, uses art…