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February 22, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Rihanna and Chris Brown seem to have moved on. The music industry and the Grammys have moved…
February 21, 2012
CLUTCH - While out-of-wedlock births used to pertain to mostly to minority and/or poor women, the study found that white…
February 5, 2012
theGRIO's 100 - Recently retired Miami Dolphins linebacker Jason Taylor is giving back to the community that supported him during…
January 25, 2012
Since 2008, more than 530 youth have been killed in Chicago with nearly 80 percent of the homicides occurring in…
January 6, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Obama administration officials are hoping that its plan, dubbed Summer Jobs +, will reach other young people…
December 14, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - Young adults trying to get traction in a tough economy are getting a welcome assist: the new…
December 8, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - New York will pay $3.5 million to a Bronx mother whose son was violently restrained by prison…
December 2, 2011
'Look,' Gingrich said, 'at a time when you have up to 43 percent black teenage unemployment, you have entire communities…
November 23, 2011
BAGHDAD (AP) - After more than eight years in Iraq, the departing American military's legacy includes a fledgling democracy, bitter…
October 28, 2011
VIDEO - An innovating boxing program in Manchester is giving youths more than an opportunity to learn the sport. It's…
October 24, 2011
SLIDESHOW - Today, red hot hip-hop star Drake turns just 25 years old. And he's not the only youngster storming…
October 11, 2011
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - A U.S. government-backed program is telling young Kenyans that 'Yes Youth Can!' in a political program…
October 4, 2011
OPINION - Who would have thought fashion trends would come from inside the walls of America's correctional institutions?...
September 28, 2011
VIDEO - Anti-bullying activist Nadin Khoury spoke with MSNBC's Thomas Roberts about being a victim of extensive bullying...
September 23, 2011
OPINION - In schools and in neighborhoods throughout this country, a new generation of history makers are budding...
September 20, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - Is it ever OK to tweet that a girl's a 'slut'? How about using an offensive name…
August 10, 2011
OPINION - Young people of color were able to make more of a connection between race and disparities in opportunity…
August 4, 2011
OPINION - New York's Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the billionaire financier George Soros have teamed up to aid African-American and…
August 1, 2011
OPINION - MTV made music visual in a way that emphasized looks and style over talent and substance...
July 15, 2011
NEWS ONE - Many programs are being created and funded to push young black males along a path to success…