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NAACP supports Gov. Paterson

By theGrio via AP

1:15 PM on 09/21/2009

Beleaguered Gov. David Paterson is getting some support from a home town NAACP...

6-year-old calls 911, saves dad's life

By theGrio

10:01 AM on 09/21/2009

A 6-year-old Seminole County... Brenden Williams made a life-saving phone call when he couldn't get his father to wake up...

Man flees to Haiti after wife, 5 kids found dead in Florida home

By theGrio

8:32 AM on 09/21/2009

NAPLES, Fla. (AP) - The husband of a woman found dead in a Florida apartment along with her five young children boarded a flight for Haiti...

Obama hits airwaves to discuss jobs, health care and ACORN

By theGrio

8:17 AM on 09/21/2009

VIDEO - President Obama appeared on five Sunday news shows this week. On health care, he said requiring uninsured Americans to buy coverage is a needed fix...

Teen and newborn daughter killed

By theGrio

8:10 AM on 09/21/2009

A newborn delivered after her teenage mother was fatally shot at a school bus stop in North Carolina has died...

Law & Order's lieutenant sets gold standard for black women in TV

By Milton Kent

7:54 AM on 09/21/2009

OPINION - In a medium that typically casts black women in their professional lives as domestics, Lieutenant Anita Van Buren of TV show Law & Order stands out...

9/21/09 - the Grio & CNBC Market Preview

By Shartia Brantley

7:30 AM on 09/21/2009

VIDEO - The Grio and CNBC team up to deliver a weekly preview of money matters and market updates for our community...

'About our Children' featuring Bill Cosby

By theGrio

4:29 PM on 09/20/2009

VIDEO -- Watch MSNBC's telecast "About Our Children," featuring Bill Cosby and moderated by Independent Women's Forum president and MSNBC political analyst Michelle Bernard, which aired Sunday, September 20th....

Why it's time to talk about our children

By Michelle Bernard

9:55 AM on 09/20/2009

OPINION -- Fifty-four years ago, the late Thurgood Marshall via the Brown v. Board of Education decision, affirmed one of the core principals upon which this society is based: equality...

Cosby talks to theGrio about TV special, hip-hop, and women

By David A. Wilson

8:30 PM on 09/18/2009

VIDEO -- Dr. Cosby sat down with David A. Wilson, managing editor of theGrio, to discuss this groundbreaking television event and issues that affect the black community and the country...

First lady says US health care is unacceptable

By theGrio

5:51 PM on 09/18/2009

VIDEO - Michelle Obama, speaking as a wife, mother and daughter -- but not as a policymaker like a previous first lady -- urged women on Friday to join her husband's fight...

Sharecropper's daughter becomes 1st woman to lead Army drill sergeants

By theGrio via AP

5:10 PM on 09/18/2009

FORT JACKSON, South Carolina (AP) - Command Sgt. Maj. Teresa King can dress down a burly, battle-hardened sergeant in seconds ...

Humanitarian charged with sexually abusing 9 Haitian boys

By theGrio via AP

4:46 PM on 09/18/2009

HARTFORD, Connecticut (AP) -- The founder of a school for poor children in Haiti has been indicted on charges of sexually abusing nine boys there...

9/18/09 - the Grio & CNBC Market Wrap Up

By Shartia Brantley

3:35 PM on 09/18/2009

VIDEO - The Grio and CNBC team up to deliver a weekly preview of money matters and market updates for our community...

Babies aren't colorblind

By theGrio

1:41 PM on 09/18/2009

VIDEO -- A controversial cover story in Newsweek magazine, based in part on studies done at University of Texas Austin suggests children notice the differences between us earlie...

This week in black Hollywood - 9/18/09

By theGrio

12:49 PM on 09/18/2009

We get the latest on the African American buzz in hollywood from our friends at HipHollywood.com. This week's update gives us the scoop on MTV's Video Music Award's mishaps with Kanye West & Lil Mama, Serena William's US Open outburst, Lauren London and Lil Wayne's bouncing baby boy, Whitney's Oprah...

Hofstra rape accuser recants after video surfaces

By theGrio via AP

11:45 AM on 09/18/2009

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) -- A Hofstra University freshman who had claimed she was raped by five men in a dormitory bathroom changed her story after prosecutors confronted her with the revelation that a video of the encounter may have been recorded, a prosecutor said Thursday...

Muslim teen sues Abercrombie & Fitch

By theGrio via AP

11:12 AM on 09/18/2009

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- A Muslim teenager claims in a federal lawsuit that she was denied a job at an Abercrombie & Fitch clothing store at a Tulsa mall because she wore a head scarf...

Churches give people more than just faith

By Dr. DeForest B. Soaries, Jr.

10:00 AM on 09/18/2009

There are still many people who believe that churches should do more than help people prepare for life after death.

U of Michigan's "optional" practices highlight need for reform

By Dr. Boyce Watkins

10:00 AM on 09/18/2009

OPINION -- The University of Michigan football team has a storied tradition when it comes to winning. The program is equally storied when it comes to making money by putting athletes...

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