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Black churches wrestle with Obama's gay marriage stance - VIDEO

By Amelia McGriff

9:04 AM on 05/14/2012

theGRIO REPORT - On the first Sunday after President Barack Obama made history as the first U.S. president to openly support gay marriage, black voters were at odds...
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Sharpton sets healthy example with 100 lb weight loss

By Amelia McGriff

9:55 AM on 12/07/2011

theGRIO REPORT - He's lost over 100 pounds and is determined to keep it off. Even President Barack Obama recently urged him to 'go ahead and let loose a bit on Thanksgiving'...
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How to find the courage to report child abuse

By Amelia McGriff

9:05 AM on 11/22/2011

theGRIO REPORT - Leeronnie Ogletree was one of those boys. When he was 10 years old he was like all the other kids in his Winter Haven, Florida neighborhood, until the day he says he met Donald Fitzpatrick...
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Musiq has more than a song in his heart

By Amelia McGriff

11:26 AM on 10/29/2011

theGRIO REPORT - Musiq is a new ambassador for Susan G Komen Circle of Promise. Part of his duties include encouraging women to know their bodies and screen for breast cancer...
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Census: Atlanta has widest income gap between rich and poor

By Amelia McGriff

1:00 PM on 10/27/2011

theGRIO REPORT - U.S census numbers have given the city a new label that's nothing to be proud of, but puts into perspective how many Georgians are struggling to make ends meet...
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Atlanta mayor under fire for busting Occupiers

By Amelia McGriff

1:19 PM on 10/26/2011

theGRIO REPORT - Mayor Reed now says the city had no choice but to close the park down because a protester was seen with an AK-47...
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Did Troy Davis change death penalty opinion?

By Amelia McGriff

11:31 AM on 10/17/2011

theGRIO REPORT - A face to the wronged and falsely accused is how activists describe the fuel for the firestorm of awareness that ensued before Davis execution...
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Towanda Braxton takes time out for cancer survivors

By Amelia McGriff

11:33 AM on 10/11/2011

theGRIO REPORT - For one day, The YMCA of Greater Atlanta housed some of the smartest, most beautiful woman you'll ever meet...
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Rev. Joseph Lowery at 90: 'The struggle isn't over'

By Amelia McGriff

11:36 AM on 10/10/2011

theGRIO REPORT - Lowery was encased within the civil right movement's inner circle, fighting alongside so many others who were cut down in their prime, but at the ripe age of 90 he's among the few left to see the fruit of the labor...
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'I am Troy Davis' takes on new life after death

By Amelia McGriff

11:19 AM on 10/02/2011

theGRIO REPORT - 'Many have spoken of Troy Davis as a symbol. He wasn't a symbol. He was the soul of something more profound,' said Attorney Jason Ewart...
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Atlanta groups rally to stop Troy Davis execution

By Amelia McGriff

12:57 PM on 09/19/2011

TheGRIO REPORT - The NAACP and Amnesty International are part of a growing number of supporters in Atlanta who insist on Davis' innocence, because they say there is just too much doubt in the case...
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