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Does race play a role in the way we tip?
9:28 AM on 01/26/2010
Because of the perception that African-Americans don't tip well, they might often receive inferior service...
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Gadgets to look for in 2010
8:20 AM on 01/12/2010
SLIDESHOW - TheGrio.com took a look at a few cutting edge products to help accentuate your home, your car, and your phone calls...
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As unemployment drops for most, black teens see 8-point spike
10:05 AM on 12/04/2009
Although the unemployment rate for African-Americans dropped to 15.6 percent in November, the unemployment rate for black teens stands at 49.4 percent - a sharp increase from last month's number of 41.3 percent...
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What's behind the sagging pants trend?
10:42 AM on 09/15/2009
A few municipalities in various states across the country have considered passing laws banning sagging pants. Some of the proposed laws or resolutions came with penalties...
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The real 'Sister Act': Black nuns in America
8:25 AM on 08/26/2009
Although Sister Githinji was a lifelong Catholic, meeting the Franciscan Handmaids marked the first time that she had ever come across an order of sisters who happened to be African-American.
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To be young, gifted, and black...and Jewish
7:53 AM on 06/09/2009
As a child Tamar Manasseh's favorite prayer was the Sh'ma (pronounced sha-mahh) because she had to cover her eyes to recite it. But as she left home every morning to go to school Manasseh, now 31, had to lose the Star of David pendant on her necklace because it was...
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- 11-year-old caught in the middle of health reform mudslinging
- Heavy rains swamp camps holding Haiti's homeless
- Prosecutor pursuing 'all black people should leave Wal-Mart' remark
- Man posing as cop sexually assaults woman
- Rangers manager: I used marijuana, amphetamines
- Obama skips Asia trip to push health care bill
- Presidential disrespect goes prime-time in Obama's Fox interview
- Baller-in-chief: Obama's 'March Madness' bracket scores well
- Conservatives use abortion issue to court African-Americans
- Will Michael Jackson's new music be a thriller for fans?
- Could 2010 be the year of the black Republican?
- Five reasons Tiger will come roaring back
- Robert Townsend turns serious with 'Diary of a Single Mom'
- DMX sentenced to six months in Phoenix jail
- Oprah to appear in sex-abuse, defamation trial
- Slideshow: TV's black child stars - where are they now?
- Todd Bridges buries troubled past in 'Killing Willis'
- Jackson estate lands largest recording deal ever
- Maryland trying to secede from the South
- Obama effigy hung at RI school with fired teachers
- Paterson claims he made initial scandal leak
- Obama signs jobs bill: 'By no means enough'
- House Dems on track for vote on $940 billion health bill
- Ed Secretary: Ban NCAA teams with low grad rates
- Ex-porn star reveals purported Tiger texts
- The 15 most memorable 'March Madness' moments
- Tiger's aura gone, probably for good
- Coach on coke: Rangers' Ron Washington tests positive for drugs
- Tiger's return may be most watched golf event ever
- Arenas: 'I deserve to be punished' for gun prank
- Certain carnival dances said to come from the days of slavery
- Smithsonian receives rare Harriet Tubman items
- Selma, a town rich with history, seeks new legacy
- 'Black Ski' gets a lift from the First Family
- Slideshow: A glimpse of Hawaii's gorgeous landscape
- How to celebrate Black History Month in the Big Apple
- Lawmakers fight to finish health reform
- Kucinich switches vote, will back health reform
- Late-innings hardball in health care push
- Michelle Obama talks to anti-obesity food giants
- It's 'do or die' week for health care reform - how did we get here?
- Obama delays Asia trip to deal with health care
- Made in America: Black-owned businesses blaze trails on our soil
- GOP questions Boys & Girls Clubs' executive salaries
- Is the average single black woman really worth just $5?
- 'March Madness' isn't amateur, it's big league exploitation
- Why African-Americans are more optimistic despite fewer jobs
- Wealth gap greatest for black and Latino women
- Barbershop Buzz: Should 'No Child Left Behind' be left behind?
- Teen dies after being pushed into traffic
- Children help mother deliver fourth child
- Missing woman's body found stuffed into bedframe
- Congressional Black Caucus calls current jobs bill 'inadequate'
- Paterson's press secretary resigns amid scandal
- 'Brooklyn's Finest' is flawed but fiercely entertaining
- Why audiences should opt-out of 'Cop Out'
- Black music without borders: Five artists you need to hear
- 'Ameriville': Stories of Hurricane Katrina still alive onstage
- Sade's return is worth the wait
- Aid groups struggle to get food, water to Haitians
- TheGrio Reflects: Malcolm X rails against complacent civil rights activists
- TheGrio Reflects: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul
- TheGrio Reflects: Muhammad Ali on Vietnam
- theGrio Reflects: The Story Of Emmett Till
- theGrio Reflects: the Underground Railroad
- theGrio Reflects: The 14th Amendment is adopted
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