contributors - Camilo Smith
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Louis CK and Bill Maher: Why white comics can cop a black attitude
1:49 PM on 12/30/2011
theGRIO REPORT - Bill Maher and Louis C.K. talking about race and mocking their own white privilege creates a balance of saying, 'they can't talk about that,' with 'damn, he's right'...
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Can the Supreme Court sabotage Obama's health reform?
2:35 PM on 09/30/2011
theGRIO REPORT - African-Americans are one of the largest populations of uninsured and could be among the most affected if the high court strikes down the provision...
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What's behind Minaj fried chicken fashion statement?
3:32 PM on 09/28/2011
theGRIO REPORT - Minaj is considered by many to be within the mainstream in terms of her music's popularity, but her style is anything but trendsetting....
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'Significant' pay gap for teachers in black schools
8:50 AM on 09/28/2011
theGRIO REPORT - For U.S. schools with a large African-American and Latino population, the teachers are drastically short-changed, according to the latest Department of Education data...
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Is there still a chance to save Troy Davis?
3:08 PM on 09/20/2011
theGRIO REPORT - Amnesty International, the NAACP and the National Action Network are drawing attention to one last effort...
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Berkeley has best success with black students in US
6:00 AM on 09/20/2011
theGRIO REPORT - The Berkeley school district has had the benefit of parcel taxes to apply towards meeting the equity goals for students of color...
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'Black Power Mixtape' is a time capsule of history
5:59 AM on 09/17/2011
theGRIO REPORT - One of the most powerful chapters in the film 'The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975', involves a jailhouse interview with activist Angela Davis...
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Is black America satisfied with Barack Obama?
6:16 PM on 09/15/2011
theGRIO REPORT - President Barack Obama has struggled to meet the expectations of some in the black community, which is wading in high unemployment and poverty...
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How Pharrell Williams makes stars relevant again
11:10 AM on 09/15/2011
theGRIO REPORT - This month, Gloria Estefan, 80s Latin pop queen from Miami will release her Williams produced 'Miss Little Havana', her 26th album...
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Jackie Kennedy on MLK: 'That man's terrible'
6:24 PM on 09/13/2011
NY DAILY NEWS - Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy described King as "phony" and "tricky" in a 1964 interview just made public in a new book about White House life with her husband...
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Das Racist: Conscious hip-hop with a sense of humor
9:13 AM on 09/13/2011
theGRIO REPORT - Ethnically, they represent cultures not often associated with rap music, although they hold some of the same anti-establishment values known in hip-hop...
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Rash of recent NYC shootings sparks fear, action
4:30 PM on 09/09/2011
theGRIO REPORT - Last weekend marked one of the most violent in recent memory for many New Yorkers. It was a Labor Day holiday marked with at least 4 deaths and dozens of shootings...
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Have the GOP candidates reached out to black America?
6:00 AM on 09/07/2011
theGRIO REPORT - In this election cycle, the Republicans' efforts to court the black vote is nowhere to be seen...
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Why can't T.I. seem to stay out of prison?
12:18 PM on 09/02/2011
OPINION - What possessed T.I.'s handlers to allow him to make his trip from Arkansas to an Atlanta halfway house in a bus fit for a president?...
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Nancy Grace asks 'Who pushed Whitney Houston underwater?'
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Valentine's Day: Has technology made love letters obsolete?
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Black hair salons pamper women for Valentine's
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CBC Chair Emanuel Cleaver denies he called Obama budget 'nervous breakdown on paper'
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Rapper Too Short, in XXL column, gives boys advice to 'turn girls out'
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Valentine's Day: theGrio's favorite black romantic movies (SLIDESHOW)
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Whitney Houston and Brick City breakout artists: Music stars who call Newark home (SLIDESHOW)
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Presidential PDA: Barack and Michelle Obama's most romantic moments (SLIDESHOW)
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Slideshow: theGrio's best break-up songs of all time
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Grammy Awards 2012: Best and worst red carpet fashion
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New York magazine published picture of Obama evolving from ape to human
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Jeremy Lin's race matters and that's a good thing
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Are Democrats too eager to abandon President Obama?
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Nicki Minaj Grammys backlash: Has the rapper put her career at risk?
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Interracial relationships in the post-'Loving v. Virginia' age
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