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Editor's Note: theGrio's new black history section
9:37 AM on 01/29/2010
We understand that celebrating black history is less about remembering yesteryear than it is about creating context for today and hope for tomorrow...
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Cosby talks to theGrio about TV special, hip-hop, and women
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...
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GOP may make "stupidly" remark Obama's Willie Horton moment
10:45 AM on 07/24/2009
Police Commissioner Robert Haas speaks to reporters at Cambridge, Mass., Police headquarters,Thursday (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds) I winced when I heard Obama use the word "stupidly" in describing how the Cambridge police acted in arresting the Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. It's not that I disagreed with the president. A...
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The Obamas in Africa
10:44 AM on 07/08/2009
First, I would like to thank all of our users, readers, and viewers who have made theGrio.com their stop in obtaining news and views concerning black America. I'm pleased to announce that our first special series for the site, The Obamas in Africa, is launching today. This Friday the president...
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Welcome to the Grio
12:32 AM on 06/08/2009
In 2005 I left CBS News and forfeited the comfort of a steady paycheck to tell a story. The story was of my childhood in Newark, NJ and my journey through my family's history to find answers to today's racial disparities. Along the way I discovered a plantation in North...
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- Oprah, schoolgirls to testify at defamation trial
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- 11-year-old caught in the middle of health reform mudslinging
- The 15 most memorable 'March Madness' moments
- An 'Immortal Life': How one woman's cells helped cure a generation
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- Baller-in-chief: Obama's 'March Madness' bracket scores well
- Conservatives use abortion issue to court African-Americans
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- Could 2010 be the year of the black Republican?
- 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
- Rangers manager: I used marijuana, amphetamines
- Ex-porn star reveals purported Tiger texts
- Tiger's aura gone, probably for good
- Ed Secretary: Ban NCAA teams with low grad rates
- Coach on coke: Rangers' Ron Washington tests positive for drugs
- Tiger's return may be most watched golf event ever
- 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
- Prosecutor pursuing 'all black people should leave Wal-Mart' remark
- Man posing as cop sexually assaults woman
- 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
- '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
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- theGrio Reflects: the Underground Railroad
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