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Black designers make dreams into a reality
5:20 PM on 09/24/2011
theGRIO VIDEO - High cost and the need for the right connections have made entry into the fashion world difficult for many aspiring African-American designers...
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Arise: African fashion design meets America
1:25 PM on 09/20/2011
theGRIO VIDEO - For those who watched the 'Arise' fashion show, it was definitely an eye-opener -- most of the designs were refreshingly modern and included traditional African fabrics...
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Color makes a comeback at Fashion Week
9:33 AM on 09/15/2011
OPINION - Dull neutrals still abound, but Fashion Week 2011 also showed its true 'color'...
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Slideshow: Tracy Reese Spring 2012 runway show
12:13 PM on 09/12/2011
SLIDESHOW - This weekend of fashion revealed the continuation of a long-time love affair that many designers have with the spring season...
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Fashion Week opens with international flair
11:11 AM on 09/09/2011
OPINION - Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week opened with a strut that pointed to a trend worth noticing: namely, that fashion is thinking globally...
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Fashion Week Preview: Let the shows begin!
8:31 AM on 09/08/2011
OPINION - From September 8th until September 15th, Mercedes Benz Fashion Week will be "location central" for the tiny universe of editors, buyers, stylists, and bloggers...
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'Top Model' Toccara takes her search for love to TV
5:08 PM on 09/02/2011
theGRIO REPORT - Given the fact that she basically grew up on reality TV, it was no big deal for Toccara to agree to look for a man with everybody watching...
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Paradise lost? How the Ivory Coast lost its way
8:42 AM on 04/12/2011
OPINION - What once was a thriving democratic country with a healthy cocoa industry and growing tourist business has become a dangerous war zone..
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Slideshow: theGrio goes to Fashion Week
4:24 PM on 02/18/2011
SLIDESHOW - With more than 200 fashion shows in and around the tents at Lincoln Center, there were only a handful of designers of color who showed their wares...
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Femme, futuristic and in your face: Highlights of Fashion Week
12:33 PM on 02/18/2011
OPINION - Fashion has consistently taken the temperature of its culture, showcasing a representation of what's happening in our world and where it's headed...
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Obama and Congress pass crucial test of civility
8:46 AM on 01/26/2011
OPINION - There were no audible outbursts. There were no caught-on-camera rolled eyes or disparaging glances...
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Swim or die: The battle to save black kids from drowning
10:33 AM on 07/15/2010
OPINION - Not only do most black kids not know how to swim, the concept of 'most' is not an exaggeration. 70 percent of black youth across America cannot swim...
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Why we just can't stop loving Michael Jackson
7:59 AM on 06/26/2010
OPINION - It would have meant so much to him to know that his fans, the people he cared about more than anything, actually still care about him even after his death...
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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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