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How Tyler Perry became Hollywood's highest paid man
8:32 AM on 09/15/2011
theGRIO REPORT - The news adds a significant notch to the riches end of Perry's rags-to-riches biography, which, at its lowest point, saw him homeless and trying repeatedly to gain footing with his plays...
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Can black porn actors prevent future HIV outbreaks?
9:05 AM on 09/01/2011
theGRIO REPORT - The latest developments cap years of criticisms by former actors and outsiders of the industry over lax condom use...
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Hardships remain for the real-life 'Help' in America
7:59 AM on 08/11/2011
theGRIO REPORT - When other African-Americans see them pushing strollers in the street, they avert their eyes or ask if they couldn't find some other work....
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Harriet Tubman's historical legacy no longer underground
9:00 AM on 06/23/2011
theGRIO REPORT - The 5-foot-2, physically challenged escaped slave is the motivation behind two national projects in the works, a conference and even a recent controversy...
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Lessons learned from absentee fathers
9:13 AM on 06/19/2011
theGRIO REPORT - According to a Pew Research Center report released Wednesday, 11 percent of U.S. children lived apart from their fathers in 1960 compared with 27 percent in 2010...
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On Emancipation Day, DC citizens are still fighting for freedom
9:05 AM on 04/15/2011
theGRIO REPORT - "It's kind of ironic that this week we're celebrating emancipation when we're not emancipated," Mayor Vincent Gray said in an interview...
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'Baby daddy' study may draw unfair spotlight to black women
12:30 PM on 04/01/2011
theGRIO REPORT - A study shows that 59 percent of African-American women with two or more children have done so by more than one man...
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Bad background checks may cause day care dangers
8:12 AM on 03/23/2011
theGRIO REPORT - Critics say some states are more thorough than others when it comes to insuring the safety of little ones...
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'Chocolate cities' see rise in vanilla population
7:58 PM on 03/02/2011
theGRIO REPORT - The changes can mean displacement of memories and sites that some African-Americans believe are historic and priceless...
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6 month sentence in Civil Rights-era murder causes uproar
9:01 AM on 12/10/2010
theGRIO REPORT - Jimmie Lee Jackson was taking part in a peaceful civil rights protest in his hometown of Marion, Ala., when Fowler shot him in the stomach...
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No longer Mr. Senator, Burris wants to be Mr. Mayor
8:17 AM on 11/23/2010
theGRIO REPORT - The departing U.S. senator whose December 2008 appointment was clouded by controversy is now considering a run for mayor of Chicago...
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Will Cedric Richmond score a big easy win in New Orleans?
9:09 AM on 11/02/2010
theGRIO REPORT - A Richmond win would likely return the seat to its Democratic roots for the foreseeable future...
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Dems' new push for minority vote dwarfs past efforts
8:06 AM on 09/28/2010
theGRIO REPORT - The DNC has set aside $2 million for an ad buy with African-American media. That amount is roughly 10 times what they spent getting out the vote in 2006...
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CBC seeks to weather storm despite party's gloomy political forecast
8:13 AM on 09/17/2010
theGRIO REPORT - As Republicans vow almost daily to snatch back the Capitol Hill majority, members of the all-Democrat Congressional Black Caucus are defiant...
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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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