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Black teen unemployment still 4 times national average

By Rima Abdelkader

9:11 AM on 03/04/2011

theGRIO VIDEO - The jobless rate for black teens has consistently been higher than any other demographic since the Bureau of Labor Statistics began publishing results...
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Will Africa's next uprising be in Cameroon?

By Rima Abdelkader

8:47 AM on 02/22/2011

theGRIO REPORT - Cameroon's President Paul Biya has been in power for decades and is grappling with a high youth unemployment rate ...
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Female boxer 'Fire' lights up legendary ring

By Rima Abdelkader

11:21 AM on 02/17/2011

theGRIO VIDEO - Keisher "Fire" McLeod-Wells' journey with the oldest active boxing gym in the U.S. began in 2002 when she wanted to tone up for some modeling and acting gigs...
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Love letters -- a soldier's timeless gift to his family

By Rima Abdelkader

1:56 PM on 02/15/2011

theGRIO VIDEO - U.S. Army Sgt. Charles Monroe King died in Iraq four years ago, but the 200-page journal he wrote for his son Jordan lives through hand-written letters...
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Tragedy in Tucson hits close to home for Congolese immigrant

By Rima Abdelkader

7:56 PM on 01/12/2011

theGRIO REPORT - Judge John Roll presided over Joseph Mbangu's wife's naturalization ceremony in 2006, and he cast his first vote for Rep. Giffords that same year...
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MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell lifts kids in Malawi one desk at a time

By Rima Abdelkader

8:06 AM on 01/06/2011

theGRIO Q&A - When Lawrence O'Donnell isn't giving the 'Last Word' on his MSNBC weeknight show, he's trying to equip students in Malawi with desks and chairs...
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UN Security Council solicits youth for some advice

By Rima Abdelkader

5:36 PM on 12/21/2010

theGRIO REPORT - The most powerful governing body in the world invited young people from all around the globe, including over 150 New York City students...
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Chicago mayoral hopeful: Minority contracts only for blacks

By Rima Abdelkader

5:00 PM on 12/16/2010

theGRIO REPORT - Rev. James Meeks made the controversial statement on city contracts as he campaigned for education reform on WVON Radio...
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Remembering the first black man behind a billion-dollar business

By Rima Abdelkader

8:22 AM on 12/13/2010

theGRIO REPORT - Reginald L. Lewis died of brain cancer at age 50 in 1993. But his philosophy continues to be followed by entrepreneurs and black youth...
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NY cabbie rep defends racial profiling: 'I'm tired of going to funerals'

By Rima Abdelkader

8:10 AM on 12/08/2010

theGRIO Q&A - Fernando Mateo says the real issue concerning Hispanic and black livery cab drivers are crimes being committed against them by their own kind...
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