contributors - theGrio via AP
about theGrio via AP-
Malawi high court rules on Madonna's adoption case Friday
12:01 PM on 06/11/2009
(AP Photo/Riccardo Gangale) BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) -- Malawi's highest court plans to announce Friday whether Madonna can adopt a second child from the impoverished southern African country, the pop star's lawyer said Thursday. The lawyer, Alan Chinula, said the ruling...
> more -
Rev. Wright: "Jews" won't let Obama talk to him (audio)
10:50 AM on 06/11/2009
HAMPTON, Virginia (AP) -- President Barack Obama's controversial former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, is blaming "them Jews" for keeping him from speaking to the president. The former pastor of Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ told the Daily Press...
> more -
News Corp agrees to form diversity council after meeting NAACP over controversial NY Post cartoon
4:59 PM on 06/10/2009
JESSE WASHINGTON AP National Writer News Corp. has agreed to form an external diversity council after meeting with civil rights groups about a New York Post cartoon that critics said likened President Barack Obama to a dead chimpanzee. The company...
> more -
Eli Lilly accused of discrimination against African-Americans in lawsuit (video)
2:55 PM on 06/10/2009
TOM MURPHY AP Business Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Several current and former Eli Lilly and Co. employees have joined a 2006 federal lawsuit accusing the drugmaker of pay and promotional discrimination against African-Americans. The complaint accuses Indianapolis-based Lilly of paying...
> more -
Egypt president pledges improved care for Nubians
12:09 PM on 06/10/2009
(AP Photo/Amr Nabil) SALAH NASRAWI Associated Press Writer CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's president (seen here with President Obama) pledged Wednesday to promote development and care for the Nubians, as criticism to his government's treatment of Egypt's ancient but highly marginalized...
> more
- Teen dies after being pushed into traffic
- Obama signs jobs bill: 'By no means enough'
- Children help mother deliver fourth child
- Presidential disrespect goes prime-time in Obama's Fox interview
- An 'Immortal Life': How one woman's cells helped cure a generation
- Sainthood sought for African-American priest
- Baller-in-chief: Obama's 'March Madness' bracket scores well
- Conservatives use abortion issue to court African-Americans
- Will Michael Jackson's new music be a thriller for fans?
- Could 2010 be the year of the black Republican?
- Five reasons Tiger will come roaring back
- Clarence Thomas' wife's Tea Party ties are supremely disturbing
- 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
- Ray Charles musical heading for Broadway
- House Dems on track for vote on $940 billion health bill
- Ed Secretary: Ban NCAA teams with low grad rates
- Senate votes to change cocaine sentencing rules
- Lawmakers fight to finish health reform
- Congressional Black Caucus calls current jobs bill 'inadequate'
- Paterson's press secretary resigns amid scandal
- Coach on coke: Rangers' Ron Washington tests positive for drugs
- Tiger's return may be most watched golf event ever
- Arenas: 'I deserve to be punished' for gun prank
- Tiger will return to golf at the Masters
- Heavyweight to featherweight: Tyson races pigeons
- NCAA graduation rates between blacks and whites widening
- 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
- 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
- Too many Tigers, not enough Trojans
- 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
- Missing woman's body found stuffed into bedframe
- Is FEMA forcing people to buy flood insurance?
- Senate OKs jobs bill for Obama's signature
- Holder: Osama bin Laden will never face US trial
- Ugandan children capture their own stories with Project Focus
- House Dems defend 'deem and pass' health care plan
- '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
- TheGrio Reflects: Malcolm X rails against complacent civil rights activists
- TheGrio Reflects: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul
- TheGrio Reflects: Muhammad Ali on Vietnam
- theGrio Reflects: The Story Of Emmett Till
- theGrio Reflects: the Underground Railroad
- theGrio Reflects: The 14th Amendment is adopted
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
Myspace
Flickr
Podcast
Wordpress
Linkedin
Last.fm
Tumblr
Identi.ca
Plurk
