contributors - theGrio

about theGrio

Reggie Love on Obama: 'He taught me how to tie a professional knot'

By theGrio

9:22 AM on 02/08/2012

During an interview at yesterday's Runway To Win event, Reggie Love, who won HuffPost Style's White House Hottest competition a few years ago, talked to the Huffington Post about his former boss President Obama...
read more
Designers lend their glamour to Obama campaign

By theGrio

9:12 AM on 02/08/2012

NEW YORK (AP) - Can President Barack Obama's campaign recapture the glamour quotient of four years ago?...
read more
Michelle Obama beats 'Late Night' host Jimmy Fallon in fitness challenge

By theGrio

8:53 AM on 02/08/2012

WASHINGTON (AP) - Michelle Obama and 'Late Night' host Jimmy Fallon turned the White House into a playground to promote the first lady's "Let's Move!" fitness campaign....
read more
Glenn Beck calls Roland Martin an 'idiot' over Super Bowl tweets controversy

By theGrio

11:24 PM on 02/07/2012

GLAAD has an unlikely supporter in their efforts to punish Roland Martin for his controversial Super Bowl tweets -- conservative commentator Glenn Beck...
read more
Rick Santorum sweeps Minnesota, Colorado and Missouri

By theGrio

11:05 PM on 02/07/2012

ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) - Rick Santorum says his victories in Minnesota's caucuses and Missouri's non-binding primary are triumphs for conservatism and the tea party movement...
read more
Obama shoots marshmallow gun during White House science fair

By theGrio

4:27 PM on 02/07/2012

VIDEO - President Obama launched shots from a marshmallow gun at a science fair that took place in the White House...
read more
Teacher's aide accused of abusing, videotaping kids at school

By theGrio

4:12 PM on 02/07/2012

NEW YORK - Following his first arrest, the FBI said they searched Brooks' home. Officials said they discovered videos that allegedly show him in the school molesting children...
read more
Ricky Williams says he's retiring from NFL

By theGrio

3:32 PM on 02/07/2012

OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) - The 34-year-old Williams told the Baltimore Ravens on Tuesday he won't be back to fulfill the second year of a contract he signed in August...
read more
Coroner rules Don Cornelius' death a suicide

By theGrio

3:23 PM on 02/07/2012

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Coroner's officials on Tuesday ruled Don Cornelius' death a suicide, nearly a week after the 'Soul Train' creator and host killed himself with a gunshot to the head...
read more
Valerie Jarrett encouraged by drop in black unemployment

By theGrio

2:28 PM on 02/07/2012

BET reports that a close adviser to President Obama believes the administration is cautiously optimistic, despite the decline in black unemployment...
read more
Black teacher allegedly calls Haitian student 'little chocolate boy'

By theGrio

2:26 PM on 02/07/2012

MIAMI - A Pompano Beach high school teacher who's previously faced discipline for inappropriate conduct towards students is once again in hot water after she allegedly called a Haitian student 'little chocolate boy'...
read more
Karl Lagerfeld likes Michelle Obama's 'big black a**'

By theGrio

2:21 PM on 02/07/2012

Karl Lagerfeld made waves in an interview Tuesday when he shared his appreciation for Michelle Obama.
read more
South Carolina sues Justice Department over voter ID laws

By theGrio

2:10 PM on 02/07/2012

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) - South Carolina is suing the U.S. Justice Department, saying it was wrong to block the state from requiring people to show government-issued photo identification to vote...
read more
Magic Johnson on National Black AIDS Awareness day: 'Bring the numbers down'

By theGrio

1:36 PM on 02/07/2012

It's estimated that at some point in our lifetime, 1 in 16 black men will be diagnosed as HIV positive and 1 in 32 women will contract HIV...
read more
Chad Ochocinco pleads to Ohio misdemeanor charge after Super Bowl

By theGrio

1:08 PM on 02/07/2012

CINCINNATI (AP) - New England Patriots wide receiver Chad Ochocinco has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge in Cincinnati hours after playing in the Super Bowl...
read more
Radio DJ Star: 'Start snitching' movement is still going strong

By theGrio

12:52 PM on 02/07/2012

Last summer, popular radio host Troi Torain, better known as Star of 'Star & Buc Wild,' was in the beginning stages of the "Start Snitching" movement when he spoke with NBC 10..
read more
House GOP memo states that 'abortion is the leading cause of death in the black community'

By theGrio

12:44 PM on 02/07/2012

A controversial memo circulated by House Republicans has surfaced saying that African-American abortions are different from those of any other race...
read more
Times Square vendor who spotted bomb running for Congress

By theGrio

12:29 PM on 02/07/2012

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - A Times Square street vendor who alerted police to an attempted car bombing in 2010 said Tuesday that he is running for Congress...
read more
Family sues morgue for losing mother's body for 14 months

By theGrio

12:25 PM on 02/07/2012

VIDEO - Carmelita Johnson's body was found three months after she went missing in Jan. 2010, but it stayed in the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office for more than a year because nobody knew who she was...
read more
Don Lemon: Being black and gay is 'about the worst thing you can be in black culture'

By theGrio

12:17 PM on 02/07/2012

CNN anchor Don Lemon sounded off recently, saying that being a black, gay male is the worst thing to be in the African-American community...
read more

<< 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 >>

Slideshows

Opinion

more opinions

contributors - theGrio

Top Stories

Slideshows

Opinion

Popular Topics

FOLLOW theGrio ON: