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What makes Cory Booker run? Bain Capital controversy exposes Newark mayor's ties to big money

By Vivian Glover

5:25 PM on 05/22/2012

theGRIO REPORT - Officials in Newark, who knew Cory Booker, before he became a regular headline maker weren't surprised that the mayor had delivered another controversial statement...
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Cory Booker's 'heroics' during fire praised by Newark residents

By Vivian Glover

2:02 PM on 04/13/2012

theGRIO REPORT - Cory Booker's 'heroic actions' didn't come as a complete surprise to the people who work most closely with him...
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Rep. Donald Payne dead: First black Congressman to represent New Jersey dies at 77

By Vivian Glover

9:00 AM on 03/06/2012

theGRIO REPORT - U.S. Congressman Donald M. Payne, described as a true and dedicated native son of Newark, New Jersey, and the first African-American elected to Congress from that state, has died...
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New Jersey locals remember Whitney Houston as her community mourns

By Vivian Glover

1:30 PM on 02/13/2012

theGRIO REPORT - If there is a song that expresses the understanding and pride Whitney Houston's church and childhood community had for her it is, "I Will Always Love You"...
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The urban fresh food fight goes national

By Vivian Glover

6:00 AM on 09/22/2011

theGRIO REPORT - Urban vegetable gardens are sprouting up like mushrooms across the country. And, more amazingly, blooming in areas that experts warn are "food deserts," a term used to describe communities with little or no access to affordable healthy food...
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Carl Lewis run for office may be at finish line

By Vivian Glover

4:22 PM on 09/20/2011

theGRIO REPORT - 'They're (Republicans) trying to win an election without having one,' is the opinion of Lewis' attorney William Tambussi, who says he was amazed to be called back before the court...
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Carl Lewis: 'I'm not looking for a title or attention'

By Vivian Glover

8:16 AM on 09/15/2011

theGRIO REPORT - '[The Republicans] have done everything in the world to keep me out of this race,' he admits...
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Black businesses lose big in new 'great migration'

By Vivian Glover

6:07 AM on 09/12/2011

theGRIO REPORT - For the owners of black businesses in the North that were established and thrived on the patronage of black Southern migrants and their families, scientific findings are not necessary...
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Newark's Cory Booker: Is he more myth than mayor?

By Vivian Glover

4:34 PM on 09/06/2011

theGRIO REPORT - Political analysts and writers agree that Booker hasn't soothed residents' paranoia about what's going to happen to their city...
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Can Carl Lewis leap over race hurdle in NJ campaign?

By Vivian Glover

12:02 PM on 08/31/2011

theGRIO REPORT - In April, Lewis announced he was running as a democrat for the state senate in the solidly Republican and predominately white 8th Legislative District...
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Is the Cherokee Nation cutting off its black roots?

By Vivian Glover

1:00 PM on 08/29/2011

theGRIO REPORT - In 1863, the Freedmen were made citizens by an act of the Cherokee National Council, which awarded them all the rights and privileges afforded members of their tribe...
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Can America's 'second most dangerous city' gentrify?

By Vivian Glover

6:00 AM on 08/19/2011

theGRIO REPORT - Despite a city of mainly 'poor people,' luxury condominiums and apartments, live-where-you-work housing, new enterprise zones and transit hubs no longer seem that far fetched for Camden....
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