Children News

First collection of mixed race Barbie dolls hits the UK

By theGrio

5:08 PM on 03/17/2010

It seems Barbie has some new friends to add to her circle and they come in the shape of four mixed race girls named Jayla, Kara, Trichelle and Chandra...

Michelle Obama talks to anti-obesity food giants

By theGrio

4:17 PM on 03/16/2010

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Michelle Obama is urging the nation's largest food companies to speed up efforts to make healthier foods and reduce marketing of unhealthy foods to children...

Minority births set to be the majority this year

By theGrio

9:00 AM on 03/10/2010

WASHINGTON (AP) - This is part of a historic trend in which minorities are expected to become the U.S. majority over the next 40 years...

First lady talks obesity with school nutritionists

By theGrio

5:24 PM on 03/01/2010

WASHINGTON (AP) - First lady Michelle Obama says the people who prepare meals for schools have more influence over what kids eat than parents do.

Naomi Campbell to raise money for Haiti aid

By theGrio

3:21 PM on 02/16/2010

LONDON (AP) - Model Naomi Campbell will host a charity gala Thursday on the eve of London Fashion Week to raise money for mothers and babies in Haiti...

Haitian children need a future, not a one way ticket out

By Dr. Boyce Watkins

9:47 AM on 02/04/2010

OPINION - Like ebony fashion accessories, Haitian kids have suddenly come into style...

US Baptists to appear before Haitian prosecutor

By theGrio

8:39 AM on 02/04/2010

CALLEBAS, Haiti (AP) -- Parents in this quake-wracked Haitian village unable to feed or clothe their children handed the youngsters over to a group of American missionaries who promised to give them a better life...

Haitian parents willingly gave children to US Baptists

By theGrio

4:12 PM on 02/03/2010

CALLEBAS, Haiti (AP) - Parents in this struggling village above Haiti's capital said Wednesday they willingly handed their children to American missionaries who showed up in a bus promising to give them a better life...

Obama seeks $1.35 billion more for schools to "Race to the Top"

By theGrio

4:35 PM on 01/19/2010

From The Baltimore Sun - WASHINGTON - President Obama, delivering a schoolhouse pitch for a $1.35-billion expansion of his signature educational plan, promised to "raise the bar'' for what public schools expect of students and teachers...

Hepatitis B and C often ignored as health threat to blacks

By theGrio

12:26 PM on 01/11/2010

WASHINGTON (AP) - They're the overlooked viruses: Hepatitis B and C together infect three to five times more Americans than the AIDS virus does, and most don't know it...

Officials probe Miss. apartment fire that killed nine

By theGrio

10:14 AM on 12/29/2009

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) -- Investigators were working to figure out what sparked a Mississippi apartment fire that killed six children and three women...

Is African boarding school the answer for Indiana's inner-city kids?

By theGrio

11:15 AM on 11/17/2009

Would you send your child to school halfway across the world if it meant the chance to escape the distractions of a dangerous neighborhood...

Ethnic pride can improve mental health in black children

By Ronda Racha Penrice

8:01 AM on 11/17/2009

OPINION - A recent study has suggested that ethnic pride plays a positive role in the mental health of African-American youth...

40 years of diversity makes Sesame Street a unique destination

By Charlton McIlwain

8:49 AM on 11/06/2009

OPINION - There are valuable lessons for children watching Sesame Street for the first time, as much as it is for those of us who have lived around...

Madonna promises to bring light to Malawian village

By theGrio

3:35 PM on 10/29/2009

MPHANDULA, Malawi (AP) -- Madonna has promised electricity to a village in Malawi, the impoverished southern African country where she runs a charity organization...

'All black people' asked to leave Wal-Mart

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (AP) - On Sunday evening at the store, a male voice calmly announced: "Attention Wal-Mart customers: All black people leave the store now."...