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Black journalists react to Sherrod vs. Brietbart
Black journalists react to Sherrod vs. Brietbart

theGRIO REPORT - Some African-American journalists and public relations professionals expressed mixed feelings over Shirley Sherrod's plans to sue...

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Ethics panel accuses Rangel of 13 violations
Ethics panel accuses Rangel of 13 violations

WASHINGTON (AP) - "Sixty years ago I survived a Chinese attack in North Korea and as a result I haven't had a bad day since," Rangel told reporters earlier Thursday...

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Obama defends education policies at Urban League
Obama defends education policies at Urban League

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama said the goal isn't to fire or admonish teachers but to create a culture of accountability...

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Is Obama's media blitz brilliant or will it backfire?
Is Obama's media blitz brilliant or will it backfire?

OPINION - The age of the Internet requires a new style of connected interaction and leadership that makes our president touchable for those whom he claims to represent...

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Why the battle over immigration reform is far from over
Why the battle over immigration reform is far from over

OPINION - While the most contentious parts of the debate in Arizona is on pause, the broader argument is just gearing up in other states and it is far from over in Congress...

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Prima donna or just proud? The Dez Bryant dilemma
Prima donna or just proud? The Dez Bryant dilemma

OPINION - Few things infuriate fans like a kid who's lived half as long, making 100 times as much, refusing to do something so trivial...

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Dr. Boyce Watkins

Author and Finance Professor at Syracuse University

Is Obama's media blitz brilliant or will it backfire?

10:47 AM on 07/29/2010

OPINION - The age of the Internet requires a new style of connected interaction and leadership that makes our president touchable for those whom he claims to represent...
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Monique W. Morris

Author and Social Justice Advocate

Why the battle over immigration reform is far from over

8:40 AM on 07/29/2010

OPINION - While the most contentious parts of the debate in Arizona is on pause, the broader argument is just gearing up in other states and it is far from over in Congress...
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Mike McCray

Music Contributor

Prima donna or just proud? The Dez Bryant dilemma

8:25 AM on 07/29/2010

OPINION - Few things infuriate fans like a kid who's lived half as long, making 100 times as much, refusing to do something so trivial...
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Angela Burt-Murray

Editor-in-Chief, Essence

Essence: White editor won't diminish our love of black women

2:40 PM on 07/28/2010

OPINION - The things I think should most upset people and inspire boycotts and Facebook protests, often seem to go relatively unnoticed...
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Marc Morial

President and CEO of the National Urban League

Urban League at 100: Pledging to put black America back to work

1:02 PM on 07/28/2010

OPINION - The nation's economic recovery depends upon a commitment to creating family-sustaining jobs and the education and training to prepare for them...
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Mara Schiavocampo

NBC News Digital Correspondant

100 days of BP oil spill: Telling the victims' stories

12:38 PM on 07/28/2010

REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK - NBC News Correspondent Mara Schiavocampo spent five weeks in Venice, Louisiana covering the BP oil leak for NBC News and MSNBC...
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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Journalist, author and broadcaster.

Deal or no deal, voters must remove Rangel

8:15 AM on 07/28/2010

OPINION - If ever there was a case that screamed for scrubbing race from politics, it's Rangel's...
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Garry Pierre-Pierre

Editor and publisher of Haitian Times

President Wyclef? Haiti would be hell for former Fugee

10:11 AM on 07/27/2010

OPINION - Wyclef would be making the biggest mistake of his life by entering the most impossible situation in the world...
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Dr. Niaz Kasravi

NAACP Criminal Justice Advocate

Katrina bridge killings could be accountability moment for us all

9:13 AM on 07/27/2010

OPINION - What happened on the Danziger Bridge was not just a rare instance of law enforcement officers abusing their powers...
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Mother's death in NYC fire is ruled a murder-suicide

By theGrio

4:14 PM on 07/29/2010

NEW YORK (AP) - A single mother apparently slit the throats of her three children, then sat with them and her toddler in their burning home until she died from smoke inhalation last week...
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Caught on tape:Store clerk disarms would-be robber

By theGrio

4:05 PM on 07/29/2010

VIDEO - The manager of a Chicago cell phone store says it was just instinct that prompted him to spring into action and fight off an armed robber Tuesday evening...
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Florida tax collector makes calls more pleasant

By theGrio

3:34 PM on 07/29/2010

VIDEO - You pick up the phone to call a business or government office and you're stuck listening to a pre-recorded message, but Darlene Spence was tasked with creating a new greeting...
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Convicted DC sniper claims conspirators in interview

By theGrio

2:00 PM on 07/29/2010

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Convicted DC sniper Lee Boyd Malvo tells actor William Shatner on a cable TV special that he and his partner tried to recruit fellow shooters for their 2002 spree...
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Mom, kids rescued after near-drowning in pond

By theGrio

1:25 PM on 07/29/2010

VIDEO - A Minnesota mother and her two children are alive and well today after the vehicle they were in crashed into a pond...
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Police officer runs over homeless woman with car

By theGrio

1:12 PM on 07/29/2010

VIDEO - She's identified as 48-year-old Joann Burton. Her family doesn't know how long she had been sleeping in the park but says the bad economy had been tough on her...
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Barbershop Buzz: Is Rangel's reputation ruined?

By Terrence Romney

12:17 PM on 07/29/2010

VIDEO - As the ethics controversy evolves, has the 80-year-old congressman's legacy been irrevocably damaged?...
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Sherrod plans to sue blogger Andrew Breitbart

By theGrio

11:40 AM on 07/29/2010

SAN DIEGO (AP) - Sherrod made the announcement at the National Association of Black Journalists annual convention...
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Kanye West performs for Facebook, joins Twitter

By theGrio

11:39 AM on 07/29/2010

NEW YORK (AP) - With the release of a new album approaching, Kanye West is making sure he's up to date with the social networking sites...
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Obama talks race, pop culture on 'The View'

By theGrio

10:53 AM on 07/29/2010

NEW YORK (AP) - In an interview on ABC's daytime talk show 'The View,' Obama said the forced resignation of Shirley Sherrod shows racial tensions still exist in America...
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Police: Ohio marriage counselor killed by husband

By theGrio

10:38 AM on 07/29/2010

CLEVELAND (AP) - After years as a successful couples counselor, Tonya Hunter was credited with saving many marriages from breaking up...
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Sean Bell plaintiffs: $7 million settlement is fair

By theGrio

10:02 AM on 07/29/2010

NEW YORK (AP) - The Bell estate payout will benefit two young daughters he had with Nicole Paultre Bell, who legally took his name after his death...
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