TheGrio is the first video-centric news community site devoted to providing African Americans with stories and perspectives that appeal to them but are underrepresented in existing national news outlets. TheGrio features aggregated and original video packages, news articles, and blogs on topics from breaking news, politics, health, business, and entertainment. TheGrio is brought to you through the cooperation of NBC News and the production team that brought you the documentary film, Meeting ...
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Debate teams help black students find their voice
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http://www.thegrio.com/2009/12/debate-teams-help-black-students-find-their-voice.php High school juniors Devonte Escoffery and Stephon Adams have made their school's debate team their number one priority. Both attend Metropolitan Corporate Academy in Brooklyn, N.Y. But their debates on issues such as poverty don't just consist of traditional exchan…
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Jesse Jackson grades Obama weighs in on Tiger Woods
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http://www.thegrio.com/2009/12/rev-jesse-jackson-gives-his-grades-for-president-obama.php Rev. Jesse Jackson continues to push President Barack Obama to make black unemployment more of a priority in his administration. Jackson, who founded the RainbowPUSH Coalition, talked with theGrio about President Obama's first year in office. President Obama r…
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The Barbershop Buzz on Tiger Woods and infidelity
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http://www.thegrio.com/2009/12/tiger-woods-on-the-barbershop-buzz.php Tiger Woods continues to make headlines with his growing list of reported lovers. And bad timing for Golf Digest magazine as it offers ten tips President Obama can take from Woods. Today on the Barbershop Buzz: As his sponsors begin to pull the plug, is Tiger really living the dr…
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Cornel West: Obama is for big business not the jobless
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http://www.thegrio.com/2009/12/cornel-west-obama-is-for-big-business-not-the-jobless.php Educator Cornel West sat down with theGrio to discuss how unemployment is affecting African-Americans. TheGrio asked West about national unemployment trends for African-Americans. He called on President Barack Obama to implement a comprehensive jobs policy -- a…
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Charles Rangel faces 'serious' challenge in former staffer
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http://www.thegrio.com/2009/11/harlem-is-home-to-several.php Harlem is home to several legendary African-American political leaders: New York's first black congressman, Adam Clayton Powell, the city's first black mayor, David Dinkins, and the dean of Harlem politics, Congressman Charles Rangel. But suddenly, Rangel faces what his staff admits is a …
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Al Sharpton speaks with theGrio about Rush Limbaugh's NFL bid
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http://www.thegrio.com/2009/10/sharpton-jackson-attack-limbaughs-rams-bid.php Al Sharpton speaks with theGrio about Rush Limbaugh's NFL bid for St. Louis Rams
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Personal ties bind filmmakers to movie Precious
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http://www.thegrio.com/2009/11/personal-ties-bind-makers-to-movie-precious.php The film "Precious" stars newcomer Gabourey Sidebe, who plays an illiterate teenage girl from Harlem, New York, whose story of repeated sexual abuse at the hands of her father and mother will send viewers on an emotional journey. Based on the novel "Push," the story is o…
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60 Minutes' Byron Pitts talks about overcoming illiteracy
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http://www.thegrio.com/2009/11/60-minutes-pitts-rises-above-his-past.php When Byron Pitts was 18 years old, his dream was to work for "60 Minutes" by the time he was 45. Raised by his mother in East Baltimore, Pitts was functionally illiterate until the age of 12. He spoke with a stutter until his early 20s. But that didn't stop him from dreaming b…
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Women pastors break the stained-glass ceiling
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http://www.thegrio.com/2009/10/women-preachers-make-their-way-to-the-pulpit.php Roots in the anti-slavery movement have led the A.M.E. Church to take a more inclusive approach to women in ministry.
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Some seek high tech solutions for education
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http://www.thegrio.com/2009/10/the-future-of-education.php In an age where technology is so much a part of our lives, many say the U.S. education system still lags in advancements. The result, according to Brian Smith, founder of the non-profit group, What's Left Out, is an "outdated educational model" that "lacks a certain amount of relevancy to y…
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theGrio sits down with the cast of "I Can Do Bad All By Myself"
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http://www.thegrio.com/2009/09/post-11.php Tyler Perry hopes he can do good ... very good at the box office with his newest release "I Can Do Bad All By Myself," starring Academy Award Nominated Taraji P. Hensen, Adam Rodriguez, multiple Grammy Award winning singers Mary J. Blige and Gladys Knight, and of course, Tyler Perry. "I want people to leav…
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Community activists work to reduce youth violence
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http://www.thegrio.com/2009/09/documentary-series-explores-citys-challenges.php New York City's murder rate has dropped nearly 15 percent compared to last year, according to the New York City Police Department. But East Harlem's 23rd Precinct is another story. There have been seven murders in that area this year, compared to two after nine months l…
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Barbershop Buzz on President Obama and Gov. Paterson
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http://www.thegrio.com/2009/09/david-patterson-and-politics-is-the-talk-at-the-shop.php New York's Governor David Paterson is embattled with an all-time low approval rating, and it has been suggested by the White House that he should step aside and not run for election next year. Should President Obama back his fellow African-American Democrat and …
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Chris Paul crosses over into children's books
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http://www.thegrio.com/2009/09/chris-paul-crossovers-into-childrens-books.php NBA star Chris Paul is crossing over into children's books. Paul read his new book, "Long Shot: Never Too Small To Dream Big" to the kids at the NBA store in New York City. Paul, of the New Orleans Hornets and one of the shortest players in the NBA, wrote about his journe…
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Young 9/11 victim leaves behind legacy of scholarship
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http://www.thegrio.com/2009/09/young-911-victim-leaves-behind-legacy-of-scholars.php On September 11, 2001, 11-year-old Asia Cottom was headed to California. She had been selected to attend a National Geographic Society ecology conference with other talented young students from around the country. Tragically, terrorists hijacked Cottom's plane and …
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HIV/AIDS patients burdened by emotional baggage of shame
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http://www.thegrio.com/2009/09/shamed-to-silence-war-against-hivaids.php According to data from the CDC, at the end of 2007, blacks accounted for almost half of the 1.1 million people living with HIV in America. Marline Hines works at New York City's oldest minority AIDS service organization, Faces, where she leads a women's support program called …
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Cosby talks to theGrio about TV special, hip-hop, and women
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http://www.thegrio.com/2009/09/cosby-talks-to-thegrio-about-his-tv-special-hip-hop-and-women.php This Sunday Dr. Bill Cosby will hold a town hall discussion which will be broadcast live on MSNBC from Howard University. The two-hour event, entitled About Our Children, will address the nation's dilemmas concerning poverty, parenting, education, and h…
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