Republicans in final drive to stall health reconciliation
By theGrio
6:47 PM on 03/24/2010
VIDEO - Voting was expected to start late Wednesday on a full list of GOP amendments to a "sidecar" bill making changes Democrats agreed to in the main legislation already signed by Obama...
Three arrested as NC school board reverses busing plan
By theGrio
6:03 PM on 03/24/2010
VIDEO - The school board in North Carolina's capital city narrowly agreed Tuesday to roll back a policy that buses students to achieve diversity...
House passes bill to fund infrastructure, tax cuts
By theGrio
5:40 PM on 03/24/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Local governments would receive billions of dollars for construction projects and welfare programs in the latest in a series of election-year jobs bills Democrats are pushing in Congress...
Rev. Jackson: Health reform a boon for blacks
By theGrio
4:44 PM on 03/24/2010
VIDEO - Jesse Jackson reacts to the National Urban League's the State of Black America report that was released today...
Fight over black trustee spills onto SC gridiron
By theGrio
4:08 PM on 03/24/2010
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Black lawmakers are urging black football recruits to reconsider playing for the University of South Carolina because the school could lose its lone black trustee...
Banks on verge of losing student lending business
By theGrio
4:05 PM on 03/24/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Industry lobbyists have watched helplessly as Democrats and the Obama administration this week appear on the verge of shifting student lending from private banks to the federal government....
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Black News from TheGrio - 3/24/10
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Black News - 3/16/10
Obama woos wavering Dems on health vote
By theGrio
9:28 AM on 03/16/2010
VIDEO - Days away from a make-or-break vote on his fiercely contested health care overhaul, President Obama is turning up the pressure on wavering Democrats...
Heavyweight to featherweight: Tyson races pigeons
By theGrio
9:09 AM on 03/16/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Former world heavyweight champ Mike Tyson will take flight on Animal Planet with a new sport -- pigeon racing...
Obama seeks to reassure seniors on health care
By theGrio
5:20 PM on 03/15/2010
VIDEO - With a fresh sense of urgency, President Obama sought to reassure seniors Monday about health care legislation approaching a final vote in Congress...
Appeals court upholds conviction in KKK killings
By theGrio
4:24 PM on 03/15/2010
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) - A federal appeals court has upheld the 2007 conviction of a reputed member of the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan in the kidnapping...
NCAA graduation rates between blacks and whites widening
By theGrio
3:37 PM on 03/15/2010
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The disparity in graduation rates for white and black players on NCAA tournament-bound men's basketball teams grew this year...
Thursday, March 11, 2010
African American Bloggers on Newsone.com - 3/11/10
Rev. Al Sharpton
Founder and President of the National Action Network (NAN), Rev Sharpton is one of most-renowned civil rights leaders in the country. Pres Obama called him “the voice of the voiceless and a champion for the downtrodden."
Dr. Boyce Watkins
The Bottom Line
Dr. Boyce Watkins is a Professor at Syracuse University and author of the book, "Black American Money." For more information, please visit www.YourBlackWorld.com.
RK Byers
Rich's Rant
Novelist, screenwriter and edtor RK Byers has spent a career speaking his mind on all topics from sports to news. His work has appeared in consumer publications including The Source and GIANT.
Elon James White
This Week In Blackness
"This Week in Blackness" is a satirical look at race, politics and pop-culture in a so-called “post-racial” America.
Warren Ballentine
Radio host Warren Ballentine, "The People's Attorney," will provide you with all the legal and financial advice you need to keep up in today’s fast-paced world. Visit his website at www.thetruthfighters.com.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Dr. Boyce Watkins: Scholarship in Action at an All Black Male Academy in Chicago
by Dr. Boyce Watkins, Syracuse University
There is one public, all-male, all-African American high school in the city of Chicago. That school is called The Urban Prep Academy for Young men, located in Englewood. The school recently got the attention of Mayor Richard Daley and Chicago Public Schools Chief Ron Huberman when they were able to get all of their 107 seniors accepted into 72 different colleges across the country.
Huberman had this to say:
"All of you in the senior class have shown that what matters is perseverance, what matters is focus, what matters is having a dream and following that dream."
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
The Latest from Dr. Wilmer Leon on TheGrio.com – 3/2/10
Obama's health care reform efforts stymied by politics of prejudice
9:01 AM on 03/03/2010
OPINION - At the heart of this debate is partisan politics, inept leadership and racial prejudice...
CPAC reveals Republican identity crisis
9:02 AM on 02/22/2010
OPINION - After watching the videos and reading the speeches one can clearly see a GOP that is at war with itself in terms of ideology and imagery...
'The dream' is still a dream
12:06 PM on 01/18/2010
OPINION - What many fail to realize is that Dr. King was no dreamer. He was a prophet and a true revolutionary...
