Rare photo of slave children found in North Carolina attic
By theGrio
5:49 PM on 06/10/2010
RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) - A 1860s photo of black boys sells for thousands and captures a vivid scene of history...
USC, Reggie Bush hit hard by NCAA sanctions
By theGrio
5:33 PM on 06/10/2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A four-year investigation revealed numerous improper benefits involving former men's basketball player O.J. Mayo and Bush...
Packers' Underwood facing sexual assault claim
By theGrio
5:11 PM on 06/10/2010
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - Brandon Underwood apologized to his teammates for creating a distraction and dragging them into it...
Rihanna: New boyfriend Kemp is keeping me sane
By theGrio
5:09 PM on 06/10/2010
NEW YORK - Rihanna is singing the praises of boyfriend and baseball pro Matt Kemp, whom she credits for keeping her grounded after her tumultuous split from Chris Brown last year...
Detroit ex-mayor could get boot camp, cut prison
By theGrio
5:00 PM on 06/10/2010
DETROIT (AP) - The Michigan Department of Corrections says imprisoned ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is eligible for a 90-day boot camp program that could cut his time in prison...
Prosecutor: Anger led to Oscar Grant killing
By theGrio
4:30 PM on 06/10/2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Attorney's say the white officer accidentally used a handgun instead of a stun gun on an unarmed black man. Prosecutors use video to dispute this claim...
Cuban dissidents cheer bill to end US travel ban
By theGrio
3:22 PM on 06/10/2010
HAVANA (AP) - Seventy-four Cuban opposition activists signed a letter Thursday cheering proposed legislation that would lift the U.S. travel ban to their country...
Feds: BP agrees to expedite oil spill payments
By theGrio
2:02 PM on 06/10/2010
GRAND ISLE, Louisiana (AP) - Fishermen, property owners and businesspeople are complaining delays and skimpy payments from BP for damage claims have put them on the verge of financial ruin...
Thursday, June 10, 2010
African American News - 6/10/10
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Black News in Black America - 5/18/10
- Crime show taped Detroit raid that led to 7-year-old's death
- Obama administration faces questions on oil spill
- Video: Apartheid's lost generation
- Al Sharpton backs Black entertainment district in Baltimore
- Zimbabwe failing mass eviction victims: Amnesty
- Sprinter Tyson Gay breaks 44-year old record
- Jamaica to extradite drug suspect wanted by US
- Ciara's video banned from BET?
- Black Civil War soldiers victory parade marked
- Barack Obama's aunt wins US plea for asylum
- South Africa rail strike leaves millions stranded
- Master jazz pianist Hank Jones dies at 91
Friday, April 30, 2010
Your Black News - 4/30/10
Haitian-American firefighter honored for quake rescue work
By theGrio
1:11 PM on 04/30/2010
NBC MIAMI - Karls Paul-Noel, a Haitian-American firefighter, who participated in the Haitian relief effort, is being honored in Time magazine's "100 Most Influential" issue...
Gulf Coast oil spill could eclipse Exxon Valdez
By theGrio
12:19 PM on 04/30/2010
VENICE, La. (AP) - The spill was bigger than imagined -- five times more than first estimated -- and closer...
Consumer rebound helps grow GDP by 3.2 percent
By theGrio
11:08 AM on 04/30/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The economy grew at a solid 3.2 percent pace during the first quarter of this year as consumers boosted their spending by the most in three years...
Black players drop to 9 percent in Major Leagues
By theGrio
10:28 AM on 04/30/2010
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Major League Baseball equaled its best grades for racial and gender diversity hiring, even as the percentage of black players dropped again last year...
Metropolitan Opera singer shows race is no hurdle
By theGrio
10:19 AM on 04/30/2010
NEW YORK (AP) -- Lawrence Brownlee overcame racism that nearly stopped him in pursuing his dreams of being an opera singer...
Rapper Eminem rips Roethlisberger in new song
By theGrio
10:17 AM on 04/30/2010
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Eminem mentions Ben Roethlisberger in his latest song: 'Despicable.'...
GOP rep backs deporting illegal immigrants' US kids
By theGrio
9:31 AM on 04/30/2010
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Rep. Duncan Hunter said he would support deporting U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants, adding that "it takes more than walking across the border to be an American citizen."...
Congress continues debate on financial reform bill
By theGrio
6:17 PM on 04/29/2010
VIDEO - Days of high-decibel partisanship yielded to slightly more subdued accusations as the Senate lurched into action...
Venus Williams serves up stylish off-court lifestyle
By theGrio
4:44 PM on 04/29/2010
VIDEO - Venus is the President of her own clothing line company, and an interior design company V Starr Interiors...
Pit bull used as 'deadly weapon' in robbery
By theGrio
3:42 PM on 04/29/2010
VIDEO - For the first time, prosecutors in Marion County are considering filing charges of assault with a deadly weapon - and the deadly weapon is a dog...
Tiger Woods hits rough patch at Quail Hollow
By theGrio
2:54 PM on 04/29/2010
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (AP) - Tiger Woods put drives in the water off the 17th and 18th tees and finished with an opening 2-over 74 at the Quail Hollow Championship on Thursday...
Texas 'terrorist' posts death threat against Obama
By theGrio
1:53 PM on 04/29/2010
DALLAS (AP) - A Dallas man describing himself as a terrorist threatened to kill President Obama in an online posting because he was upset about health care reform, according to a criminal complaint...
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Black Social Commentary at TheGrio - 4/10/10
Journalist & Activist
KFC doubles down on controversial bun-less sandwich
9:47 AM on 04/09/2010
OPINION - Do you really want KFC to dictate what the American diet looks like?...
Associate Professor Political Science Department - City University of New York
Is the 'Race to the Top' rigged?
9:08 AM on 04/09/2010
OPINION - True accountability can only emerge when states receive the funds they need to educate young people and not before it...
Author and Finance Professor at Syracuse University
Why is Virginia's governor still fighting the Civil War?
5:25 PM on 04/08/2010
OPINION - Attempting to honor the Confederacy while citing the evils of slavery is like trying to commemorate Santa Claus while denouncing Christmas...
Sports and social commentator
Tiger's adversaries won't like him when he's angry
9:47 AM on 04/08/2010
OPINION - Woods has a long history of embarrassing golfers on the golf course that have dissed him in the media...
Political commentator
Disarmament is Obama's only nuclear option
8:09 AM on 04/08/2010
OPINION - Obama's nuclear plan will make America capable of destroying the world fifty times over instead of one hundred times over. Is that making America less safe?...
Sports Writer
Braves' Heyward has Hank Aaron potential, but can't save baseball by himself
8:00 AM on 04/08/2010
OPINION - Jason Heyward's a phenomenal player. But to put the weight of getting black kids interested in baseball again on his shoulders is unfair, and a bit unrealistic...
Professor of Journalism at Georgetown University
Black Catholics remain alienated as church sex scandal rages
7:53 AM on 04/08/2010
OPINION - Blacks in the Catholic establishment seem more concerned with abortion and gay marriage as dire threats, then sex abuse or social justice...
Journalist, author and broadcaster.
Why Michael Steele will stay at the RNC
11:26 AM on 04/07/2010
OPINION - The RNC still needs Steele for the very reason he was plucked for the lead role in the first place...
Author and Finance Professor at Syracuse University
Politics as usual: Obama embraces black church for a boost
2:07 PM on 04/06/2010
OPINION - President Obama has shown a tendency to only acknowledge and meet with those who are most supportive of him...
Monday, March 15, 2010
Dr. Boyce Watkins on the Crack Sentencing Disparity
Dr. Boyce Watkins, Syracuse University
When I was a teenager, a police officer explained to me how the "War on Drugs" took place in his hometown. The officer candidly described how every policeman in the city knew what boats contained drugs and when those boats would arrive in the city's major port. But he also knew that officers were not expected to show up on these boats to make arrests, and that they were not to deter the progress of the product when it hit the port. Instead, they were instructed to allow the drugs to get to the inner city, where they were given authorization to make as many arrests as necessary. In other words, his job was to arrest the small fish, not the big ones.
The misleading, ill-conceived and terribly racist set of drug policies which defined the Reagan era has been absolutely devastating for the African-American community. The existence of gang warfare in South Central Los Angeles has left hundreds of thousands of youth with post-traumatic stress disorder, as the CIA was oblivious to the fact that drugs and guns were being openly delivered to a community that no one cares about. The Anti Drug Abuse Act of 1986 was the product of America's broad-stroke reaction to increased drug use of the 1980s. The law gave a sentence 100 times greater for possession of crack cocaine (more likely to be possessed by blacks) than the one given for powder cocaine (possessed in greater proportion by whites), creating a black incarceration rate of holocaust proportions.
After sitting on the books for decades, the law was finally modified this year. Democratic Senator Dick Durbin and Republican Jeff Sessions did black people the "favor" of agreeing to reduce the sentencing disparity from 100-to-1 to 18-to-1. So, instead of getting a prison sentence that is 100 times longer for the same crime, we only get one that is 18 times longer. Gee thanks. I'm supposed to be happy about that one, huh? So, we're not good enough to demand true equality, and are instead forced to accept dysfunctional compromises with Republicans from Alabama? While some might call this political pragmatism, others might describe this outcome as the modern-day version of the Three-Fifths Compromise.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Report: African Americans More Optimistic About the Future than Whites
According to a recent survey by Experian, African-American consumption grew by over 50 percent from the year 2000 to 2008 ($590 billion to $913 billion), and it is expected to grow to over $1.2 trillion dollars by the year 2013. The study also shows that blacks are more economically optimistic than whites, with 36 percent of us stating that we expect our financial future to improve, as opposed to 31 percent for all adults.
The Experian study says a couple of things: First, it says that black people love to consume and that we are getting better at it. In fact, black people have historically been very good at buying things and working hard to get them, but we are not very good at production, investment and saving our money. We grab our tax refunds and run to the mall. We become highly paid corporate lawyers in order to purchase the house and car we really can't afford. We are chubby kids in the economic candy store, accelerating our collective addiction to the monetary engines controlled by corporate greed.
Your Black News - 3/11/10
Foreclosure rates up by smallest amount in 4 years
By theGrio
10:40 AM on 03/11/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The foreclosure crisis in the U.S. isn't over, but the pace of growth may finally be slowing down...
Chicago woman maintains massive black history archive
By theGrio
4:46 PM on 03/10/2010
VIDEO - The carefully constructed, three-hour interviews open a window not only onto black America, but also onto the human condition...
Wife of Rep. Conyers sentenced to 37 months in prison
By theGrio
4:15 PM on 03/10/2010
DETROIT (AP) - As guards cleared the packed courtroom, Monica Conyers yelled that she planned to appeal...
Senate passes jobless aid, business tax breaks
By theGrio
3:54 PM on 03/10/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate voted Wednesday to extend a host of soon-to-expire elements of last year's economic stimulus measure...
LA Angels' Hunter calls black Latino players 'imposters'
By theGrio
3:44 PM on 03/10/2010
PHOENIX (AP) - Torii Hunter has called black Latino baseball players "impostors" when it comes to the appearance of the number of African-Americans in the major leagues...
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Your African American News – 2/27/10
Noose hung at UC San Diego Fuels More Post 'Compton Cookout' Protests
- The racial situation at UC San Diego just goes from bad to worse. First it was the hideous ... Read More
- By Carmen Dixon on Feb 27th 2010 10:30AM | Comments (3)
Around the Web: D-Nice & Malinda Williams, Nick Cannon, Whitney Houston, Robert Pattinson
- ALREADY DONE Another black celebrity couple bites the dust. 'Soul Food' actress Malinda Williams ... Read More
- By Bridget Bland on Feb 27th 2010 5:55AM | Comments (3)
Full List of the 41st NAACP Image Award Winners
- 'Precious: Based on 'Push' a novel by Sapphire' was the big winner at the 41st NAACP Images. Held ... Read More
- By Wilson Morales on Feb 27th 2010 2:17AM | Comments (1)
Red Carpet Rundown: The 41st NAACP Image Awards
- You might think the NAACP Image Awards were all about 'Precious,' which won in most of the ... Read More
- By Lauren Williams on Feb 26th 2010 10:37PM | Comments (1)
Live Blogging: 2010 NAACP Image Awards
- Every year, the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization, the National Association for ... Read More
- By Bridget Bland on Feb 26th 2010 8:14PM | Comments (5)
Preview Pics: 'Night Catches Us' With Kerry Washington, Anthony Mackie
- Among the films to be shown at the 39th annual New Directors/New Films Series is 'Night Catches ... Read More
- By Wilson Morales on Feb 26th 2010 5:30PM | Comments (0)
Creative, Fun Ways to Teach Your Kids About Money: Part I
- As Black History Month nears an end, I'm mindful of the importance of leaving a great financial ... Read More
- By Lynnette Khalfani-Cox on Feb 26th 2010 5:27PM | Comments (2)
Iman The Icon Up Close and Personal
- Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid is a Somali style warrior who has self-admittedly kicked open doors for ... Read More
- By Angela Bronner Helm on Feb 26th 2010 5:10PM | Comments (12)
A Noose, A 'Jiggaboo' and the Now Infamous 'Compton Cookout'
- We're beginning to think that Jim Crow might be an undergrad at the University of California-San ... Read More
- By Alvin Blanco on Feb 26th 2010 4:58PM | Comments (2)
80-Year-Old Woman Sentenced to Prison for Burglary...Again
- Imagine an 80-year old woman ransacking and stealing cash from a major medical office in Torrance, ... Read More
- By Eboyne Jackson on Feb 26th 2010 3:58PM | Comments (6)
KiD CuDi's Back to Blogging
- With scores of followers being duped by pseudo-solo-dolos, Kid Cudi gave up Twitter and promised ... Read More
- By Journey Ade on Feb 26th 2010 3:30PM | Comments (2)
Desiree Rogers Leaving White House
- She came to the White House as a FOO (Friend of Obama) of the highest rank, with a fine New Orleans ... Read More
- By Paul Shepard on Feb 26th 2010 3:04PM | Comments (10)
Regina King: Excited And Frustrated About Return of 'The Boondocks'
- While promoting her upcoming comedy 'Our Family Wedding,' actress Regina King couldn't contain her ... Read More
- By Bridget Bland on Feb 26th 2010 3:03PM | Comments (4)
'Cop Out' Film Review
- The Bruce Willis-Tracy Morgan film 'Cop Out' has gotten a lot of hype, but there comes a time when ... Read More
- By Wilson Morales on Feb 26th 2010 2:15PM | Comments (1)
Should Politicians Send Their Kids to Public Schools?
- At a press conference at the White House on Monday, Education Secretary Arne Duncan spoke about ... Read More
- By Ericka Blount Danois on Feb 26th 2010 2:09PM | Comments (1)