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While health studies have produced much data proving that tap water is healthy and sanitary, Black and Latino parent seem to believe otherwise. Instead, minorities are consuming and spending a greater amount of their income on bottled water compared to whites. A recent study in the Archives of Pediatric Adolescent Medicine illustrated this trend, reporting that […]

NEW YORK — The father of the children who were driven into the Hudson River by their mother, LaShanda Armstrong,  is suing New York City for $40 million. Black News 2 reports: Pierre, Armstrong’s 26-year-old estranged boyfriend, says there should have been proper barriers erected to keep vehicles from going into the river. He also […]

Despite high rates of unemployment and an uncertain economy Black barbershops and hair salons are booming, according to BlackNews2. The Census Bureau recently noted their jump in an otherwise glum report about mom-and-pop businesses, stating that the number of hairdressers and barbers and the shops that employ them grew by about 8 percent from 2008 […]

PORTLAND-According to witnesses, Robert Vietze peed on an 11-year-old child while intoxicated during a flight from Portland, Oregon to New York City. The New York Post reports: “I was drunk, and I did not realize I was pissing on her leg,” the 6-foot-4, 195-pound Vietze said, according to law-enforcement sources. He later claimed to have […]

Street gangs are quickly migrating from America’s inner city to its suburbs and small towns says a new National Gang Center study. According to the report, 55 percent of all gang activity occurs in big cities, while 41 percent occurs in outlying suburbs in our smaller cities. In Houston, Tex., officers say kids as young […]

Past research suggested that Black patients on dialysis survive longer than whites, but a new study finds that this does not hold true for young Black patients. In fact, young African-Americans are twice as likely to die while on dialysis. TheGrio.com reports: Doctors aren’t sure why young African American dialysis patients have such a large […]

Foreclosure rescue fraud is sweeping the country and can end up costing you the home and equity you’re desperately trying to save from foreclosure. If someone who is not your mortgage lender promises to save your home and asks for you to pay money up front, you need to be very cautious.  Here are 5 […]

With the recent controversy surrounding the recently released movie “The Help,” TheGrio decided to take a deeper look at the lives of minority maids across the country — and the struggles they face on a daily basis. From TheGrio: Some things never change. The story of domestic workers in the 1960s that fuels the newly released […]

Are you an emotional person?  How much of your everyday life do you internalize and carry with you?  Experts from Oprah Magazine crafted a quiz…

The BBC has apologized for suggesting that an elderly man who was being interviewed on the London riots was actually a participant in the violence that has rocked the city. Darcus Howe, a 68-year-old radical West Indian writer and journalist from Brixton, was being interviewed by BBC presenter Fiona Armstrong on his thoughts on the […]

The BBC has apologized for suggesting that an elderly man who was being interviewed on the London riots was actually a participant in the violence that has rocked the city. Darcus Howe, a 68-year-old radical West Indian writer and journalist from Brixton, was being interviewed by BBC presenter Fiona Armstrong on his thoughts on the […]

Black journalist Mara Schiavocampo is quickly amassing an impressive portfolio and numerous accolades. Already called the “Journalist of the Future” by NBC Senior Vice President Alexandra Wallace, Schiavocampo was awarded two National Association of Black Journalist “Salute to Excellence” Awards last week in Philidelphia during the organization’s annual conference. Schiavocampo was honored for her work reporting on […]