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OPINION – Booker’s chummy relationship with Christie isn’t just about doing work for the people of Newark it’s also likely a strategic move based on his own personal ambition…
theGRIO REPORT – The media has been focused on the June 5 match-up in Wisconsin between embattled Republican Governor Scott Walker and Democratic challenger Tom Barrett. But another match up might prove an even bigger success for labor…
OPINION – Will black voters, particularly regular churchgoers, abandon President Obama based on his support for marriage equality?…
theGRIO REPORT – Since December, black women have knocked more than 3 percentage points off of their unemployment rate, going down from 13.9 percent to 10.8 percent. That drop is the largest for any demographic group…
theGRIO REPORT – Now that Zimmerman has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder, Trayvon’s parents have transitioned into a new role as activists and agents for social change…
OPINION – One thing has changed since 1992, that could have changed not only our response to the Rodney King verdict but also the riots that ensued. Now we have social media…
OPINION – Many in the black community have long held the safety of the president and his family at a higher level of importance than any debate over public policy…
OPINION – Romney is rarely consistent, but when it comes to policies that will assist those in need, he is consistently opposed to any real safety net…
OPINION – The National Review’s problem with offensive viewpoints on race, brought to the forefront by recent events, did not begin with one Derbyshire column about the Trayvon Martin case and it likely won’t end there…
OPINION – In Tulsa, Oklahoma the historic complexities in the relationship between Native Americans and whites versus African-Americans goes all the way back to the founding of the state…
OPINION – If a Republican wins the White House in 2012 the most significant impact he will have for an entire generation is the conservative justice he nominates for the highest court
OPINION – The power of incumbency is very real, and this time around a president hovering around 50 percent approval may not need much help from Oprah Winfrey…
OPINION – The spin has begun in the media to muddy the waters and place blame on the teenage victim Trayvon Martin…
OPINION – It’s clear that the embattled Rick Scott needs every tool at his disposal to help combat the perception that he doesn’t have the concerns of minority communities in mind…
OPINION – By making any public statements about the ongoing investigation the White House could derail the efforts of the family to seek justice for their son…
theGRIO REPORT- Clyde Williams, a longtime Democratic operative with ties to both the Clintons and the Obamas, is planning a challenge to longtime Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel…
OPINION – The comparison of Rush Limbaugh and Bill Maher is a false equivalency which is a patented tactic of conservatives to deflect and distract from legitimate criticism and it shouldn’t work this time…
theGRIO REPORT – Harlem politics are ripe for high drama this fall as Congressman Charlie Rangel faces a slew of primary challengers…
theGRIO REPORT – A new report shows that the children in LBGT families of color face higher levels of discrimination and stigma….
OPINION – One of the ways the president and by extension the first lady are #winning the charm race to win back the ‘Hope’ and ‘Change’ camp is by being awesomely likable…