RNC chair seeks African-American 'hearts and minds'
OPINION - Reinhold Reince Priebus embarked on an African-American "listening tour" in Brooklyn, New York, Monday, and the results were simply platitudinous...
Obama calls today 'best of times and worst of times' for blacks
theGRIO REPORT - President Obama said 'these are both the best of times and the worst of times' for African-Americans in a radio interview Thursday with the Rev. Al Sharpton...
Super PAC, black pastor tell African-Americans to vote for Romney
theGRIO REPORT - 'When Obama was elected it was thrilling,' the ad starts off, but the African-American man and woman on screen quickly begin questioning whether President Barack Obama should be re-elected for a second term...
New TV ad pits black Americans against immigrants
theGRIO REPORT - The anti-immigration group NumbersUSA was anything but subtle when it launched an ad last night which some say pits black Americans against immigrant workers...
Bust of Frederick Douglass headed for Capitol
theGRIO REPORT - The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday night approved a resolution that will move the bust of Frederick Douglas to the Capitol, making him only the third African-American to be so honored...
What Labor Day should mean to black people
OPINION - Whether it is slavery or the use of governmental power to crush labor unions, the U.S. has always favored the interest of owners over those of laborers. This is especially true for black people...
Obama addresses gun violence at Urban League
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - In one of his most expansive responses yet to gun crime, President Barack Obama on Wednesday embraced some degree of control on the sale of weapons but said he would also seek a national consensus on combating violence...
Will the Aurora shooter be the new face of 'stop and frisk'?
Keli Goff, a writer for Loop 21, has made a connection between Holmes and 'stop and frisk', the controversial practice employed by the NYPD...
Minorities' role in Stonewall riots examined
In 1969, the Stonewall riots transformed the face of the LGBTQ movement across the US...
Blacks played significant role in War of 1812
In celebrating the bicentennial of the War of 1812, many historians have said that remembering the pivotal role African Americans played in the outcome of the war is key...
