#Negrospotting trend emerges at RNC
theGRIO REPORT - Every four years political junkies, spectators and commentators tend to point out the lack of racial diversity on the floor at the Republican National Convention.
Herman Cain: 'I’d probably be the nominee' if race was fair
In a recent interview for Republican presidential candidate (and controversy magnet) Herman Cain argued that 'if everyone had competed fairly and honestly, I’d probably be the nominee being nominated this week'...
NAACP blasts GOP's 'withering attacks' on voting
theGRIO REPORT - At the start of the NAACP convention, the NAACP says the GOP is attacking the voting rights of people of color...
Bain Capital leaks don’t bode well for Romney
OPINION - Gawker just released 950 pages of once confidential documents related to Romney family’s investments, most of which were through Bain Capital, his private equity firm...
'Blacks for Romney' non-existent on campaign website
theGRIO REPORT - Mitt Romney's campaign website contains a stark omission ...
Can Condi Rice be the Republicans' 'Great Black Hope'?
OPINION - While Rice’s life story makes her a very compelling 'Great Black Hope' for the Republican Party, ideological realities within the GOP dictate that she will not be in a position to significantly help...
Does GOP language delegitimize minorities?
OPINION - Was Touré correct to say that by trying to access racial stereotypes about the “angry black man” Mitt Romney was engaging in the niggerization of President Obama? In a word, yes...
House files suit against Holder over gov't records
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Republican-run House has asked a federal court to enforce a subpoena against Attorney General Eric Holder. The subpoena demands that Holder produce records related to a bungled gun-tracking operation known as Operation Fast and Furious...
The 'curse' of the black GOP lieutenant governor
OPINION - There is a training ground for most successful presidential and vice presidential candidates, and it is usually in the governor and lieutenant governor's mansion...
Allen West emerges as fundraising juggernaut
theGRIO REPORT - House Republican Allen West of Florida, one of only two black Republicans in Congress, has turned his firebrand style into one major political benefit: dollars.
