GOP senator defends good grades for welfare bill

Carrie Healey

theGRIO REPORT - A Tennessee bill that would reduce welfare benefits to low-income families if their child performs poorly in school has gotten people talking...

Alabama legislation would exonerate Scottsboro Boys

Phillip Rawls, Associated Press

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - In 1931, Alabama wanted to execute the black Scottsboro Boys because two white women claimed they were gang-raped...

Miss. bill would force food stamp users to eat healthy

Monica Land

theGRIO REPORT - The proposed action of one Mississippi lawmaker has led some to believe politicians have gone too far by attempting to regulate what people eat...

Black Congresswoman takes anti-hazing stand

Zerlina Maxwell

theGRIO REPORT - With all the fallout from the hazing death of a young drum major at Florida A&M University last month, Congresswoman Frederica Wilson (D-FL) announced today that she will introduce a federal anti-hazing bill...

Maryland community fights off increased prostitution

theGrio

VIDEO - Some Prince George's county residents are fed up with blatant prostitution in their neighborhood.

Obama signs 1st major patent law change since 1952

theGrio

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - The bill is meant to ensure that the patent office, now facing a backlog of 1.2 million pending patents, has the money to expedite the application process...

Herman Cain would impose bizarre limit on legislation

theGrio

Herman Cain has an exciting vision for the future, everybody! See, he's so sick and tired of Congress passing long bills that take more than 10 minutes to read...

House votes to repeal Obama's health care law

theGrio

WASHINGTON (AP) - The 245-189 vote was largely along party lines, and cleared the way for the "repeal and replace" promise that victorious Republicans made to the voters...