Obama's voter registration keeping NC race close

Julie Pace, Associated Press

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Dozens of volunteers armed with clipboards and voter registration forms gather at President Barack Obama's field office here every day. Their mission: Fan out across the city seeking new voters in this rapidly growing state...

Tea Party voter intimidation alleged in North Carolina

Kunbi Tinuoye

theGRIO REPORT - A report released this month by voting rights groups Demos and Common Cause says robust enforcement of voter protection is needed to prevent attempts to obstruct North Carolina voters from casting their ballot...

White mayor seeks release of black man serving life behind bars

Kunbi Tinuoye

theGRIO REPORT - The mayor of Wilson has reached out to the governor of Georgia in a bid to help secure the release of a black businessman who is serving a life sentence for killing a trespasser who was threatening his family...

In North Carolina, it's get out the vote time

Mary C. Curtis

theGRIO REPORT - A successful convention was just the beginning for Democrats in North Carolina, or at least that’s what the Obama campaign is counting on...

Obama on shoulders of men like Charlotte's Harvey Gantt

Allen G. Breed, Associated Press

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - For all of his firsts — first black student admitted to an all-white South Carolina college, first African-American mayor of Charlotte — Harvey Gantt is perhaps best known for what he failed to achieve...

Obamas' candid DNC moment caught on camera

Abdul Sada

theGRIO REPORT - President Barack Obama and the first daughters Sasha and Malia watched on as the first lady Michelle Obama deliver an enthralling speech at the Democratic National Convention...

Charlotte mayor in spotlight as DNC begins

Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Anthony Foxx had been mayor for barely a year when he got the news: Charlotte was chosen to host the Democratic National Convention...

Can a more diverse electorate lift Obama in NC?

Tracie Fellers

theGRIO REPORT - One factor that could help the president repeat in North Carolina, where four years ago he was the first Democrat to win here since 1976, is the state's rapidly shifting demographics...

Why Obama could repeat in North Carolina

Melba Newsome

theGRIO REPORT - The Obama campaign is putting tremendous resources into the state -- 49 field offices, hundreds of paid staff and thousands of volunteers. And they of course also hosting the party's convention here, providing another opportunity for organizing Obama-friendly people in the state...

Obama says Romney has vision from last century

Associated Press

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Barack Obama on Monday laid out the theme his party will hammer home at the Democratic National convention this week...

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