Stop asking if Obama is 'black enough'
OPINION - Is Barack Obama black enough? Should we care? We need to stop arguing over President Obama’s blackness and just move on to a more productive conversation...
Obama vs. poverty
OPINION - When Mr. Herbert suggested that President Obama has 'given up' on the idea of opportunity and upward mobility, he was simply wrong...
8 states get waiver from 'No Child Left Behind'
ATLANTA (AP) - Another eight states are gaining flexibility from the Bush-era No Child Left Behind law, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Tuesday...
Obama touts $3B in pledges to help feed Africa
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama on Friday said the United States has a "moral imperative" to lead the fight against hunger and malnutrition in Africa despite shrinking national budgets around the world....
Pitt: Obama is not the target of 'Killing Them Softly'
Brad Pitt's latest film, which just debuted at Cannes, has been called a critique of President Obama's presidency by at least one critic at the esteemed annual film festival...
GOP slashes Justice budget to snub Holder
theGRIO REPORT - The House appropriations committee cut millions of dollars from the Department of Justice's (DOJ) budget this week...
Supremes could reject Obama on immigration
theGRIO REPORT - The conservative justices on the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday sounded very skeptical of the Obama administration's argument that Arizona's 2010 immigration law is a major overreach by the state into federal power...
Sarandon: White House denied me security clearance
Susan Sarandon, who is well known for her political activities as well as her acting, shared with an audience Sunday that she was denied access to the White House recently...
Put it in writing! Holder forced to confirm respect for judges in letter
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a letter written at the request of a federal appellate judge, Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday offered assurances that the Obama administration respects the decisions that courts make...
Van Jones: Obama wouldn't lose black vote even if he 'came out as gay'
Van Jones, activist and former member of the Obama administration, is pretty confident about the president's popularity with black voters...
