New black GOP Rep: Capitalism cure for poverty
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina state Rep. Tim Scott, elected this week as one of the nation's first black GOP congressmen in years, says conservatives need to sell capitalism...
In Haiti, cholera could heighten earthquake misery
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - If efforts to keep cholera out of the camps fail, "The worst case would be that we have hundreds of thousands of people getting sick"...
163 Haitian students receive free housing in Senegal
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - The young men and women arrived in a chartered jet late Wednesday and were given T-shirts to wear that said: "Thank You President Abdoulaye Wade."...
Five reasons why Obama should raise taxes on the rich
OPINON - President Obama must dig in hard on this one. The breaks must go, and the reasons why aren't hard to find...
Record gains for US poverty with elections looming
WASHINGTON (AP) - The anticipated poverty rate increase from 13.2 percent to about 15 percent -- would be another blow to Democrats struggling to persuade voters to keep them in power...
Urban 'victory garden' is win-win for seniors with health problems (VIDEO)
theGRIO VIDEO - A group of seniors is learning to create their own diet plan from the ground up...
'Tea Party Tracker': Doesn't the NAACP have better things to do?
OPINION - I would rather see the NAACP's wisdom and energy spent focusing on policing "us" and our own community...
Why Wyclef's run for Haiti prez should stay alive
OPINION - His candidacy was galvanizing the 20-something generation and many others living in the urban slums where their future is as bright as a coal mine...
Q&A: Miss Haiti gives hope to devastated country
NEW YORK (AP) - Sarodj Bertin is a young lawyer who speaks four languages and is happy to be able to help her country after the horrific earthquake that devastated impoverished Haiti...
Food stamps are latest casualty of Senate budget slashing
OPINION - They can agree to increase funding for an ill advised war in Afghanistan but vote to cut funding for a winnable war against poverty and hunger at home....
