Detroit mayor facing a recall effort
theGRIO REPORT - Detroit mayor Dave Bing, who said last week that his job was the second-hardest in the country behind President Obama, is facing a recall effort led by a state representative...
South Africa recalls 500,000 HIV test kits
South Africa now needs to recall 500,000 HIV/AIDS test that they ordered from South Korea earlier this year, even though the World Health Organization (WHO) issued notices about the tests at the end of last year...
Why Obama can still win Wisconsin
theGRIO REPORT - Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's resounding win against a Democratic effort to remove him from office no doubt represents a victory for Republicans in that state and a major defeat for labor unions...
Wisconsin battle says little about Obama v. Romney
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Five months before Election Day, you'd think there would be no better harbinger about who will win the White House than a contentious statewide vote in a critical battleground state that never moved on from the 2010 campaign...
Obama playing little role in Wis. recall
Ever since the recall wars erupted in this battleground state, the Obama campaign has been faced with a dilemma: how involved does the President get in a polarizing fight with huge national overtones?...
1 million packs of defective birth control pills recalled
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Pfizer Inc. is recalling 1 million packets of birth control pills due to a packaging error that could raise the risk of an accidental pregnancy by leaving women with an inadequate dose...
Wisconsin should be proud of Walker recall effort
OPINION - After a year of waging war on Wisconsin values, over one million signatures were filed to recall the governor and put a stop to the policies that have taken our beloved state down a path that is completely contrary to its history...
Why Wisconsin can be a blueprint for black voters
OPINION - As an African-American woman, I can tell you that these recalls, the protests, the organizing, all take me to the history of the great moments of the civil rights movement...
