Frist lady Michelle Obama steps up policy agenda

Carrie Dann, Political Reporter, NBC News

NBC Politics - Behind the glamour and the occasional – yet always controlled – goofiness, First Lady Michelle Obama has returned to the East Wing for her husband's second term with a sharp focus on the policy causes that she has championed over the past four years...

Conservatives slam first lady for Oscars cameo

Carrie Healey

theGRIO REPORT - While her appearance was well-received by the Academy Awards audience, Mrs. Obama has been receiving backlash from conservatives for partaking in the film-industry event...

Is America really a 'center-right' nation?

Joy-Ann Reid

OPINION - One of the most persistent truisms in politics is that America is a center-right nation...

The NRA wasn't always against gun control

David A. Love

theGRIO REPORT - While today’s NRA takes hardline positions against even the most modest gun control measures, this was not always the case...

Oprah's behind the scenes 'The Butler' photos

Chris Witherspoon

theGRIO SlIDESHOW - Oprah Winfrey is giving her Twitter followers a behind the scenes look at 'The Butler' with new photos...

Rep. Katie Hall: Key sponsor of MLK holiday dies at 73

theGrio

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Former Indiana U.S. Rep. Katie Hall, a key sponsor of the 1983 legislation that established a national holiday for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., has died. She was 73...

The top 10 worst US presidents for black America

theGrio

SLIDESHOW - These presidents failed black America by either being indifferent, ineffective or hostile when dealing with crises like slavery, poverty and civil rights...

Slideshow: The 10 most memorable presidential campaigns

Joy-Ann Reid

SLIDESHOW - From George Washington to Barack Obama, America has had 44 presidents, which means 44 presidential campaigns -- some more memorable than others...