Obamacare: Thousands of blacks may not benefit

theGRIO REPORT - Republicans in seven of the ten states in the country with the highest percentage of African-Americans have declared they won't participate in the Medicaid expansion in the Affordable Care Act...

The South: A near-solid block against 'Obamacare'

Bill Barrow, Associated Press

ATLANTA (AP) — As more Republicans give in to President Barack Obama's health-care overhaul, an opposition bloc remains across the South

theGrio's 100: Anthony Foxx leading in the New South

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theGRIO's 100 - Anthony Foxx is the mayor of Charlotte and considered a rising political star not only in the state but nationally...

'Solid South' is no longer all-red or all-blue

Bill Barrow. Associated Press

ATLANTA (AP) - The 'Solid South' was a political fact, benefiting Democrats for generations and then Republicans, with Bible Belt and racial politics ruling the day...

How did ex-slave's letter to master come to be?

Allen G. Breed and Hillel Italie, Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) - The photograph, scratched and undated, is captioned 'Brother Jordan Anderson'...

Ted Nugent: US might be better off if 'the South won the Civil War'

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In op-ed in opposition to the Supreme Court's decision to uphold health care reform, the controversial musician muses about whether or not America would be better off if 'the South won the Civil War'...

Southern Baptists: Gay rights not civil rights

Associated Press

TRAVIS LOLLER NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Southern Baptists passed a resolution opposing the idea that same-sex marriage is a civil rights issue...

What if Trump were from the South?

Zerlina Maxwell

OPINION - Let’s face it: If Donald Trump were from a state south of the Mason Dixon line his birther rants would be called out as racist, plan and simple...

Rural teens benefit from family intervention

Dr. Terrance McGill

theGRIO REPORT - Increasing family interactions and communication resulted in decreased rates of substance abuse, depression and conduct problems among a group of teens in the rural South in a first-of-its-kind program, a recent study shows...

Will the South help Obama rise again?

Edward Wyckoff Williams

OPINION - According to the latest NBC/Marist poll President Obama now leads both GOP candidates in South Carolina...

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Obamacare: Thousands of blacks may not benefit

The South: A near-solid block against 'Obamacare'

theGrio's 100: Anthony Foxx leading in the New South

'Solid South' is no longer all-red or all-blue

How did ex-slave's letter to master come to be?

Ted Nugent: US might be better off if 'the South won the Civil War'

Southern Baptists: Gay rights not civil rights

What if Trump were from the South?

Rural teens benefit from family intervention

Will the South help Obama rise again?

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