Automatic budget cuts, blame game, begin
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans refused Saturday to concede any culpability for failing to stave off huge, automatic spending cuts...
Ex-NYC mayor Dinkins on legacy, 'ridiculous' politics
VIDEO - Former NYC Mayor David Dinkins sat down with MSNBC’s Alex Witt on Saturday to talk about a range of issues, from America's national debt to partisanship in Washington, and his hard fought battle to become the first black Mayor of New York City in 1989...
Washington vows to try to keep weed in state -- but how?
SEATTLE (AP) - So far, no one is suggesting checkpoints or fences to keep Washington state's legal pot within its borders...
NY Museum plans exhibit of Gordon Parks photos
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The State Museum is marking the 100th birthday of photographer Gordon Parks with an exhibit of his works.
The show opening on Jan. 26 show…
10 states raise minimum wage in 2013
theGRIO REPORT - African-Americans make up about 15.1 percent of the 73.9 million minimum wage earners in America...
Wife of Rep. John Lewis dies in Atlanta
theGRIO REPORT - NBC News has confirmed that Mrs. Lillian Miles Lewis, wife of U.S. Representative John Lewis, died on Monday. A release from the representative's office states that she passed away in Atlanta, Georgia...
Obama: 'It does not make sense' to go after states where pot is legal
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he won't go after Washington state and Colorado for legalizing marijuana...
First lady Michelle Obama drops off 900 gifts for Toys for Tots
theGRIO REPORT - First lady Michelle Obama dropped off 900 gifts yesterday as part of a Toys for Tots event in Washington, D.C. An annual drive of the Marine Corps, the campaign received the huge donation from the White House where Mrs. Obama began collecting toys for the program in 2009...
Report: Hope Solo's fiancé arrested on assault charge
theGRIO REPORT - Former NFL first round pick Jerramy Stevens appeared in a Kirkland, Washington court Tuesday for a domestic violence charge involving women's soccer star Hope Solo, according to multiple reports...
Gay marriage, marijuana backed in historic votes
(AP) -Altering the course of U.S social policy, Maine and Maryland became the first states to approve same-sex marriage by popular vote...
