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May 16, 2014

Black leaders divided on whether to view Rand Paul as friend or foe

Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-Ky.) aggressive outreach to the black community over the last several months is dividing African-American leaders, with…
May 1, 2014

More than 16 percent of Obamacare enrollees were black, data shows

theGRIO REPORT - More than 16 percent of people who enrolled in Obamacare and stated their race in their application…
April 28, 2014

Obama administration starts phrase two of enrollment

With the official enrollment period now over, Obama administration officials are shifting their focus to getting people signed up for…
April 28, 2014

Society's reaction to Donald Sterling's alleged comments prove the racists are losing

The good news is the universal condemnation that both men have received. Republican politicians who had allied themselves with Bundy…
April 24, 2014

Palin, Cruz embrace black Republican Senate candidate in Oklahoma

theGRIO REPORT - Shannon, who identifies himself as both African-American and Native-American, is running in a June 24 primary to…
April 17, 2014

Obama is now winning the Obamacare debate

ANALYSIS - It will be harder for Republicans, even if they disagree with Obamacare, to suggest the law will collapse,…
April 9, 2014

How much is race driving opposition to Obama?

theGRIO REPORT - Exactly how much of opposition to Obama is based on race? Interestingly, now in year six of…
April 3, 2014

Think tank estimates 5 million newly insured because of Obamacare

theGRIO REPORT - The Obama administration announced this week that about 7 million Americans enrolled in health care plans through…
April 2, 2014

Why the Republicans are still pushing for Paul Ryan's budget

ANALYSIS - The budget put together by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) the head of the House Budget Committee and former…
April 1, 2014

7 million Americans (and counting) enrolled in Obamacare

theGRIO REPORT - Only 4.2 million had enrolled through February, meaning that an aggressive effort by the White House and…
March 31, 2014

In the South, the Obamacare debate continues, even as law insures thousands

theGRIO REPORT - In one of the poorest areas of Appalachia, about 2500 people have signed up to get health…
March 27, 2014

More than 6 million enrolled in Obamacare

theGRIO REPORT - The White House announced on Thursday that more than 6 million Americans have enrolled in health care…
March 27, 2014

Obamacare enrollments much stronger in blue states

theGRIO REPORT - The states that are enrolling the highest percentage of their residents in 'Obamacare' are largely places with…
March 26, 2014

Why the latest Obamacare 'delay' is a good thing

OPINION - This delay has little impact on the insurance process, because whether you buy insurance on March 26 or…
March 21, 2014

Inside the race to get 6 million uninsured under Obamacare

theGRIO REPORT - The Obama administration is effectively running another national campaign, but this time with the goal not beating…
March 12, 2014

The good and bad news for Obamacare in new data

theGRIO REPORT - A stream of new data has been released in the last several days about the new health…
March 10, 2014

In Virginia, gay marriage debate pits popular black mayor and governor against activists

theGRIO REPORT - Liberal activists in Virginia are sharply opposing the candidacy of Richmond mayor Dwight Jones to be chairman…
March 8, 2014

Black conservative Ben Carson comes in 3rd in CPAC straw poll, but Rand Paul wins

theGRIO REPORT - Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky easily won an informal vote of conservatives at the CPAC Conference, an…
March 8, 2014

How the Republicans are still blocking a key plank of Obamacare

theGRIO REPORT - Seventeen states, most in the South or Mountain West, are unabashedly rejecting any consideration of expanding their…
March 8, 2014

At CPAC, Obama's potential successors try to position themselves for the future

theGRIO REPORT - In their speeches at the Conservative Political Action Committee's annual conference, Republican 2016 candidates unsurprisingly bashed President…