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October 9, 2013
ANALYSIS - The fiscal standoff in Washington, once an argument about the president's health care law, has turned into a…
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October 8, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - President Obama used a Tuesday press conference to bluntly and repeatedly reiterate his core position on the…
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October 7, 2013
ANALYSIS - The government shutdown will enter its seventh day on Monday, with no obvious end in sight...
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October 3, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Tens of thousands of low-income blacks may not benefit from the new health care law...
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October 3, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The government shutdown has reached its third day now and seems headed for many more. Here's why...
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October 1, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - It's not clear how long the shutdown will last because that will depend on the leverage each…
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October 1, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - After surviving dozens of votes to repeal it in Congress, two elections fought over its existence, a…
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September 30, 2013
ANALYSIS - President Obama has spent much of the last five years trying to reach agreements with Republicans, often in…
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September 27, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Data from the non-partisan Urban Institute suggests that millions of Americans could affected by this coverage gap,…
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September 26, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Many of the officials, most of whom are Democrats, who are trying to implement the Affordable Care…
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September 25, 2013
ANALYSIS - Their 50-minute conversation, for people not versed in the details of 'Obamacare,' was not simple to follow...
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September 23, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Now, officials in both parties say a government shutdown is possible and perhaps even likely next week,…
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September 16, 2013
ANALYSIS - The presidency is not a license to push your agenda at every moment, without the support of the…
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September 12, 2013
ANALYSIS - Instead of criticizing police tactics that had angered the minority voters who were his natural base, Thompson ran…
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September 11, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - President Obama's Tuesday night speech, despite its strong defense of military action against Syria, was an acknowledgment…
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September 10, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Members of the Congressional Black Caucus, traditionally strong allies of President Obama, emerged from a Monday afternoon…
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September 9, 2013
ANALYSIS - The presidency is not one issue, or just about foreign policy...
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September 5, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The Congressional Black Caucus, at times ignored by the Obama White House and rendered irrelevant in a…
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September 3, 2013
ANALYSIS - The comparisons between the U.S.'s decision to invade Iraq a decade ago and the current consideration of an…
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August 29, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Former RNC chairman Michael Steele blasted Republican congressional leaders as 'boneheaded' for declining invitations to speak at…