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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
October 9, 2013
ANALYSIS – The fiscal standoff in Washington, once an argument about the president’s health care law, has turned into a complicated debate that has consequences not only for the last three years of President Obama’s tenure, but also for the presidencies of Hillary Clinton, Chris Christie or whoever succeeds him…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
October 8, 2013
theGRIO REPORT – President Obama used a Tuesday press conference to bluntly and repeatedly reiterate his core position on the fiscal standoff of the last two weeks…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
October 7, 2013
ANALYSIS – The government shutdown will enter its seventh day on Monday, with no obvious end in sight…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
October 3, 2013
theGRIO REPORT – Tens of thousands of low-income blacks may not benefit from the new health care law…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
October 3, 2013
theGRIO REPORT – The government shutdown has reached its third day now and seems headed for many more. Here’s why…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
October 1, 2013
theGRIO REPORT – It’s not clear how long the shutdown will last because that will depend on the leverage each side gains from a shutdown…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
October 1, 2013
theGRIO REPORT – After surviving dozens of votes to repeal it in Congress, two elections fought over its existence, a Supreme Court that nearly ruled it unconstitutional and a Republican Party that shut down the government to stop it from going into effect, Obamacare lives…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
September 30, 2013
ANALYSIS – President Obama has spent much of the last five years trying to reach agreements with Republicans, often in efforts his own supporters said were fruitless or at times counter-productive…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
September 27, 2013
theGRIO REPORT – Data from the non-partisan Urban Institute suggests that millions of Americans could affected by this coverage gap, including more than one million in Texas alone…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
September 26, 2013
theGRIO REPORT – Many of the officials, most of whom are Democrats, who are trying to implement the Affordable Care Act are eager to avoid the term ‘Obamacare,’ and all of its accumulated baggage…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
September 25, 2013
ANALYSIS – Their 50-minute conversation, for people not versed in the details of ‘Obamacare,’ was not simple to follow…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
September 23, 2013
theGRIO REPORT – Now, officials in both parties say a government shutdown is possible and perhaps even likely next week, as current funding expires on Sept 30. Here’s why…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
September 16, 2013
ANALYSIS – The presidency is not a license to push your agenda at every moment, without the support of the people or their representatives. It’s not a test of wills, boldness or charm…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
September 12, 2013
ANALYSIS – Instead of criticizing police tactics that had angered the minority voters who were his natural base, Thompson ran to the right on law enforcement issues…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
September 11, 2013
theGRIO REPORT – President Obama’s Tuesday night speech, despite its strong defense of military action against Syria, was an acknowledgment that he had simply not convinced the American public, Congress or the international community of that argument…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
September 10, 2013
theGRIO REPORT – Members of the Congressional Black Caucus, traditionally strong allies of President Obama, emerged from a Monday afternoon meeting at the White House with Obama largely unconvinced…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
September 9, 2013
ANALYSIS – The presidency is not one issue, or just about foreign policy…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
September 5, 2013
theGRIO REPORT – The Congressional Black Caucus, at times ignored by the Obama White House and rendered irrelevant in a GOP-controlled House, will play an outsized role as Congress decides whether to approve military strikes in Syria…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
September 3, 2013
ANALYSIS – The comparisons between the U.S.’s decision to invade Iraq a decade ago and the current consideration of an American-led military strike in Syria were perhaps inevitable…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
August 29, 2013
theGRIO REPORT – Former RNC chairman Michael Steele blasted Republican congressional leaders as ‘boneheaded’ for declining invitations to speak at Wednesday’s commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington…