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August 5, 2013

Bill Thompson talks New York mayoral race, Travyon Martin, Obama

theGRIO Q&A - Thompson, making his second run for mayor of New York City, recently made waves by comparing George…
August 3, 2013

Specter of Hillary Clinton has other Dems wary of moving toward 2016 runs

theGRIO REPORT - The specter of Hillary Clinton isn’t just scaring other potential Democratic candidates from making formal moves to…
August 1, 2013

Obama becomes a blunt talking president

ANALYSIS - President Obama increasingly sounds like a man with the freedom to say exactly what he thinks...
July 30, 2013

Obama turning into Mr. Middle Class

ANALYSIS - Obama increasingly sounds obsessed with making sure expanding the middle class, lifting Americans from stagnant wages and reducing…
July 29, 2013

Obama, Holder pledge action on Voting Rights Act

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is promising not to let one election go by without protecting minority voting rights.
July 29, 2013

Bill Thompson vs. ‘stop and frisk’: The first sign of the Zimmerman case shifting politics

theGRIO REPORT - The fiery denunciation of New York Police Department's stop and frisk tactics by New York mayoral candidate…
July 29, 2013

Moral Mondays’ diversity problem

REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK - The protests began in response to a slew of bills from the Republican-controlled General Assembly, many of…
July 28, 2013

Obama says income inequality could worsen racial tensions

theGRIO REPORT - In an interview with the New York Times, President Obama warned that racial tensions in America might…
July 26, 2013

North Carolina on the verge of controversial voting changes

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A Republican-backed measure that would make sweeping changes to when and how North Carolinians can vote…
July 26, 2013

Eric Holder’s bold move on voter ID laws

ANAYSIS - Eric Holder's gambit to effectively overrule the U.S. Supreme Court is his boldest move yet as the administration's…
July 26, 2013

What Obama wishes he could do on the economy

ANALYSIS - And some of these polities, particularly the health care law, will benefit middle-income Americans. But the broader economic…
July 25, 2013

Could the Anthony Weiner scandal boost Bill Thompson?

theGRIO REPORT - The revelation of previously undisclosed, lurid text messages sent by New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner could…
July 25, 2013

In rebuke of Obama, most House Democrats back ending NSA phone collection program

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House narrowly rejected a challenge to the National Security Agency's secret collection of hundreds of millions…
July 23, 2013

Poll shows huge racial divide over Zimmerman verdict, reaction

theGRIO REPORT - An overwhelming number of blacks, 86 percent, were 'dissatisfied,' with the acquittal of George Zimmerman, compared to…
July 22, 2013

The surprising success of Obama’s Travyon speech

ANALYSIS - President Obama spoke on Friday about racial profiling, the George Zimmerman verdict, the state of blacks in America…
July 19, 2013

Obama: ‘Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago’

theGRIO REPORT - President Barack Obama emerged Friday to give voice to African-Americans' reaction to last weekend's verdict in the…
July 18, 2013

Despite GOP opposition, Obama makes gains

theGRIO REPORT - As a gun control bill failed to even pass in the Democratically-controlled Senate and a spate of…
July 17, 2013

Deltas urge Hillary Clinton to run in 2016

WASHINGTON (AP) - The former secretary of state was feted with chants of 'Run, Hillary, Run,' as she concluded her…
July 16, 2013

On Trayvon Martin and other racial issues, Holder speaks out in ways Obama does not

ANALYSIS - Holder, the first-ever black attorney general, has not made racial issues the sole focus of his often-embattled five…
July 14, 2013

Why Obama decided to speak after the Zimmerman verdict

theGRIO REPORT - Obama opted to issue a statement after the verdict to both offer support for Trayvon Martin's family…