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May 8, 2012

Civil rights group asks Issa not to hold Eric Holder in contempt

theGRIO REPORT - The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights has sent a letter to Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) urging him…
May 8, 2012

The political strategy of Obama's 'evolving' position on gay marriage

ANALYSIS - Making an outright declaration of support for gay marriage carries risks. First, it would reinforce what many conservatives…
May 7, 2012

Julian Bond, former NAACP chairman, hopes activists of today learn civil rights history

theGRIO REPORT - Veteran NAACP leader and former professor of civil rights Julian Bond hopes that renewed interest in activism…
May 7, 2012

Obama's vague gay marriage stance under scrutiny

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's election-year vagueness on gay marriage is coming under fresh scrutiny...
May 7, 2012

Romney: Obama shouldn't be tried for treason

CLEVELAND (AP) - Republican Mitt Romney says he doesn't think President Barack Obama should be tried for treason...
May 7, 2012

Black farmers' settlement draws to a close with mixed emotions

In the 1980s, black farmers began their legal battle against the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Litigation that began nearly 30…
May 7, 2012

Cornel West, activists convicted for disorderly conduct at stop-and-frisk protests

NEW YORK (AP) - A Manhattan judge convicted all the defendants in one of the biggest political protest group trials…
May 7, 2012

Twitter plays outsize role in 2012 campaign

NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. President Barack Obama is on Twitter. So is his presumed Republican challenger in the November…
May 7, 2012

Charles Barkley to Mitt Romney: 'You're going down, bro'

The highly comedic NBA legend Charles Barkley had a few things to say to Mitt Romney in regards to the…
May 7, 2012

Anti-gay marriage amendment divides North Carolina African-Americans

theGRIO REPORT - Key African-American leaders are aggressively mobilizing in North Carolina to persuade the state's black voters to oppose…
May 6, 2012

Race, religion collide in 2012 presidential campaign

(AP) - How unthinkable it was, not so long ago, that a presidential election would pit a candidate fathered by…
May 6, 2012

Obama kicks off re-election effort, hits Romney as 'rubber stamp'

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - President Barack Obama plunged into his campaign for a new term and tore into rival Mitt…
May 4, 2012

93-year-old woman will be lead plaintiff in case against voter ID

VIDEO - Viviette Applewhite, a 93-year-old African-American women from Philadelphia, will be the lead plaintiff in the NAACP and ACLU's…
May 4, 2012

Romney: Economy should be creating 500,000 jobs a month

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is seeking an election-year advantage on the economy by setting 4 percent…
May 4, 2012

Black unemployment: Decline in government jobs hurts African-Americans

theGRIO REPORT - Blacks have been disproportionately affected; about 20 percent of black workers are in government jobs at the…