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August 12, 2011

'Super' debt committee gets more diverse

OPINION - For a time, it looked like the debt committee wouldn't reflect the country whose financial future it's supposed…
August 11, 2011

Beck warns of 'race riots' if Obama isn't re-elected

Beck has interviewed Bachmann many times, and has previously said he thinks she should run as Florida Rep. Allen West's…
August 11, 2011

African-Americans strongly support Obama re-election bid

NEWS ONE - According to a new BlackPlanet/NewsOne poll, 88 percent of African-Americans said President Barack Obama should be reelected…
August 11, 2011

Obama sees 'worst kind of partisanship' in DC

HOLLAND, Mich. (AP) - On his first official trip outside of Washington since being confined to the nation's capital for…
August 11, 2011

Tavis Smiley: 'The poor are rendered more and more invisible'

VIDEO - Smiley and Cornel West discuss their poverty tour, what they would like to see change in Washington, and…
August 11, 2011

Clyburn assigned to debt super committee

WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's appointment Thursday of three Democrats to Congress' new debt-reduction supercommittee...
August 11, 2011

Sharpton to Limbaugh: 'Keep on talking about the show'

A seemingly delighted Al Sharpton struck back at Rush Limbaugh on his Wednesday show after Limbaugh speculated that a Teleprompter…
August 11, 2011

Rep. Walsh: Obama 'Like a teenage boy who had a big party'

Congress' television ambitious Joe Walsh (R-IL) appeared on the air waves again Tuesday morning, slamming President Obama and the Democrats...
August 10, 2011

Steve Harvey: Cornel West, Tavis Smiley are 'Uncle Toms'

theGRIO REPORT - During his syndicated radio show, comedian Steve Harvey called out West and Smiley for their poverty bus…
August 10, 2011

Will the Black Caucus put African-Americans back to work?

OPINION - The CBC is in the unique position to provide this kind of direction, and I believe they have…
August 10, 2011

Obama surges to lead against generic Republican

Beset by debt ceiling woes, President Obama has been trailing behind a hypothetical "generic Republican" in recent polls...
August 10, 2011

Why Wisconsin can be a blueprint for black voters

OPINION - As an African-American woman, I can tell you that these recalls, the protests, the organizing, all take me…
August 9, 2011

Obama pays his respects to Americans killed in Afghanistan

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AP) - Obama has been paying his respects today to the 30 Americans who were…
August 9, 2011

West and Smiley's 'Poverty Tour' veers way off track

OPINION - If Smiley and West really have the goal of raising awareness of the problem of poverty in America…
August 9, 2011

Cries of 'Hillary told you so' haunt Obama campaign

OPINION - In hindsight, maybe Hillary Clinton had a point about Barack Obama during their highly contentious race for the…