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January 20, 2011

A jazzy all-American state dinner for Chinese prez

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Michelle and Barack Obama welcomed a mix of Hollywood A-listers, big business types and prominent Chinese-Americans to…
January 20, 2011

Braun: Clinton endorsement of Rahm a ‘betrayal’

Former President Bill Clinton was in Chicago yesterday, throwing his support behind his former aide Rahm Emanuel in the city's…
January 20, 2011

Black and brown unite to fight new Miss. immigration bill

theGRIO REPORT - In a state where Latinos have no representation in the state legislature, African-Americans -- have extended their…
January 20, 2011

Santorum uses race to smear Obama on abortion

OPNION - It appears that Santorum thinks that because Barack Obama is black, he should automatically be pro-life...
January 20, 2011

MLK parade bomb should spark dialogue on racist rhetoric

OPINION - What is missing from most of the analysis of these events is the subtle and sometimes not so…
January 20, 2011

GOP should do their jobs by creating some

OPINION - Much like their empty, anti-Obama attack machine, they provide no solutions, no answers for the nation's economic malaise…
January 19, 2011

House votes to repeal Obama’s health care law

WASHINGTON (AP) - The 245-189 vote was largely along party lines, and cleared the way for the "repeal and replace"…
January 19, 2011

Local NAACP urges boycott of Charlotte over MLK school day

NAACP President also said his group would ask the national NAACP to consider asking the Democratic Party not to hold…
January 19, 2011

Reagan revisionism can’t whitewash his history with blacks

OPINION - Michael Reagan argues that his father was more of a friend to black people than President Obama...
January 18, 2011

Reagan’s son: Dad was ‘a far better friend’ to blacks than Obama

Reagan writes that he "could make an even stronger case for my father, Ronald Reagan, as 'our first black president.'...
January 18, 2011

Michael Steele: ‘We could have used a few more brothers in the House’

Days after losing his bid for a second term as RNC Chairman, Michael Steele reflected on his time as leader…
January 18, 2011

NASA chief: Shuttle broke segregation in space

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Gen. Charles Bolden, Jr., in remarks for a Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday breakfast, said the…
January 18, 2011

Tea Party gov’s ‘black son’ called into question

Maine Gov. Paul LePage caused quite the stir last week when he replied "kiss my butt" to the NAACP's criticism…
January 18, 2011

House Republicans renew plan to repeal health care

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans are set to resume their bid to repeal the health care reform law, a week…
January 17, 2011

Nonviolence, service, themes of King day events

WASHINGTON (AP) - As he took part in a painting project at a Washington, DC middle school, President Barack Obama…