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July 14, 2010
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The black leaders spoke Wednesday to reporters in Kansas City at the annual convention of…
July 14, 2010
OPINION - Military commanders taking temperature readings on social issues is potentially dangerous...
July 14, 2010
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Leaders of the country's largest civil rights organization accused tea party activists on Tuesday of…
July 14, 2010
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Some tea party members criticized the sign, and North Iowa Tea Party co-founder Bob Johnson…
July 13, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana says he supports conservative organizations challenging President Barack Obama's citizenship in…
July 13, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama on Tuesday secured the 60 votes he needs in the Senate to pass a sweeping…
July 13, 2010
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Willie Herenton, who served 18 years as Memphis' first elected black mayor, is making race an…
July 13, 2010
OPINION - The willingness of some tea party protesters to use racism and the unwillingness of many to denounce them…
July 13, 2010
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - NAACP President Ben Jealous has chastised the tea party during the convention, saying the movement…
July 13, 2010
theGRIO REPORT - As Glenn Beck hosts his 'Restoring Honor' event Aug. 28th at the Lincoln Memorial, civil rights organizations…
July 13, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Approximately 56,000 people in the U.S. become infected each year with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS,…
July 13, 2010
SLIDESHOW - theGrio has compiled a list of people, events, topics and concepts that go over the top, offend our…
July 13, 2010
OPINION - While drug use and its consequences affect every community in this country, African-American communities have been among the…
July 12, 2010
VIDEO - Democrats have voiced fears that President Obama's high approval rating among blacks will not translate into votes come…
July 12, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Some officials, including former President Bill Clinton, have expressed frustration over the slow pace of the recovery...