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April 17, 2014

President Obama: 8 million signed up for health care

WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight million people have signed up for health care through new insurance exchanges, President Barack Obama said…
April 17, 2014

Why Obama needs to 'Build Baby Build' the Keystone XL pipeline

OPINION - Most Americans of all political stripes are environmentally sensitive, yet realize the economic folly of failing to use…
April 17, 2014

Biden takes selfie with Obama hours after joining Instagram

TODAY - Joe Biden knows how to make a social media debut. The vice president opened an Instagram account Wednesday,…
April 17, 2014

Pew study: Majority of Americans don't see President Obama as black

theGRIO REPORT - A new Pew Research Center book entitled 'The Next America', has found a significant generational gap on…
April 16, 2014

Politini: Why Republicans back voter suppression

theGRIO VIDEO - In a rousing speech last week in front of the National Action Network President Obama called out…
April 16, 2014

Obama, Biden to announce $600M for job grants

WASHINGTON (AP) — Striving to show action on jobs, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are hitting the…
April 16, 2014

Michael Bloomberg invests $50 million in anti-gun lobby effort

NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a billionaire and advocate of firearms regulation, plans to spend…
April 16, 2014

Hank Aaron receives hate mail after defending President Obama

theGRIO REPORT - Forty years after baseball legend Hank Aaron was hit with a barrage of hate mail for breaking…
April 15, 2014

President Obama commutes sentence made longer by typo

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama used the unique power of the nation's highest office Tuesday to correct a typo...
April 14, 2014

The Obamas and friends take in dinner and Denzel's 'Raisin in the Sun'

NEW YORK (AP) - The play, which stars Denzel Washington, capped a rare evening out in New York for the…
April 14, 2014

Top Democrat: GOP base has ‘elements that are animated by racism’

MSNBC - Much of the Republican base is motivated by racism, a top Democrat said Sunday—adding fuel to an ongoing…
April 12, 2014

Fewer Republicans think Obamacare will ruin their lives

MSNBC - Now that open enrollments are done, and more than 7.5 million Americans have signed up for health insurance,…
April 11, 2014

President Obama at National Action Network: Right to vote 'threatened' in America

NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama says the right to vote in the U.S. is under bigger threat than…
April 11, 2014

LBJ was both a 'connoisseur' of the n-word and a civil rights hero

OPINION - Johnson was a man of his time, and bore those flaws as surely as he sought to lead…
April 11, 2014

President Obama announces Sebelius resignation, successor

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama nominated his budget chief, calling her 'a proven manager,' to replace outgoing Health and…