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January 23, 2014

Mike Huckabee: Democrats think women ‘can’t control their libido’

WASHINGTON (AP) — Huckabee told fellow Republicans on Thursday that rival Democrats were trying to win over female voters by…
January 23, 2014

Bill O’Reilly to interview President Obama before Super Bowl

NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama will sit for a live interview with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly before the…
January 23, 2014

Poll: People see Obama as nice guy, so-so president

WASHINGTON (AP) - Taking stock of President Barack Obama at the five-year mark in his term, less than a third…
January 23, 2014

President Obama targets college sexual assault epidemic

WASHINGTON (AP) - A White House report highlights a stunning prevalence of rape on college campuses, with 1 in 5…
January 23, 2014

Poll finds drop in uninsured rate post-Obamacare

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's uninsured rate dropped modestly this month as the major coverage expansion under President Barack Obama's…
January 23, 2014

Arizona legislature faces risk of no African-American state lawmaker for 1st time in over 60 years

theGRIO REPORT - Arizona has currently only one African-American representative in its legislature and with an expected departure in January…
January 22, 2014

Glenn Beck: I played a role in ‘helping tear the country apart’

theGRIO REPORT - News media personality Glenn Beck joined Fox's Megyn Kelly this week and reflected on his time at…
January 22, 2014

Obama commission encourages early vote expansion

WASHINGTON (AP) — Responding to frustratingly long lines in the last national election, a presidential commission on Wednesday encouraged expansion…
January 22, 2014

Carl Lewis aide warned of Christie interference back in 2011

theGRIO REPORT - Olympian Carl Lewis is the latest New Jersey political figure to accuse the state’s governor, Chris Christie,…
January 22, 2014

Can this ‘do-nothing’ Congress pass a new Voting Rights Act?

ANALYSIS - Can this actually be passed in a Congress divided by partisanship on nearly every issue? Here's a closer…
January 22, 2014

Toronto mayor Rob Ford caught on tape drunk, speaking in a Jamaican accent

TORONTO (AP) — A new video of Mayor Rob Ford emerged Tuesday that shows him swearing and slurring his words…
January 21, 2014

Sen. Tim Scott called a ‘dummy’ for the Tea Party by NAACP leader

theGRIO REPORT - Barber took Scott to task for backing Tea Party policies he believes are detrimental to people of…
January 21, 2014

Black Republican in Florida on President Obama: ‘Hang him high’

theGRIO REPORT - A Florida House Republican candidate chose Martin Luther King Day to issue some particularly harsh invective against…
January 21, 2014

Montana judge who trashed Obama had history of bigoted emails

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A former Montana judge who was investigated for forwarding a racist email involving President Barack Obama…
January 21, 2014

President Obama to meet with Pope Francis in March

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican as part of a weeklong European…