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August 8, 2013

GOP rep on ‘Stand Your Ground’ law: ‘I don’t support changing one damn comma’

theGRIO REPORT - The Florida Representative tasked with chairing the 'Stand Your Ground' hearings, Matt Gaetz (R-Fort Walton Beach), said…
August 8, 2013

Mike Duggan in a position to become first white Detroit mayor in 40 years

theGRIO REPORT - After weathering multiple challenges to his candidacy, including being thrown off the primary ballot on a technicality,…
August 8, 2013

Obama to honor Bayard Rustin, Oprah with Medal of Freedom

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton is headed back to the White House — just for a day —…
August 8, 2013

Rwanda: Bill and Chelsea Clinton promote clean water

(AP) - The two Clintons wrapped up a two-day visit to Rwanda on Tuesday after they watched as water purification…
August 8, 2013

Vote suppression alleged in close Florida election

SOPCHOPPY, Fla. (AP) — A small Florida Panhandle town best known for its annual Worm Grunting Festival is at the…
August 8, 2013

DREAMing of a better future

OPINION - No nation that condemns young people to a life of limitation is living up to its most deeply…
August 8, 2013

Obama’s March on Washington speech will be one of the most important of his presidency

ANALYSIS - The address President Obama delivers later this month at the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington could…
August 7, 2013

Obama on threats: ‘We don’t get terrorized’

CAMP PENDLETON, California (AP) — President Barack Obama says security threats will never lead the U.S. to retreat from the…
August 7, 2013

Rand Paul dares to engage on race and deserves credit for it

OPINION - What I give Rand Paul credit for is trying to reestablish credibility by getting outside of his comfort…
August 7, 2013

Talib Kweli heads to Tallahassee to join Dream Defenders, talks social justice in hip-hop

theGRIO REPORT - Talib Kweli, who is known for being a politically conscious rapper, will travel to Tallahassee to spend…
August 7, 2013

Obama to speak at Let Freedom Ring ceremony

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will speak later this month at a ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the…
August 7, 2013

Michelle Obama gets the last laugh with ‘Let’s Move’

OPINION - Maybe teaching our kids to exercise and eat healthy isn’t a communist plot lead by nanny state dictator…
August 7, 2013

Obama’s Larry Summers problem

ANALYSIS - If President Obama picks Larry Summers as the next chairman of the Federal Reserve, as he is considering,…
August 7, 2013

Write-in, sheriff move on in Detroit mayor primary

DETROIT (AP) — Mike Duggan accomplished something in Detroit's mayoral primary that may never have been done before: He won…
August 6, 2013

Obama talks Trayvon Martin on ‘Tonight Show’: ‘The system should work for everyone’

BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — President Barack Obama says the threat of an imminent terrorist attack against Americans is, in his…