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August 2, 2013

Oprah helps Booker in US Senate race in NJ

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Oprah Winfrey helped the front-runner in the Democratic primary for New Jersey Senate raise cash…
August 2, 2013

‘Rent is Too Damn High’ candidate Jimmy McMillan officially endorses Anthony Weiner for NYC mayor

theGRIO REPORT - McMillan, who made the rant about rent prices popular during New York's 2010 gubernatorial race, tweeted a…
August 2, 2013

Why Ray Kelly shouldn’t run Homeland Security

OPINION - When it comes to the police commissioner’s record on racial profiling, the facts suggest Kelly is not doing…
August 2, 2013

Stop-and-frisk takes center stage in NYC mayoral race

OPINION - Stop-and-frisk in many ways has become a bellwether for this mayoral democratic primary, similar to how the 2008…
August 1, 2013

The White House commemmorates 50-year anniversary of Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights

theGRIO REPORT - Today is the 50th Anniversary of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. The Lawyers' Committee…
August 1, 2013

Obama becomes a blunt talking president

ANALYSIS - President Obama increasingly sounds like a man with the freedom to say exactly what he thinks...
August 1, 2013

Rev. Jesse Jackson defends ‘apartheid’ comments about Fla.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson is standing by his comments that the state's struggle with the Trayvon…
August 1, 2013

Fox News contributor Michelle Malkin: Rev. Al Sharpton is ‘evil,’ ‘has blood on his hands’

theGRIO REPORT - On a recent episode of 'Hannity', Fox News' Michelle Malkin told host Sean Hannity that she believed…
August 1, 2013

Senate approves Obama’s nominee for UN ambassador Samantha Power

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is ready to approve President Barack Obama's choice to be the next ambassador to the…
August 1, 2013

Obama invokes Kim and Kanye while discussing American culture

theGRIO REPORT - President Obama was asked if he ever longed for things when he was a kid that 'that…
August 1, 2013

Mississippi mayoral election case ends in mistrial

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — A jury trial over a lawsuit contesting the results of a Mississippi mayoral election has ended…
August 1, 2013

Senate finally approves Obama nominee for ATF B. Todd Jones

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate voted in dramatic fashion Wednesday to approve one of President Barack Obama's nominees...
August 1, 2013

Rush Limbaugh’s most outrageous moments in 25 years on radio

POLITICS NATION - To celebrate his quarter century on the air, we rounded up 25 outrageous moments from the last…
August 1, 2013

The Obama administration is keeping Haitian families apart

OPINION - It’s been 42 months – three and a half years – since Haiti’s calamitous January 12, 2010 earthquake…
July 31, 2013

House passes student loan deal, bill goes to Obama

NBC NEWS - The House approved a measure Wednesday to link interest rates on student loans to financial markets, sending…