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July 25, 2013

In rebuke of Obama, most House Democrats back ending NSA phone collection program

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House narrowly rejected a challenge to the National Security Agency's secret collection of hundreds of millions…
July 24, 2013

Obamacare won’t slash workers’ hours, report finds

NBC News - Opponents of Obamacare say it will kill jobs, and they specifically say provisions forcing employers to offer…
July 24, 2013

Obama: Washington took its eye off economic ball

GALESBURG, Ill. (AP) - The president's attempt to refocus on the economy comes amid some hopeful signs of improvement, with…
July 24, 2013

Art Monk, Darrell Green think Redskins should consider name change

NBC Sports - While there’s still only one man who currently could spark a serious debate regarding the question of…
July 24, 2013

Bill Clinton ‘sings’ big summer hit ‘Blurred Lines’

NBC News - When you blur the lines between fantasy and reality as well as the folks at baracksdubs, it's…
July 24, 2013

Polls illustrate strong racial divide in Obama’s America

theGRIO REPORT - A series of surveys released in the past three days illustrate a striking racial divide in perceptions…
July 23, 2013

Ohio Gov. Kasich links Cleveland serial killings to poverty

NBC NEWS - Ohio’s Governor John Kasich made some attention-getting comments this week about poverty and poor neighborhoods...
July 23, 2013

Allen West calls Obama’s Zimmerman verdict response ‘horrific’

theGRIO REPORT - Former Congressman Allen West has joined the small, but vocal minority of pundits who have lashed out…
July 23, 2013

Cornel West, Tavis Smiley criticism of President Obama devolves into pot shots

OPINION - No matter how the president reacted to this—or any situation—the pattern with Smiley and West is that it’s…
July 23, 2013

National Review cartoon depicts Sharpton as a lynching tree

theGRIO REPORT - On Saturday, the conservative publication's 'Cartoon of the Day' by Investor's Business Daily's Michael Ramirez depicted Sharpton…
July 23, 2013

Cornel West: MSNBC a ‘rent-a-negro’ network, Sharpton on ‘Obama plantation’

theGRIO REPORT - After calling Obama a 'global George Zimmerman,' West has now also directed his ire at MSNBC and…
July 23, 2013

Michelle Obama speaking out on gun violence

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a second term for Michelle Obama, too, and she's shifting her social-issues emphasis to kids and…
July 23, 2013

How Obama’s Trayvon Martin remarks fit into fabric of presidential history

OPINION - As the first African American president, Obama was able to speak to the experiences of black Americans in…
July 23, 2013

Poll shows huge racial divide over Zimmerman verdict, reaction

theGRIO REPORT - An overwhelming number of blacks, 86 percent, were 'dissatisfied,' with the acquittal of George Zimmerman, compared to…
July 22, 2013

Rush Limbaugh: ‘If any race of people should not have guilt about slavery, it’s Caucasians’

theGRIO REPORT - Limbaugh continued to say that compared to other parts of the world, slavery in America 'by no…