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June 17, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is threatening to veto the House version of a massive, 5-year farm bill, saying…
June 17, 2013
NBC NEWS - The series of controversies in Washington over the last month have taken a political toll on President…
June 16, 2013
ESSAY - What about a child’s shot at the pros? Quick answer: much worse. For example, the boy who wants…
June 16, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - In his weekly Internet and radio address on Saturday, President Barack Obama talked candidly about his own…
June 14, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama honored the WNBA champion Indiana Fever on Friday, calling the players role models for…
June 14, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says being a father is the best job he's got...
June 14, 2013
REX, Ga. (AP) - Police in Georgia are investigating after a monument dedicated to one of first lady Michelle Obama's…
June 14, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - Since his election in 2008 as the first black president, Obama has been hounded by questions about…
June 13, 2013
OPINION - It's 2013 and we've yet to truly overcome. Maybe it's not the best policy. But it is much…
June 13, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - E.W. Jackson, the GOP candidate for lieutenant governor in Virginia, has been generating controversy ever since he…
June 13, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will meet Thursday with relatives…
June 13, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says comments by a Republican lawmaker about rape show, quote, an 'alarming disregard for…
June 13, 2013
ANALYSIS - The black community has decades of experience being monitored, so this type of surveillance is nothing new...
June 13, 2013
VIDEO - On the 50th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights hero Medgar Evers, his widow Myrlie Evers-Williams says…
June 12, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin says she plans to step down next month after four years as…