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May 20, 2013

How disenfranchisement leads to second class citizenship

OPINION - Why are we choosing to repeat the mistakes of a generation ago with a new set of aspiring…
May 19, 2013

Obama to Morehouse grads: Serve others, set examples as good fathers, men

ATLANTA (AP) -rically black Morehouse College to seize the power of their example as black men graduating from college...
May 19, 2013

Black anti-abortion pastors and activists speak out on Kermit Gosnell trial

The Black Pro-Life Coalition plans to continue spreading the message that abortions are not "safe or rare," as the mainstream…
May 18, 2013

Glenn Beck: NAACP ‘a joke’, Tea Partiers like ‘white lynching victims’

theGRIO REPORT - Right wing talker Glenn Beck is at it again...
May 18, 2013

Black pastor stirs controversy ahead of Obama’s Morehouse commencement speech

theGRIO REPORT - President Obama will deliver the commencement speech at Morehouse College -- the storied predominantly black men's college…
May 18, 2013

IRS scrutiny of tax exempt status applicants ignored the most powerful groups

WASHINGTON (AP) — There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups...
May 17, 2013

President Obama, first lady address graduates at HBCUs

theGRIO SLIDESHOW - Graduation season is underway and students and their families are joined by a few special guests as…
May 17, 2013

How Susan Rice could benefit from the GOP’s latest Benghazi push

ANALYSIS - The release of e-mails related to the administration's response to the Benghazi attack show how little of a…
May 17, 2013

Severe cuts to food programs in House farm bill would increase need, overwhelm charities

OPINION - Late Wednesday night, the House Agriculture Committee approved a farm bill that includes severe cuts to anti-hunger programs.…
May 17, 2013

Allen West signed as Fox News contributor

theGRIO REPORT - Former Republican congressman Allen West has signed on with Fox News as their newest contributor...
May 16, 2013

Heritage letter to Republicans on Capitol Hill: Don’t legislate, just scandalize Obama

OPINION - Finally, we have something out of the Heritage Foundation that is entirely accurate...
May 16, 2013

Why Republicans are still obsessed with repealing Obamacare

ANALYSIS - House Republicans held their 37th vote to scrap all or parts of 'Obamacare,' illustrating a determined campaign to…
May 16, 2013

Obama in the crosshairs as Washington’s scandal culture kicks into overdrive

OPINION - May has so far been a whirlwind for the Obama administration, first with the never ending Benghazi non-scandal…
May 15, 2013

Democratic, liberal groups got IRS scrutiny, too

theGRIO REPORT - Amid the uproar, and calls for investigations, over IRS employees using inappropriate criteria and questions to vet…
May 15, 2013

No, Obama is not Nixon

ANALYSIS - A series of controversies, mostly notably the IRS specifically using terms like 'Tea Party' as a trigger for…