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April 1, 2013
ANALYSIS - In his remarks on gun control on last week, President Obama emphatically highlighted the number 90, the percentage…
April 1, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - A piece of Tennessee legislation will penalize low-income families by reducing their welfare benefits if their child…
April 1, 2013
VIDEO - The White House participated in some April Fool’s Day humor by publishing a comical video on their official…
April 1, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Easter Bunny, dozens of professional athletes and thousands of children will be hippity-hopping across the White…
March 31, 2013
ATLANTA (AP) — As more Republicans give in to President Barack Obama's health-care overhaul, an opposition bloc remains across the…
March 29, 2013
MSNBC - Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson told Andrea Mitchell Friday that he is prepared to refrain from speaking…
March 29, 2013
OPINION - Some say that silence speaks volumes. And in the case of Justice Clarence Thomas, that cliché just might…
March 28, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - A fiery President Obama pointedly urged Congress to pass gun control legislation in a speech Thursday, repeatedly…
March 28, 2013
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama House leader says a black lawmaker will not face punishment for referring in an…
March 28, 2013
CHICAGO - As Chicago continues to struggle with gang violence, the city plans to bring in the big guns for…
March 28, 2013
DETROIT (AP) — A federal judge has denied a request by ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to be released on bond…
March 27, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Advocates of gay marriage appear to have made gains both at the U.S. Supreme Court and in…
March 27, 2013
OPINION - As up-and-coming black politicians with their eyes on CBC membership, look at the wave of public opinion, they…
March 27, 2013
OPINION - As Americans, it is up to each and every one of us to fight injustice and inequality when…
March 27, 2013
OPINION - Is there a leadership crisis in black America? A new poll suggests African-Americans think so...