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November 21, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — For all the attention wrenched elsewhere in recent days — on new violence in the Middle East,…
November 21, 2012
OPINION - The image of a party of angry old white dudes going after an accomplished black woman will not…
November 20, 2012
ANALYSIS - The rise of the Tea Party in 2009 and 2010 brought not only a more conservative brand of…
November 20, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Conservative attacks on Susan Rice's reputation have grown so intense that Democrats have been forced to mount…
November 20, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Around half a dozen African-American farmers in Alabama are filing a class action lawsuit against the U.S.…
November 20, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Angelo Carusone, the organizer behind the 'Dump Trump' petition speaks with theGrio about what he wants from…
November 20, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Eric Holder appears to have some gas left in the tank after announcing his plans to continue…
November 20, 2012
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Tea party firebrand Rep. Allen West conceded his re-election fight Tuesday, two weeks after…
November 20, 2012
OPINION - Now with the Republican party desperate to both explain and rectify their dismal performance among minority groups in…
November 19, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A statue of Frederick Douglass, orator, writer, abolitionist, and advocate for equality of all people, will move…
November 19, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Michelle Obama cited the 'transformative power of the arts' Monday as she presented national arts and humanities…
November 19, 2012
OPINION - These thought leaders offer interesting and at times surprising perspectives on what it means to have not only…
November 19, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Civil rights activist and law professor Sherrilyn Ifill has been named the President and Director-Counsel of the…
November 19, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The 41-year-old senator professes his love for hip-hop artists like Afrika Bambaataa, N.W.A., Tupac Shakur, and most…
November 19, 2012
NBC NEWS - If Mitt Romney had won the presidential election, insiders say, it’s not hard to imagine what he…