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July 12, 2012

Romney's ringers? GOP candidate's campaign requested NAACP passes for black 'VIPs'

theGRIO REPORT - According to the NAACP's senior vice president of policy and advocacy, Hilary Shelton, the cheers came from…
July 12, 2012

Ex-'Good Times' star Jimmie 'JJ' Walker slams Obama on 'O'Reilly Factor'

Jimmie 'JJ' Walker, best known for his catch-phrase 'Dy-no-mite' on Good Times, told Bill O'Reilly in an interview that he…
July 12, 2012

8 percent of blacks can't vote because of felony convictions, according to new report

theGRIO REPORT - One of every 13 African-Americans of voting age is disenfranchised because of laws in states that prevent…
July 12, 2012

Biden tells NAACP Obama stands by his convictions

WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden is offering a rebuttal of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney before the nation's…
July 12, 2012

Under Obama, tax rates at lowest level in 30 years

theGRIO REPORT - A Congressional Budget Office report released this week showed federal tax rates for Americans are at their…
July 12, 2012

Obama talks up middle class in video to NAACP

HOUSTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has asked NAACP members to keep standing with him as he seeks re-election and…
July 12, 2012

Jesse Jackson Jr's 'mood disorder' raising questions

CHICAGO (AP) - U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s disclosure that he is suffering from a 'mood disorder' still leaves many…
July 12, 2012

DC mayor Vincent Gray, campaign hid poll workers' pay

(AP) - District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray's 2010 campaign routinely paid day laborers $100 in cash — twice the…
July 12, 2012

'Free stuff': Is Mitt Romney going to benefit from the NAACP's boos?

OPINION - The Republican presidential hopeful’s willingness to go speak to a “hostile” audience at the annual NAACP National Convention…
July 12, 2012

How Joe Biden became Obama's ideal 'black surrogate'

OPINION - Biden’s assigned role of visible point man for team Obama with minorities raises two tormenting questions for the…
July 12, 2012

Romney: 'We expected boos' at NAACP convention

OPINION - Romney receiving 14 seconds of sustained boos at the NAACP annual convention -- when he mentioned repealing "Obamacare"…
July 11, 2012

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr treated for 'mood disorder'

More than a month after he took an unexplained leave of absence, it's still not clear what's ailing Illinois Representative…
July 11, 2012

33rd time's the charm: the House's many votes to repeal 'Obamacare'

SLIDESHOW - When the Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives voted today to repeal the Affordable Care Act -- also known…
July 11, 2012

House Republicans vote to repeal healthcare law (again)

WASHINGTON (AP) - Pressing an election-year point, Republicans pushed yet another bill through the House on Wednesday to repeal the…
July 11, 2012

Can Republicans win black votes while cutting government jobs?

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney discussed black unemployment during his speech at the NAACP conference today...