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June 18, 2012

Columbia University professor: Obama victory unworthy of the long civil rights battle

A Columbia University professor of Political Science and Director of Columbia University's Center on African-American Politics and Society is calling…
June 18, 2012

Limbaugh: ‘Everybody knows Munro was heckling Obama’s white half’

Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh came to the defense of Daily Caller reporter Neil Munro today..
June 18, 2012

‘Comment culture’ a not-so hidden source of racialized political bias

OPINION - While looking at the comments and interviewing various experts in social behavior, I particularly learned that the new…
June 18, 2012

Republicans want food stamps cut in big farm bill

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans say Congress could cut the cost $2 billion a year by just closing a pair of…
June 18, 2012

Will Nicki Minaj really join the 2012 campaign trail?

Will Nicki Minaj really join the 2012 campaign trail? The singer/rapper has recently voiced frustrations with our health care system…
June 18, 2012

Behind-the-scenes photographs of the Obama White House

SLIDESHOW - The White House has released a new batch of behind-the-scenes photos of President Barack Obama and his family...
June 18, 2012

Bullet-ridden outhouse displays picture of Obama at Montana’s GOP convention

The Huffington Post reports at the Montana's State Republican convention this weekend there was a poster of President Obama on…
June 18, 2012

Philly mayor Michael Nutter new head of US Conference of Mayors

PHILADELPHIA - Mayor Michael Nutter has been named 70th president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors...
June 18, 2012

Even after Obama’s immigration policy change, Haitian families’ dreams deferred

OPINION - President Obama appealed to Hispanic voters by protecting 'DREAMers' from deportation. But he has yet to address the…
June 18, 2012

Sam Donaldson ‘resents’ Tucker Carlson’s comparison to White House heckler

Tucker Carlson tried to compare Munro's outburst to that of former ABC News White House correspondent Sam Donaldson during the…
June 18, 2012

Frederick Douglass statue in halls of Capitol a possibility

The most recent bill approved by the Senate panel this week would allow Washington D.C. to build a statue of…
June 18, 2012

Redistricting may keep blacks from representing Detroit in Congress

theGRIO REPORT - Of the many issues presented by Detroit’s plummeting population is that it has not only altered the…
June 18, 2012

Obama immigration move stumps Romney

BRUNSWICK, Ohio (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney refused to say in an interview that he would overturn President…
June 18, 2012

Obama’s new approach: Bypassing Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) — There's not much President Barack Obama can do to boost the economy in the next five months,…
June 17, 2012

Obama Father’s Day video an intimate portrait of ‘dad-in-chief’

VIDEO - Barack Obama's re-election campaign released a Father's Day video that paints an intimate portrait of Obama the dad...