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June 26, 2013

Black Illinois ministers remain split on gay marriage after Supreme Court ruling

theGRIO REPORT - The Illinois House of Representatives closed its most recent session without a vote on the issue and…
June 26, 2013

Obama in Senegal for first leg of Africa trip

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — President Barack Obama opened a weeklong trip to Africa on Wednesday, a three-country visit aimed at…
June 26, 2013

President Obama to students: Text me

NBC Bay Area - This week, students can ask the president for help with ways to pay for college, and…
June 26, 2013

Obama calls, congratulates Proposition 8 plaintiffs after Supreme Court ruling from Air Force One

NBC News - President Barack Obama has telephoned his congratulations to the plaintiffs in a gay marriage case before the…
June 26, 2013

Obama making long-anticipated return to Africa

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is heading to Africa, and the health of former South African leader Nelson Mandela…
June 26, 2013

Rep. Ed Markey wins Massachusetts Senate race with aid from Obama

BOSTON (AP) - Drawing on the political might of the White House, Democrats have exorcized the ghost of Scott Brown...
June 25, 2013

Reaction to Supreme Court ruling on Voting Rights Act

theGRIO REPORT - The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a key provision in the Voting Rights Act would come to…
June 25, 2013

Obama aims to tackle pollution, climate change: ‘We need to act’

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama declared the debate over climate change and its causes obsolete Tuesday as he announced…
June 25, 2013

Would Republicans in Congress support a revised Voting Rights Act?

theGRIO REPORT - The Supreme Court's conservatives struck down a key plank in the Voting Rights Act, but still left…
June 25, 2013

Nelson Mandela opens eyes, smiles on hearing of Obama’s South Africa trip

PRETORIA, South Africa - Nelson Mandela 'opened his eyes' and smiled after being told of President Barack Obama's imminent visit…
June 25, 2013

Obama ‘disappointed’ in Voting Rights Act ruling

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he is deeply disappointed with a Supreme Court decision halting the use of…
June 25, 2013

What Obama could do for home health care workers

OPINION - President Obama has the opportunity and the authority to realize the full potential of the New Deal...
June 25, 2013

Giving clean needles to drug users: Helps or hurts?

OPINION - In my own state of Florida, one of the worst hit by AIDS, not a single publicly funded…
June 25, 2013

Supreme Court voids key part of Voting Rights Act

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says a key provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act cannot be enforced until…
June 24, 2013

‘Melissa Harris-Perry Show’: Does there need to be a ‘fight for black men?’

MSNBC - While Obama's 2008 campaign and his subsequent re-election were moves in the right direction, they did not remove…
June 24, 2013

Supreme Court to hear Obama recess appointments case

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court stepped into an important constitutional dispute Monday between President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans…
June 21, 2013

Obama to seek return for investment in Africa

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's upcoming weeklong trip to Africa will mark his most significant personal investment in the…
June 21, 2013

Man indicted for sending ‘KKK forever’ letter to Obama

ELKINS, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia man has been indicted on charges he threatened to kill President Barack Obama…
June 21, 2013

George Zimmerman’s father lays out long list of foes, calls NAACP, Black Caucus ‘racist’ in e-book

theGRIO REPORT - The media, the New Black Panthers, Eric Holder and Rev. Al Sharpton -- even the Florida governor…
June 20, 2013

Why racist ‘jokes’ are no laughing matter

OPINION - Racist jokes can get you into trouble, and maybe even a lawsuit. Just ask celebrity chef Paula Deen...