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June 3, 2013

Obama calls for end to mental illness stigma

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday called for a more robust national discussion on mental illness, saying the…
June 1, 2013

Dwyane Wade and more support the 'This Is Fatherhood' challenge, aimed at inspiring young fathers

The challenge is a contest that focuses on young fathers who may need extra encouragement and guidance to become better…
May 31, 2013

Obama: Rising college costs hold back middle class

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama on Friday urged Congress to prevent an increase in student loan rates, saying rising…
May 30, 2013

NYPD: Notes to Obama, Mayor Bloomberg had gun threats

NEW YORK (AP) — The Secret Service said Thursday that a suspicious letter addressed to President Barack Obama and similar…
May 30, 2013

NC man gets prison time for tweeting Obama threats

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina man is headed to prison for threatening President Barack Obama through Twitter during…
May 29, 2013

Oops! President Obama gets caught with lipstick on collar

TODAY - The lipstick on his collar didn’t come from the first lady, so President Obama called out the culprit…
May 29, 2013

Michele Bachmann won't run for re-election: Remembering her most racially-tinged remarks (and more)

theGRIO REPORT - In honor of this moment theGrio has compiled some of the Minnesota representative's most provocative remarks on…
May 29, 2013

Limbaugh: Christie and Obama have a ‘master-servant’ relationship

theGRIO REPORT - Limbaugh has frequently sung New Jersey governor Chris Christie's praises, but like many conservatives he is irked…
May 29, 2013

Michele Bachmann says she won’t run for re-election

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, a conservative firebrand, presidential candidate and favorite of tea party Republicans,…
May 28, 2013

Obama: Jersey Shore is back in business

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama was to tour New Jersey's struggling beach communities on Tuesday with popular Republican Gov.…
May 28, 2013

Can Obama’s policies only be passed under a white president?

OPINION - Will it take a white president to see Obama’s dreams for America come to fruition? All evidence now…
May 26, 2013

President Obama visits Moore, Oklahoma, comforts tornado victims

MOORE, Oklahoma (AP) - President Barack Obama on Sunday visited tornado-devastated Moore, Oklahoma, consoling people staggered by the loss of…
May 24, 2013

Obama signs bill awarding 1963 Birmingham bombing victims Congressional Gold Medal

theGRIO REPORT - The children were murdered when a bomb planted by white supremacists exploded at the 16th Street Baptist…
May 23, 2013

Anti-war protester shouts at Obama during speech

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama was interrupted three times by a woman who shouted about drones and detainees in…
May 23, 2013

Obama looks to recapture his constitutionalist bonafides on national security

ANALYSIS - The constitutional lawyer-turned-president must be tired of being cast by critics as acting outside the bounds of the…
May 23, 2013

Obama cites new framework for terror war

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he has established a new framework to govern U.S. force against terrorists...
May 23, 2013

Obama’s 1979 prom photo, yearbook note to ‘foxy’ friend unearthed

TODAY - The havoc time wreaks on fashion spares no one, not even the president of the United States...
May 23, 2013

Are the Obamas too willing to criticize fellow African-Americans?

theGRIO REPORT - Speeches delivered by President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama at the commencements for historically black…
May 22, 2013

Why no one takes impeaching Obama seriously

OPINION - If House Republicans actually file articles of impeachment against the first African-American president, they can kiss the black…
May 21, 2013

The GOP’s black ‘mad men’: Why the party can’t find its own Barack Obama

OPINION - Recently, the GOP has seized on potential African-American conservative stars like famed Johns Hopkins surgeon Dr. Ben Carson,…