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May 19, 2013

Obama to Morehouse grads: Serve others, set examples as good fathers, men

ATLANTA (AP) -rically black Morehouse College to seize the power of their example as black men graduating from college...
May 19, 2013

Full text and video of President Barack Obama’s address to Morehouse graduates

NEWS - President Barack Obama delivered the commencement address to graduates of Morehouse College on Sunday, making history as the…
May 18, 2013

Black pastor stirs controversy ahead of Obama’s Morehouse commencement speech

theGRIO REPORT - President Obama will deliver the commencement speech at Morehouse College -- the storied predominantly black men's college…
May 17, 2013

President Obama, first lady address graduates at HBCUs

theGRIO SLIDESHOW - Graduation season is underway and students and their families are joined by a few special guests as…
May 17, 2013

How Susan Rice could benefit from the GOP’s latest Benghazi push

ANALYSIS - The release of e-mails related to the administration's response to the Benghazi attack show how little of a…
May 16, 2013

Heritage letter to Republicans on Capitol Hill: Don’t legislate, just scandalize Obama

OPINION - Finally, we have something out of the Heritage Foundation that is entirely accurate...
May 16, 2013

Why Republicans are still obsessed with repealing Obamacare

ANALYSIS - House Republicans held their 37th vote to scrap all or parts of 'Obamacare,' illustrating a determined campaign to…
May 16, 2013

Obama in the crosshairs as Washington’s scandal culture kicks into overdrive

OPINION - May has so far been a whirlwind for the Obama administration, first with the never ending Benghazi non-scandal…
May 15, 2013

No, Obama is not Nixon

ANALYSIS - A series of controversies, mostly notably the IRS specifically using terms like 'Tea Party' as a trigger for…
May 14, 2013

Republican outrage over IRS targeting Tea Party didn’t extend to NAACP

OPINION - Where was the outrage when the IRS audited the NAACP in 2004?...
May 14, 2013

Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel among stars in attendance at Obama fundraiser

NEW YORK (AP) — Huddling with A-list celebrities and top re-election donors, President Barack Obama bemoaned the partisan forces that…
May 13, 2013

Obama faces new challenges, but not ‘curse’

ANALYSIS - Obama hardly seems likely to be forced out of office, impeached or have the kind of incident like…
May 13, 2013

Obama calls GOP talk on Benghazi a ‘sideshow’

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is dismissing Republican criticism of his administration's handling of the attack on a U.S.…
May 13, 2013

Why the White House wants mothers to love ‘Obamacare’

ANALYSIS - The Mother Day's event at the White House on Friday, in which the president appeared with a group…
May 12, 2013

Michael Steele: Republicans at a crossroads

OPINION - For the party to survive it was time to turn the elephant to face its future. But have…
May 10, 2013

Reader’s Digest: Denzel Washington, Maya Angelou among top 10 ‘most trusted’ celebs

theGRIO REPORT - Denzel Washington and Maya Angelou are ranked in the top 10 on the new Reader's Digest Trust…
May 9, 2013

In 2012 election, black voter turnout was higher than any group

WASHINGTON (AP) - Making history, America's blacks voted at higher rates than whites in 2012, lifting Democrat Barack Obama to…
May 8, 2013

Team Obama start to implement Obamacare

theGRIO REPORT - The Obama administration is ramping up its plans to implement the so-called Obamacare health care law, with…
May 7, 2013

Will GOP opposition stop Mel Watt’s confirmation?

theGRIO REPORT - Watt’s nomination still has to be approved by the Senate. When I spoke with him the day…
May 7, 2013

NRA bans zombie target that ‘looked like Obama’

theGRIO REPORT - A zombie target, that some say resembles President Obama, is being sold by one vendor for gun…