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September 7, 2012

Obama ‘HOPE’ poster artist Shepard Fairey gets probation

NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge in New York has given two years of probation to an artist who…
September 7, 2012

DNC Day 3: Obama doesn’t disappoint in framing ‘choice’ election

theGRIO REPORT - The message Thursday night continued the theme of a choice election based on the foundation of hope...
September 7, 2012

Obama draws sharp contrast with Romney in ‘hopeful’ convention speech

OPINION - This was a candidate imploring voters to return to that hopeful spirit of 2008 to help build a…
September 7, 2012

US unemployment falls to 8.1 percent, black joblessness stuck at 14.1

WASHINGTON (AP) - The black unemployment stayed stuck at exactly 14.1 percent, while African-American teen unemployment ticked up slightly from…
September 7, 2012

Where’d the time go? Obama girls now young women

NEW YORK (AP) - Who were those willowy young women with Barack and Michelle Obama — and where'd they hide…
September 7, 2012

Obama accepts nomination, promises better days at DNC: ‘My fellow citizens — you were the change’

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Obama used his nationally televised speech closing out the Democratic National Convention to try to revive…
September 6, 2012

Kerry Washington, Scarlett Johansson make appeal to youth voters at DNC

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Actress Kerry Washington spoke with Johansson on Thursday night and described herself as the granddaughter of…
September 6, 2012

Obama sister, brother-in-law: They haven’t changed

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Michelle Obama's brother says the first lady was reluctant to enter politics, but she is thriving…
September 6, 2012

Obama on shoulders of men like Charlotte's Harvey Gantt

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - For all of his firsts — first black student admitted to an all-white South Carolina college,…
September 6, 2012

Obama eager to sketch path forward for nation at DNC

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - President Barack Obama pronounced himself eager to go before the Democratic National Convention and the nation…
September 6, 2012

Obama at the DNC: How different is America from what he hoped for in 2004?

OPINION - Now, eight years later, Obama returns to the podium tonight to deliver yet another speech at the Democratic…
September 6, 2012

DNC Day 2: Fluke, Warren and Clinton make compelling case for Obama

theGRIO REPORT - If night one of the Democratic National Convention was about the power of women, night two was…
September 6, 2012

Biden to make Obama's case to working class

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - It's time for Joe Biden to show why President Barack Obama is keeping him as his…
September 6, 2012

Black Caucus chair Emanuel Cleaver says discord is hurting country

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus says the divisiveness on Capitol Hill has weakened the…
September 6, 2012

Under Obama, blacks remain far behind in unemployment and wealth

Millions of African-Americans are worse off economically than four years ago, Bloomberg News writes, although many of the challenges they…
September 5, 2012

Clinton boosts Obama in rousing convention speech

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - President Barack Obama inherited a wreck of an economy, "put a floor under the crash" and…
September 5, 2012

Gabby Douglas appears at the DNC

SLIDESHOW - Gabby Douglas made an appearance in Charlotte for the Democratic National Convention...
September 5, 2012

Secret Service investigates Obama threat from Philly

PHILADELPHIA - The Secret Service and Philadelphia Police are working together to investigate a threat against President Obama...
September 5, 2012

Obama DNC supporters push for more action in 2nd term

theGRIO VIDEO - The goal for the president's supporters is simple: four more years. TheGrio's Todd Johnson caught up with…
September 5, 2012

Celebs flock to Charlotte to support Obama at DNC

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Celebrities are flocking to Charlotte for the Democratic convention, albeit without the prop furniture that made…