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July 11, 2012

33rd time's the charm: the House's many votes to repeal 'Obamacare'

SLIDESHOW - When the Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives voted today to repeal the Affordable Care Act -- also known…
July 11, 2012

Can Republicans win black votes while cutting government jobs?

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney discussed black unemployment during his speech at the NAACP conference today...
July 11, 2012

Obama parody: 'I've got 99 problems but Mitt ain't one'

VIDEO - Iman 'Alphacat' Crosson, the comedian who brought you President Obama’s "Single Ladies", is back with a new video…
July 11, 2012

Eric Holder: Barack Obama's 'secret weapon' with black voters?

OPINION - This nation’s first African-American Attorney General exists in the historical shadow of this nation’s first black president, but…
July 11, 2012

Romney says he will 'make things better in the African-American community'

theGRIO REPORT - Making the most prominent appearance in front of a largely black audience of his presidential campaign, Mitt…
July 11, 2012

Mitt Romney booed for bashing 'Obamacare' at NAACP

HOUSTON (AP) - Republican Mitt Romney will tell black voters during a speech to the NAACP that backing him for…
July 11, 2012

Dinesh D'Souza's exploitation of Obama's half-brother, George, represents new low for the Right

OPINION - D’Souza is lying. He is making things up, pulling together non-existent threads and weaving a narrative not even…
July 11, 2012

Romney to make pitch to black voters at NAACP convention

HOUSTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney isn't going to win the black vote in his campaign against the…
July 10, 2012

Allen West denies comparing Social Security to slavery

Allen West accused the media of distorting his words when asked about his controversial comments about Social Security from this…
July 10, 2012

Michelle Obama's visit to Miami called 'outrageous' by school board members

NBC Miami - Before Michelle Obama even steps foot in the door of Barbara Goleman Senior High School in Miami…
July 10, 2012

Villains on HBO's 'True Blood' wear Obama masks

theGRIO REPORT - in an interesting twist, on Sunday night's episode of 'True Blood', HBO chose to have the villains…
July 10, 2012

President Obama's half-brother George appears in conservative Dinesh D'Souza documentary

theGRIO REPORT - George Obama, the president’s half-brother, is featured in an upcoming documentary featuring conservative author Dinesh D'Souza...
July 10, 2012

Sharpton hosts re-enactment of Romney fundraiser

Al Sharpton took a different approach in discussing the Romney fundraisers in The Hamptons last weekend...
July 10, 2012

Reverend Jeremiah Wright: Elite universities infecting blacks with 'white racist DNA'

theGRIO REPORT - At the Baptist Church on Florida Avenue, Wright addressed the congregation during their 100th anniversary this week…
July 10, 2012

Nia Long: I've been an Obama supporter from 'day one'

theGRIO Q&A - Actress Nia Long is officially helping the Obama reelection effort, starring in a new video released by…
July 10, 2012

Have the black 1 percent abandoned Barack Obama?

OPINION - To date, the president's major Hollywood fundraisers have all been hosted by almost exclusively white celebrities...
July 10, 2012

Romney and Obama still tied in latest polls

theGRIO REPORT - Mitt Romney and President Obama are still effectively tied in the presidential race, as a favorable decision…
July 10, 2012

For black Mormons, presidential race brings new attention

theGRIO REPORT - With the presidential election close at hand, Mormons, and particularly African-American Latter-day Saints, have been increasingly thrust…
July 10, 2012

Bill Maher unfairly labels Wayne Brady as non-threatening black man

OPINION - To be sure, making over-the-top statements is Bill Maher’s shtick. But sometimes it reminds you of the white…
July 9, 2012

Has the American electorate grown more racially polarized?

President Obama has created a unique political divide in which "racial conservatives" are likely to oppose virtually any policy once…