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January 18, 2012
If the general election campaign by Republicans against President Obama, the nation's first black president, goes on to include a…
January 17, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - A man accused of trying to kill President Barack Obama by firing up to a dozen shots…
January 17, 2012
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - President Barack Obama plans to accept the Democratic presidential nomination in the open air of Bank…
January 17, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The black Republican whose endorsement the remaining GOP presidential candidates truly want belongs to a man who…
January 16, 2012
TRANSCRIPT -- President Barack Obama's remarks at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event in Washington D.C., January 16, 2012...
January 16, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama evoked Martin Luther King, Jr.'s own words about public service Monday as Obama and…
January 16, 2012
OPINION - Christian conservative activists are gathering in Texas this weekend to consider some kind of group endorsement of a…
January 15, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The Obama family celebrated Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday on Sunday by attending services at an…
January 13, 2012
VIDEO - This Thursday, theGrio's Political Editor Perry Bacon Jr. appeared on Rev. Sharpton's 'Politics Nation' to discuss the president's…
January 13, 2012
SLIDESHOW - President Barack Obama is looking to add a whole lot of star power to his 2012 re-election campaign.…
January 13, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - President Obama on Friday afternoon will host the Tuskegee Airmen and the cast and crew of the…
January 13, 2012
Leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and Jesse Jackson were members of black fraternities that helped them learn essential organizational…
January 13, 2012
The former Destiny's Child star is lending her support to the Obama campaign by designing a crew-neck top for supporters…
January 13, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor's 'The Obamas' has generated controversy over its descriptions of occasional tensions…
January 12, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The Citizens United Supreme Court decision in 2010 helped lead to the creation of 'super-pacs,' political groups…
January 12, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department is defending the legality of President Barack Obama's recent recess appointment of a national…
January 12, 2012
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin tore into Michelle Obama on Fox News Wednesday, criticizing the first lady for what she…
January 12, 2012
VIDEO - Tavis Smiley appeared on the Joe Madison show on Monday and said that if the election were held…
January 12, 2012
REVIEW - The book has 360 pages of dialogue and intimate details, giving the impression of being inside the minds…
January 12, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Michelle Obama is getting a presidential welcome to Twitter...