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December 8, 2011

Obama on appeasement charge: 'Ask bin Laden'

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is firmly rejecting Republican accusations that he has engaged in an 'appeasement' foreign policy.…
December 8, 2011

GOP blocks Obama nominee to head financial agency

WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked President Barack Obama's choice to head the new consumer protection agency that…
December 8, 2011

Newt Gingrich's gay half-sister backs Obama for 2012

The gay half-sister of Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich has criticized his position on gay rights, saying she will support…
December 7, 2011

Blagojevich gets 14 years in prison for corruption

CHICAGO (AP) - A federal judge has sentenced Rod Blagojevich to 14 years for corruption that included trying to sell…
December 7, 2011

O'Reilly: Will Obama's black outreach include 'Soul Train' cameo?

President Obama is launching a new outreach program to African-American voters, a strategy that temporarily left Bill O'Reilly asking questions…
December 7, 2011

African countries may pay price for violence against gays

OPINION - For the first time in U.S. history protecting and promoting the civil rights of gays will become part…
December 6, 2011

Obama in Kansas speech, channels Teddy Roosevelt

theGRIO REPORT - President Obama traveled to his late mother's home state of Kansas on Tuesday to deliver a speech…
December 6, 2011

Full text: President Obama's remarks in Kansas

Osawatomie, KANSAS - Remarks of President Barack Obama in Osawatomie, Kansas, December 6, 2011. As prepared for delivery...
December 6, 2011

Blagojevich faces punishment for trying to sell Obama Senate seat

CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois' ousted governor Rod Blagojevich soon will learn his punishment for corruption convictions that include trying to…
December 6, 2011

Donald Trump is back! And he still has a black people problem

OPINION - Donald Trump is back! And there's every indication that he still has a black people problem...
December 5, 2011

Newt Gingrich calls Obama 'food stamp president' (again)

TheGrio REPORT -- Newt Gingrich is doubling down on his double-down, on comments he has made in recent weeks about…
December 5, 2011

Presidential pardons heavily favor whites

ProPublica - Blacks have had the poorest chance of receiving the president's ultimate act of mercy, according to an analysis…
December 5, 2011

White House makes its case to black voters

POLITICO - The White House and President Barack Obama's reelection team have cranked up their outreach to black voters...
December 5, 2011

Obama defends American faith amid GOP critique

WASHINGTON (AP) - The president of the United States is defending his faith in America, confronting GOP efforts to undercut…
December 5, 2011

Slideshow: Obamas join artistic luminaries at Kennedy Honors

WASHINGTON (AP) - As Meryl Streep and four other artistic luminaries were saluted with Kennedy Center Honors, the actress got…
December 2, 2011

Gingrich's poverty solution: Pay poor kids to be janitors

OPINION - The former Speaker proposes that in poor neighborhoods, the 'schools ought to get rid of the unionized janitors,…
December 2, 2011

World AIDS Day: Obama addresses black gay male infections

President Obama challenged the world to usher in an AIDS-free generation during a panel discussion in George Washington University this…
December 2, 2011

Gingrich: Obama must have 'cognitive dissonance' about plight of blacks

'Look,' Gingrich said, 'at a time when you have up to 43 percent black teenage unemployment, you have entire communities…
December 1, 2011

Obama on AIDS: 'We can beat this disease'

WASHINGTON (AP) - 'We can beat this disease,' Obama declared during a World AIDS Day event in Washington. Former Presidents…
November 30, 2011

Black Eyed Peas to join Obama for tree lighting

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Black Eyed Peas and Kermit the Frog are joining the lineup of performers who will help…