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September 8, 2011

How Obama can keep hope alive for Troy Davis

OPINION - President Obama's intervention in the Troy Davis case would signal, above all else, his commitment to justice for…
September 8, 2011

Can Obama's 'fully paid for' jobs plan work?

theGRIO REPORT - There is still hope in the black community the speech will not continue the Obama administration theory,…
September 7, 2011

Obama: 'Obviously' black Americans have 'suffered more'

theGRIO REPORT - President Obama, in his own words, speaks candidly, honestly and poignantly on how his policies affect the…
September 7, 2011

Will blacks who backed Obama in '08 stay home in 2012?

theGRIO REPORT - The biggest problem the president is facing is not whether people will switch sides. It's whether people…
September 6, 2011

Boehner, Cantor cite jobs common ground with Obama

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republican leaders are offering President Barack Obama an opening for compromise on measures that would spur…
September 6, 2011

Obama hits all-time low, NBC News/WSJ poll finds

NBC NEWS - After the bruising debt-ceiling fight -- as well as Standard & Poor's subsequent downgrade of the nation's…
September 5, 2011

Obama says Congress must pass job program

DETROIT (AP) - Obama said that with widespread suffering, "the time for Washington games is over" and lawmakers must move…
September 5, 2011

Obama to spend Labor Day at union rally in Detroit

WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama's speech at an annual event sponsored by the Metropolitan Detroit AFL-CIO was serving as a dress…
September 5, 2011

How Obama can seek higher ground on jobs

OPINION - Truth be told, there's very little the White House can do to reduce the unemployment rate in a…
September 4, 2011

Obama pledges federal help for Irene recovery

WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama said while the hurricane didn't do as much damage as feared, people shouldn't "underestimate the heartache"…
September 4, 2011

City of Paterson under water in more ways than one

theGRIO REPORT - Paterson residents reported that when the flood waters recede Hurricane Irene is likely to be remembered as…
September 2, 2011

GOP rep defends skipping Obama's jobs speech

PALATINE, Ill. (AP) - Rep. Joe Walsh said Saturday that Obama is abusing his power as president by calling a…
September 2, 2011

Obama to take jobs plan on the road

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says President Barack Obama will take his jobs plan on the road next Friday…
September 2, 2011

Obama's smog flip-flop may leave black kids breathless

OPINION - For the country as a whole, the choice between the economy and the environment is a false one...
September 2, 2011

No net jobs created in August; black unemployment rises

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. employers stopped adding jobs in August, an alarming setback for an economy that has struggled to…
September 2, 2011

Can a black man become Mississippi governor?

OPINION - There is no reason to believe what Obama did in 2008 can't be replicated at the state-level for…
September 2, 2011

theGrio Editorial: CBC should show us their jobs plan

OPINION - The inconvenient truth about black joblessness is that it didn't start on January 20, 2009, with the inauguration…
September 1, 2011

White House: No special treatment of Obama's uncle

WASHINGTON (AP) - Press Secretary Jay Carney also said Thursday that Obama did not know about the case involving his…
September 1, 2011

Queen of Soul to warm up for Obama in Detroit

DETROIT (AP) - President Barack Obama will have a royal warm-up act when he comes to Detroit to speak during…
September 1, 2011

White House: People 'don't give a lick' about speech timing

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House is characterizing the flap over the timing of the president's address to Congress next…