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April 9, 2014

Hank Aaron compares Obama's GOP critics to KKK

theGRIO REPORT - Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron compared President Barack Obama's opponents in the Republican Party to the…
April 9, 2014

President Obama offers solace to nation at Fort Hood

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — President Barack Obama reprised his role as chief comforter in a grief-stricken corner of America…
April 9, 2014

Civil rights summit marks 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

VIDEO - The civil rights summit marks the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which outlawed discrimination…
April 9, 2014

Iowa Republican claims 'race' is preventing Obama impeachment

theGRIO REPORT - Sam Clovis, a right-wing U.S. Senate candidate from Iowa, claims that House Republicans are scared to impeach…
April 9, 2014

How much is race driving opposition to Obama?

theGRIO REPORT - Exactly how much of opposition to Obama is based on race? Interestingly, now in year six of…
April 8, 2014

Zeituni Onyango, Obama aunt who stayed in US illegally, dead at 61

BOSTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's aunt Zeituni Onyango, who was denied asylum in the United States but stayed illegally…
April 8, 2014

President Obama signs actions taking aim at gender pay gap

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a concerted election-year push to draw attention to women's wages, President Barack Obama signed directives Tuesday…
April 7, 2014

President Obama to headline civil rights summit in Texas

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The LBJ Presidential Library at the University of Texas is hosting a three-day Civil Rights Summit…
April 7, 2014

Gallup: Rate of uninsured plummets after Obamacare rollout

WASHINGTON (AP) — A major new survey finds that a growing percentage of Americans gained health insurance as the initial…
April 7, 2014

With his ‘pen and phone,’ Obama tackles education and equal pay

MSNBC - Fresh off his victory lap of 7.1 million people enrolling in health care exchanges under the Affordable Care…
April 3, 2014

Phylicia Rashad slams critics of 'The Cosby Show'

theGRIO VIDEO EXCLUSIVE - Phylicia Rashad discusses the criticism 'The Cosby Show' received from those who believed the series was…
April 3, 2014

Think tank estimates 5 million newly insured because of Obamacare

theGRIO REPORT - The Obama administration announced this week that about 7 million Americans enrolled in health care plans through…
April 3, 2014

Samsung hooks unsuspecting Obama as phone ad star

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest pitchman in Samsung's marketing machine: an unwitting President Barack Obama...
April 3, 2014

Glenn Beck claims Obamacare sign up numbers are 'bogus fairy tale'

VIDEO - Once the White House and national media reported that Obamacare sign-ups reached the 7 million mark there was…
April 2, 2014

Why the Republicans are still pushing for Paul Ryan's budget

ANALYSIS - The budget put together by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) the head of the House Budget Committee and former…
April 2, 2014

Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate: Obama ‘a radical homosexualist’

MSNBC - A gubernatorial candidate for Massachusetts has accused the president of pushing “a destructive homosexual agenda,” and even questioned…
April 1, 2014

7 million Americans (and counting) enrolled in Obamacare

theGRIO REPORT - Only 4.2 million had enrolled through February, meaning that an aggressive effort by the White House and…
April 1, 2014

Obamacare on target to hit 7 million sign-ups target

WASHINGTON (AP) - Two government officials confirmed the milestone, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to…
March 31, 2014

White House throws weight behind black men in Atlanta

theGRIO REPORT - The Black Male Summit, which took place March 28-29, is the first in a nationwide four-summit tour…
March 31, 2014

In the South, the Obamacare debate continues, even as law insures thousands

theGRIO REPORT - In one of the poorest areas of Appalachia, about 2500 people have signed up to get health…