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March 19, 2014

President Obama unveils 2014 March Madness bracket

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is picking Michigan State to win the NCAA men's basketball championship over defending champion…
March 18, 2014

President Obama presents Medal of Honors to snubbed minority soldiers

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is presenting 24 Medals of Honor in a rare ceremony meant to commemorate acts…
March 17, 2014

Michael Steele on what motivates Vladimir Putin

OPINION - As President Obama has learned these past few weeks, he can no longer afford to blur those lines…
March 16, 2014

Kelly Rowland surprises 'Jazz in the Gardens' attendees with Nelly duet

theGRIO REPORT - Kelly Rowland, D.L. Hughley, Doug E. Fresh and more talk to theGrio about the 9th Annaual Jazz…
March 14, 2014

LeBron James agrees to promote Affordable Care Act

theGRIO REPORT - President Barack Obama has teamed up with Miami Heat star LeBron James to help promote the Affordable…
March 14, 2014

President Obama vows to rethink deportations

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are warning that any steps President Barack Obama takes to bypass Congress to ease deportations of…
March 13, 2014

Politini: Breastfeeding, Beyoncé and why President Obama is the Comedian-in-Chief

theGRIO VIDEO - Get the scoop on this week in funny and foolishness with the women of Politini...
March 13, 2014

President Obama signs memo calling for expansion of overtime pay for workers

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama signed a presidential memorandum Thursday directing the Labor Department to devise new overtime rules...
March 13, 2014

Why do Jay Z and Beyoncé bother Bill O'Reilly?

OPINION - It is convenient to place all of the ills of young black youth at the feet of black…
March 13, 2014

Will history be kinder to President Obama than the current polls suggest?

OPINION - President Obama's approval ratings are in the dumps and the pundit class has all but declared the midterms…
March 12, 2014

Politini: Black Twitter's 3 best takedown tactics!

theGRIO VIDEO - From Paula Deen’s affection for the 'good ‘ole days' of the antebellum South to George Zimmerman’s outrageous…
March 12, 2014

President Obama to push for more overtime pay

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will direct the Labor Department to strengthen overtime pay protections for millions of workers,…
March 12, 2014

The good and bad news for Obamacare in new data

theGRIO REPORT - A stream of new data has been released in the last several days about the new health…
March 11, 2014

President Obama scores laughs for health care on Funny or Die's 'Between Two Ferns'

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is hamming it up online to promote his health care plan...
March 10, 2014

Women's History Month: How Oprah Winfrey became her OWN woman

OPINION - If Oprah Winfrey didn’t exist, we couldn’t invent her, at least not without her help...
March 10, 2014

Aretha Franklin on President Obama's 'R-E-S-P-E-C-T' flub: 'Spelling and giving it is a huge difference'

E! Online - Aretha Franklin realizes everyone make mistakes—even the President of the United States...
March 10, 2014

Obamacare credited with significantly lowering rate of uninsured

WASHINGTON (AP) — The rate of U.S. adults who lack health insurance keeps going down, according to major survey tracking…
March 8, 2014

How the Republicans are still blocking a key plank of Obamacare

theGRIO REPORT - Seventeen states, most in the South or Mountain West, are unabashedly rejecting any consideration of expanding their…
March 8, 2014

At CPAC, Obama's potential successors try to position themselves for the future

theGRIO REPORT - In their speeches at the Conservative Political Action Committee's annual conference, Republican 2016 candidates unsurprisingly bashed President…
March 8, 2014

Daughter of Jeremiah Wright convicted in fraud scheme

CHICAGO — The daughter of President Barack Obama's former pastor was convicted on Friday of laundering thousands of dollars from…