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January 23, 2014

Arizona legislature faces risk of no African-American state lawmaker for 1st time in over 60 years

theGRIO REPORT - Arizona has currently only one African-American representative in its legislature and with an expected departure in January…
January 22, 2014

Obama commission encourages early vote expansion

WASHINGTON (AP) — Responding to frustratingly long lines in the last national election, a presidential commission on Wednesday encouraged expansion…
January 21, 2014

Black Republican in Florida on President Obama: ‘Hang him high’

theGRIO REPORT - A Florida House Republican candidate chose Martin Luther King Day to issue some particularly harsh invective against…
January 21, 2014

Katy Perry: I ‘might have won Wisconsin’ for President Obama

TODAY - This just in: Katy Perry believes in aliens. But that's not the only revelation she makes in her…
January 21, 2014

Montana judge who trashed Obama had history of bigoted emails

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A former Montana judge who was investigated for forwarding a racist email involving President Barack Obama…
January 21, 2014

President Obama to meet with Pope Francis in March

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican as part of a weeklong European…
January 21, 2014

Robert De Niro to President Obama: ‘Pick your battles’

theGRIO REPORT - The 'Grudge Match' star has been a longtime supporter of the president and campaigned at his side…
January 21, 2014

Sarah Palin tells President Obama to stop playing ‘race card’ on MLK Day

theGRIO REPORT - The former Alaska governor offered this unsolicited advice in a post on her Facebook page...
January 20, 2014

President Obama: Marijuana is not more dangerous than alcohol

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said he doesn't think marijuana is more dangerous than alcohol, 'in terms of its…
January 20, 2014

How President Obama governs on civil rights

theGRIO REPORT - Over the last few months, Obama’s administration, with little fanfare, has enacted a series of unabashedly liberal…
January 17, 2014

The Obamas’ brilliant move to help poor and minority students

ANALYSIS - Obama and his aides have argued the president will increasingly use his 'convening' power to bring influential people…
January 17, 2014

After White House, high hopes in private life for ‘superwoman’ Michelle Obama

TODAY - Michelle Obama, who turns 50 on Friday, is only just starting to build her legacy...
January 17, 2014

President Obama to NSA: Stop saving phone data

theGRIO REPORT - Bowing to concerns from both the public and members of Congress, President Obama announced Friday his administration…
January 17, 2014

‘The Mrs. Obama effect’: First lady’s boldest looks redefine style

TODAY - Fifty indeed looks fabulous on Michelle Obama, the first lady who ushered style back into the White House…
January 17, 2014

Why Jeremiah Wright can’t hurt President Obama anymore

OPINION - Perhaps the return of Reverend Wright is a moment to contrast the radical reverend and the progressive, but…
January 16, 2014

The Obamas urges action on expanding college access

WASHINGTON (AP) — His education agenda mired in Congress, President Barack Obama is urging university presidents to copy each other's…
January 16, 2014

Vice President Joe Biden to address annual National Action Network MLK Day breakfast

theGRIO REPORT - Biden is not a stranger to addressing predominately African-American crowds on behalf of the president...
January 16, 2014

White House enlists sports stars in Obamacare push

NBC NEWS - Magic Johnson says an early checkup saved his life – warning him that he had HIV in…
January 16, 2014

Jeremiah Wright: Dr. King had a ‘dream,’ Obama has a ‘drone’

theGRIO REPORT - Reverend Jeremiah Wright's ongoing public feud with President Barack Obama is apparently still going strong...
January 16, 2014

Obamacare survives another court challenge

MSNBC - The last significant legal challenge to Obamacare suffered a setback today, when a Washington DC District Court rejected…