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December 9, 2013

President Obama heads to South Africa for Mandela memorial

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama headed to South Africa on Monday to speak at a national memorial service for…
December 9, 2013

Rush Limbaugh: White House, media trying to make Mandela's death 'all about Obama'

theGRIO REPORT - President Barack Obama has made no secret about the fact that the late South African leader was…
December 7, 2013

South Carolina sheriff refuses to lower flag for Nelson Mandela

theGRIO REPORT - Pickens County, South Carolina sheriff Rick Clark took to social media Friday to declare that he would…
December 6, 2013

Barack and Michelle Obama to travel to South Africa to honor Mandela

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will travel to South Africa next week to pay…
December 6, 2013

Does Obama have a youth problem?

theGRIO REPORT - A poll of 18-29 year-olds released by Harvard University's Institute of Politics showed some troubling numbers for…
December 6, 2013

How Mandela helped create the path for President Obama

ANALYSIS - They are in many ways kindred spirits, patient, confident men who rose to power, employing their unifying styles…
December 5, 2013

President Obama: GOP should be 'embarrassed' by low productivity in Washington

MSNBC - In an interview with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, the president said Republicans shouldered most of the blame for gridlock…
December 5, 2013

Political leaders remember Nelson Mandela and his legacy

theGRIO SLIDESHOW - View our slideshow of key political figures and the statements they released on Mandela and the legacy…
December 5, 2013

President Obama mourns death of icon Nelson Mandela: 'He belongs to the ages'

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the world has lost an influential, courageous and 'profoundly good' man with the…
December 5, 2013

White House reverses story on Obama living with Kenyan uncle in the 1980s

NBC NEWS - The uncle, Onyango 'Omar' Obama, had been facing deportation, but was granted legal residency this week in…
December 5, 2013

Cartoon depicts President Obama as dishonest, ape-like

theGRIO REPORT - A recent cartoon by artist Ted Rall has created a firestorm after he posted it on the…
December 4, 2013

President Obama argues poverty is not just about race

theGRIO REPORT - President Obama gave a provocative speech about race, class and inequality in Southeast Washington today. Here's a…
December 4, 2013

President Obama declares health care law is working

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday insisted that the sweeping overhaul is working and warned Republican critics that…
December 4, 2013

President Obama's Kenyan-born uncle allowed to remain in US

BOSTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's Kenyan-born uncle, who ignored a deportation order more than two decades ago, on Tuesday…
December 3, 2013

Michele Bachmann accuses President Obama of 'rewriting Constitution'

theGRIO REPORT - Rep. Michele Bachmann may be retiring from Congress after next year -- but she isn't going away…
December 3, 2013

Obama: "This law is working"; administration says more than 1 million now enrolled through Medicaid

theGRIO REPORT - Administration officials say that getting a large percentage of young people into the private insurance plans is…
December 3, 2013

Obama uncle deportation hearing is a teachable moment on immigration reform

OPINION - While the president’s detractors, xenophobes that they are, always tell him to go back to Kenya, they may…
December 2, 2013

President Obama hails 'extraordinary' progress in fight against HIV/AIDS

NBC NEWS - Obama announced that $100 million in funding will be redirected to a National Institutes of Health program…
December 2, 2013

Why Hillary is courting African-Americans so early

theGRIO REPORT - Clinton aides aren't saying why publicly, but there is one obvious reason: preventing the emergence of another…
December 2, 2013

Officials: Obamacare website making huge strides

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration said Sunday that the federal government's health care website is now operating more smoothly…