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August 15, 2012

RNC to Michael Steele: 'We do African-American outreach by supporting Mitt Romney'

Former RNC Chairman Michael Steel told TPM Tuesday that the Republican party has been slacking in it's outreach of black…
August 15, 2012

How early voting changes in Ohio will hurt Democratic, black voters

theGRIO REPORT - Civil rights groups, voting rights advocates, clergy and the state NAACP are among those protesting the restriction…
August 15, 2012

Biden on Wall Street: Mitt Romney wants you 'back in chains'

DANVILLE, Va. (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden sparked a campaign commotion Tuesday, telling an audience in southern Virginia that…
July 30, 2012

Jim Greer, ex- Florida GOP chair, says party officials discussed black voter suppression

theGRIO REPORT - Jim Greer, the former chair of the Florida Republican Party, has accused the GOP of engaging in…
July 23, 2012

Battleground 2012: In North Carolina, a Democrat tries to distance himself from Obama, angering black voters

theGRIO REPORT - When Democrat Larry Kissell won a Charlotte-area U.S. House seat in 2008, he did so largely by…
July 18, 2012

Why Team Obama is not taking the black vote for granted

ANALYSIS - As the Urban League detailed in an important report it released on Monday, African-Americans are themselves a crucial…
July 17, 2012

Urban League: Obama needs better than 2004 black turnout

WASHINGTON (AP) - One of the country's oldest civil rights groups says President Barack Obama may have a tougher time…
July 12, 2012

How Joe Biden became Obama's ideal 'black surrogate'

OPINION - Biden’s assigned role of visible point man for team Obama with minorities raises two tormenting questions for the…
July 11, 2012

Romney to make pitch to black voters at NAACP convention

HOUSTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney isn't going to win the black vote in his campaign against the…
July 10, 2012

Eric Holder calls voter ID a modern 'poll tax' at NAACP convention

HOUSTON (AP) - Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday he opposes a new photo ID requirement in Texas elections because…
July 9, 2012

Battleground 2012: Will black women be as energetic for Obama as in 2008?

theGRIO REPORT - The black female vote will be even more critical now for the president than in 2008, both…
June 27, 2012

GOP rep Mike Turzai's gaffe reveals real goal of voter ID laws: Voter suppression

OPINION - The Republican strategy for winning the youth vote, black vote, and low-income vote has been to ensure that…
June 26, 2012

Why we need a black-brown political coalition now more than ever

OPINION - It’s no coincidence that voter ID laws have been popping up in states with populations of black and…
June 20, 2012

Why Artur Davis is wrong: Republicans squandered any black good will

OPINION - The newly minted a member of the GOP, Davis is taking his show on the road calming the…
June 20, 2012

Gallup polls might not accurately represent ‘non-whites’

The Huffington Post recently reported that the popular Gallup poll surveys often survey a disproportionate amount of blacks and Hispanics...
June 6, 2012

Michael Steele: GOP ignores minorities

VIDEO - On Chris Matthews' Hardball Tuesday night, Republican National Committee head Michael Steele, agreed that the GOP was not…
June 6, 2012

Do Democrats have a turnout problem when Obama is not on the ballot?

ANALYSIS - The results from Tuesday's election in Wisconsin continued a troubling pattern for Democrats: some of their base isn't…
May 25, 2012

Is there an Obama effect on gay marriage?

theGRIO REPORT - President Obama's embrace of gay marriage earlier this month may be causing a huge shift on African-Americans…
May 18, 2012

New report shows growth in minority vote in North Carolina, Florida

theGRIO REPORT - The number of black, Latino and other voters of color is growing in North Carolina and Florida,…
May 9, 2012

Black voters will stick with Obama, even if he backs gay marriage

OPINION - Black voters will be enthusiastic and fully supportive of the president. Gay and lesbian voters, too...