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September 7, 2011

Will blacks who backed Obama in '08 stay home in 2012?

theGRIO REPORT - The biggest problem the president is facing is not whether people will switch sides. It's whether people…
September 1, 2011

Obama faces historic disrespect from political peers

OPINION - Is opposing everything this president does for the sake of opposition, or worse for a more insidious reason,…
August 31, 2011

Rice on Cheney book: 'An attack on my integrity'

Speaking in an interview with Reuters, Rice rejected Cheney's contention that she misled President George W. Bush about nuclear diplomacy…
August 31, 2011

Rihanna sues over leaks at $7 million LA-area home

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rihanna is suing over a hillside home that she claims has serious structural defects that rendered…
August 11, 2011

African-Americans strongly support Obama re-election bid

NEWS ONE - According to a new BlackPlanet/NewsOne poll, 88 percent of African-Americans said President Barack Obama should be reelected…
June 24, 2011

Gingrich: Obama so bad, blacks will vote Republican

Newt Gingrich told a GOP banquet that President Barack Obama is so bad that he's made it possible for the…
April 19, 2011

Obama's big bet on blacks is key to 2012 victory

OPINION - The black vote is still Obama's prime trump card. And they can't just vote for him as the…
November 4, 2010

Can Obama reach common ground without selling out black base?

OPINION - How does the president work with this new crop of conservatives whose ire has been focused as much…
November 2, 2010

1st black woman elected to House seat in Ala.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Terri Sewell, who is from Selma and practices law in Birmingham, won easily in the heavily…
November 2, 2010

11 races where black voters can make a big difference

OPINON - People who believe their vote does not make a difference may be encouraged to know that in many…
October 21, 2010

Will Republican Tim Scott win over black voters?

theGRIO REPORT - If elected, he will be among the the first black Republicans in Congress since 2003...
October 21, 2010

Barbershop Buzz: How to make midterms matter

VIDEO - Democratic voter enthusiasm appears to have decreased since President Obama was elected in 2008. Why has there been…
July 12, 2010

Democrats courting black voters in midterm elections

VIDEO - Democrats have voiced fears that President Obama's high approval rating among blacks will not translate into votes come…
July 9, 2010

NAACP leaders hope to recapture '08 momentum

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The NAACP convention, set to start Saturday, also will focus on education and the mounting…
July 7, 2010

Why Obama shouldn't skip this year's NAACP convention

OPINION - An appearance or message from him is politically expedient, practical and simply the right thing to do...
June 7, 2010

Ark. Dems vie for black voters in Senate race

WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (AP) - The race, which remains neck-and-neck, is seen as an important test of what kind of…
April 22, 2010

Steele: African-Americans 'really don't have a reason' to vote Republican

Michael Steele -- a former Maryland lieutenant governor and seminarian serving as the first African-American head of the Republican Party…
March 20, 2010

African-Americans support Obama’s race-neutral stance

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Obama has refused from the beginning of his candidacy to separate the solutions to black America's…
March 3, 2010

To court African-Americans, abortion foes make racial case

Across the country, the anti-abortion movement, long viewed as almost exclusively white and Republican, is turning its attention to African-Americans…
February 11, 2010

Some blacks back Tea Party, despite movement’s racist reputation

A small but increasing number of black conservatives and libertarians are getting involved in the protest movement...