Budget Cuts

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October 29, 2012
CLUTCH - Rochelle Ballantyne, 17, of Brooklyn is taking the chess world by storm. She is on the verge of…
August 27, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Recognized as one of the most dangerous cities in America, Camden New Jersey is reported to be…
June 26, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Detroit Mayor Dave Bing announced today that the city plans to lay off 164 firefighters by the…
June 6, 2012
CHICAGO (AP) - Dozens of Illinois prisoners who claim they confessed to crimes under police torture may never have their…
May 16, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - This deficit-cutting focus could have severe negative effects, particularly for African-Americans. Look at what's happened in Europe....
May 11, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The House appropriations committee cut millions of dollars from the Department of Justice's (DOJ) budget this week...
May 11, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The bill aims to slash 300 million from the 2013 budget by implementing drastic cuts in assistance…
May 10, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - The GOP-controlled House Thursday passed legislation to replace a looming 10 percent cut to the military budget…
April 18, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - The cuts are mostly familiar, though a plan to cut food stamps goes well beyond a bipartisan…
April 17, 2012
OPINION - Romney is rarely consistent, but when it comes to policies that will assist those in need, he is…
September 29, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - An August 17, 2011 Quinnipiac University Poll indicates that amongst black voters Christie has an 81 percent…
August 15, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The potential cuts to 20 percent of the Postal Service workforce, and the slashing of its benefit…
August 2, 2011
OPINION - Republicans have not introduced a single jobs bill since they took over the House in 2010. Elections have…
August 2, 2011
OPINION - Proposed cuts in U.S. foreign aid would hinder America's ability to effectively assist in what has become the…
August 1, 2011
OPINION - Data from the non-partisan, Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reveals the distinction between mathematical reality and political fallacy...
July 30, 2011
"He has a propensity to be trusting, on the side of reconciliation," the veteran civil-rights activist told POLITICO...
July 28, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Jeanne Majors was forced into an early retirement when her job at New York's LaGuardia airport was…
July 21, 2011
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Many states hit hardest by this week's searing heat wave have drastically cut or entirely…
July 10, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is pressing congressional leaders to accept a $4 trillion debt reduction deal that Republicans…
July 5, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama will summon top Republican and Democratic leaders to the White House this week for another…