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September 29, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and congressional Democrats say a House-approved delay in President Barack Obama's health care law…
September 27, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — This time, President Barack Obama says, he's not budging...
September 4, 2013
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Before they start the school year together, the staff at the Kensington High School for Creative and…
August 12, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Kickstarter co-founder, Yancey Strickler, spoke to theGrio about Spike Lee's controversial Kickstarter campaign for his new film...
July 25, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) - Every weekend, the multiplex has been under siege like it has rarely been before. One after…
July 18, 2013
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit on Thursday became the largest city in U.S. history to file for bankruptcy, as the state-appointed…
June 14, 2013
ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) — Detroit's emergency manager says the city is defaulting on about $2.5 billion of debt...
May 29, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - When Chicago Public School officials voted to close 50 schools last week that it said were underutilized…
February 21, 2013
DETROIT (AP) - Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder says some people are already saying they don't want the job of fixing…
February 6, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service says it will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to…
November 26, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - A new report says states can receive more than $9 in federal money for every dollar they…
November 19, 2012
BANGKOK (AP) - Even in the temples of Asia, President Barack Obama cannot escape thoughts of that fiscal cliff back…
November 9, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - So just what is this 'fiscal cliff' that has the financial markets rattled and economists and policymakers…
August 11, 2012
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney introduced Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his vice presidential running…
June 14, 2012
VIDEO - Last night, Rev. Al Sharpton interviewed Catholic nun Sister Simon Campbell on Politics Nation about organizing a bus…
May 30, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The news was met with exasperation, shock, and disbelief last week as Detroit Mayor Dave Bing announced…
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 8, 2012
The Congressional Budget office released data yesterday showing that the federal government has experienced the first monthly surplus of $58…
April 18, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - The cuts are mostly familiar, though a plan to cut food stamps goes well beyond a bipartisan…
March 25, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Detroit Mayor Dave Bing had surgery Saturday to repair a perforation of the intestines. He is expected…