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April 17, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin is leading to a burst of legislative and policy thinking about…
April 16, 2012
In an interview with Conservative New Media, Rep. Allen West said that Obama and Democrats aren't really addressing the debt…
April 16, 2012
New York Representative Ed Towns will not seek reelection in 2012...
April 12, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Rep. Allen West said he believes 75-plus House Democrats are members of the Communist Party, a…
April 10, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - President Barack Obama's historic election shattered a racial glass ceiling for the nation's highest office, but African-Americans…
April 3, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - The voices demanding that Congress stop the brutality of African warlord Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance…
April 2, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama offered a firm defense of his health care law, saying Monday he remains confident…
April 2, 2012
A ULCA law professor said that opponents of the 2010 Affordable Care Act might celebrate a victory if the Supreme…
March 28, 2012
In a dramatic move, Democratic Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wisc.) recounted a sexual assault she endured during a speech she made…
March 28, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Bobby Rush has donned a hoodie during a speech on the House floor deploring the killing…
March 23, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Corrine Brown (Fl.), Shelia Jackson-Lee (Tex.) and John Conyers (Mich.), announced Friday they will host an informal…
March 14, 2012
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Rep. Donald Payne was a modest man who favored quiet persuasion over bombast, qualities that didn't…
March 14, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - George Clooney used his Hollywood celebrity Wednesday to draw attention to the humanitarian crisis in the volatile…
March 13, 2012
theGRIO REPORT- Clyde Williams, a longtime Democratic operative with ties to both the Clintons and the Obamas, is planning a…
March 12, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A series of controversies have left Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. in an intense battle to to win…
March 6, 2012
MADAME NOIRE - While Regina hasn't said anything about the role for some time, Kerry Washington recently let the news…
March 6, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - U.S. Congressman Donald M. Payne, described as a true and dedicated native son of Newark, New Jersey,…
March 2, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - A congressional aide says Democratic New Jersey congressman Donald M. Payne is being described by a family…
March 2, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Harlem politics are ripe for high drama this fall as Congressman Charlie Rangel faces a slew of…
February 29, 2012
What happens when the people you represent are no longer the majority inhabitants of the district you serve?...