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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…
May 8, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights has sent a letter to Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) urging him…
May 2, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - If Mia Love wins, she will be the first African-American female Republican ever elected to Congress, as…
April 30, 2012
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) - The first woman to command the U.S. Army's drill sergeant training took legal action Monday…
April 27, 2012
Rep. Allen West is making waves again, this time by endorsing the infamous 'Joe the Plumber' (a.k.a. Sam Wurzelbacher) for…
April 27, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - A House Committee is preparing a contempt citation against Attorney General Eric Holder as it applies pressure…
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…