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February 29, 2012
Arthur Jones, 64, a Lyons, IL, insurance salesman who organizes family-friendly, neo-Nazi events around Adolf Hitler's birthday...
February 29, 2012
theGRIO's 100 - Rep. Yvette Clarke is a Brooklyn native and the youngest African American to serve in the U.S.…
February 27, 2012
Menard, a Republican, had apparently won a contest to complete the term of Rep. James Mann, who had died in…
February 21, 2012
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s supporters claim that his opponents are driven by 'demonic forces'...
February 19, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - All five Republicans on the House ethics committee and the panel's ranking Democrat withdrew from a long-standing…
February 19, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama's coveted renewal of the payroll tax cut for 160 million workers and jobless benefits for millions…
February 17, 2012
OPINION - Republicans tried to start a war about religion at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing yesterday,…
February 16, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - 'Where are the women?' House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi asked when the hearing was brought up at…
February 15, 2012
Rep. Allen West may have switched districts, but his re-election to Congress is far from assured...
February 15, 2012
theGRIO's 100 - Rep. Frederica Wilson has made a great name for herself as she represents the 17th congressional district…
February 10, 2012
This year Black History Month celebrates African-American women in American culture and history -- something Miami Congresswoman Frederica Wilson knows…
February 7, 2012
A controversial memo circulated by House Republicans has surfaced saying that African-American abortions are different from those of any other…
February 7, 2012
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - A Times Square street vendor who alerted police to an attempted car bombing in 2010…
February 3, 2012
theGRIO REPORT- While the Great Recession has made the situation considerably worse, black unemployment has consistently lagged the rest of…
February 3, 2012
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved legislation that would prevent those receiving welfare benefits from using their federal payments…
February 3, 2012
Twenty five members of the Democratic caucus came together this week to sing 'Lets Stay Together' for President Obama...
February 2, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Eric Holder squared off Thursday with Republicans on a House committee who are demanding that…
February 1, 2012
Clyde Williams, a former advisor for President Bill Clinton, is apparently being drafted to take on the fallen former Ways…
February 1, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Rep. Allen West, one of only two black Republicans in Congress, will switch districts in the southeastern…
January 27, 2012
CAMBRIDGE, Md. (AP) - President Barack Obama told House Democrats Friday to be ready to work with Republicans if they…