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September 8, 2011

Will Obama's jobs speech silence his black critics?

OPINION - Unemployment rates for African-Americans are now the highest it has been since President Obama took office, and the…
September 8, 2011

Can Obama's 'fully paid for' jobs plan work?

theGRIO REPORT - There is still hope in the black community the speech will not continue the Obama administration theory,…
September 6, 2011

Boehner, Cantor cite jobs common ground with Obama

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republican leaders are offering President Barack Obama an opening for compromise on measures that would spur…
September 6, 2011

Amid financial crisis, Postal Service goes to Hill

WASHINGTON (AP) - The postmaster general is going to Congress to discuss the Postal Service's mounting debt...
September 5, 2011

Obama says Congress must pass job program

DETROIT (AP) - Obama said that with widespread suffering, "the time for Washington games is over" and lawmakers must move…
September 5, 2011

How Obama can seek higher ground on jobs

OPINION - Truth be told, there's very little the White House can do to reduce the unemployment rate in a…
September 2, 2011

GOP rep defends skipping Obama's jobs speech

PALATINE, Ill. (AP) - Rep. Joe Walsh said Saturday that Obama is abusing his power as president by calling a…
September 2, 2011

Why Allen West should stay in the Black Caucus

OPINION - If he quits the CBC, then 1 in 5 black Americans will have no representation within Congress's only…
September 1, 2011

White House: People 'don't give a lick' about speech timing

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House is characterizing the flap over the timing of the president's address to Congress next…
September 1, 2011

Obama faces historic disrespect from political peers

OPINION - Is opposing everything this president does for the sake of opposition, or worse for a more insidious reason,…
August 31, 2011

Obama bows to Boehner; jobs speech will be Sept. 8

WASHINGTON (AP) - In agreeing to Boehner's schedule, Obama's address will compete with the opening game of the National Football…
August 31, 2011

Rep. Andre Carson: Tea Party wants blacks 'hanging on a tree'

POLITICO - Carson also said the Tea Party is stopping change in Congress, likening it to 'the effort that we're…
August 30, 2011

Maxine Waters steps into the spotlight

theGRIO REPORT - Beyond policy differences, Waters and others have admitted that few in the group have a personal relationship…
August 22, 2011

Allen West says he won't run for Senate

Speculation had been growing that West might join the Republican primary to challenge Sen. Bill Nelson. But the tea party…
August 19, 2011

With friends like Tom Coburn, does Obama need enemies?

OPINION - Warm and fuzz feelings aside, sometimes one friend has to let the other friend know that they've gotten…
August 18, 2011

Redistricting puts Black Caucus icons in re-election peril

OPINION - Sadly, minority majority districts have always been controversial and this time around will be no different...
August 17, 2011

Obama to lay out new jobs plan in Sept. speech

WASHINGTON (AP) - On a related front, Obama will also present a specific plan to cut the suffocating long-term national…
August 16, 2011

President Obama promotes policies for rural US

DECORAH, Iowa (AP) - 'I make no apologies for being reasonable,' Obama declared.
August 12, 2011

'Super' debt committee gets more diverse

OPINION - For a time, it looked like the debt committee wouldn't reflect the country whose financial future it's supposed…
August 11, 2011

Obama sees 'worst kind of partisanship' in DC

HOLLAND, Mich. (AP) - On his first official trip outside of Washington since being confined to the nation's capital for…