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September 18, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama is going to call it the 'Buffett Rule' for Warren Buffett, the billionaire investor who has…
September 16, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - For decades, efforts to honor Tubman on a national level have stalled for one reason or another...
September 14, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - The surprising results portend a perilous national environment for Obama as he prepares to seek re-election…
September 13, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Republicans are working to frame the race as a referendum on Obama, even though turnout is…
September 13, 2011
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Imploring Congress to follow his lead, President Barack Obama on Tuesday lobbied lawmakers to adopt his…
September 13, 2011
OPINION - The beltway thinking is that Jewish voters who normally vote for Democrats but who are unhappy with President…
September 12, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - At the same time, the Democratic National Committee is backing up the effort with a new ad…
September 12, 2011
OPINION - Most Americans are regular, fed up folks, and many are wondering if Washington is capable of doing anything…
September 12, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama's plan has to clear a politically divided Congress, which could scuttle it entirely or enact bits…
September 10, 2011
OPINION - It still remains to be seen if those soaring words can in fact produce jobs for the 14…
September 9, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - A day after addressing a joint session of Congress, Obama went to Richmond, Va., the district represented…
September 9, 2011
The White House continued on Friday to insist that it wants the President's new jobs bill to be considered as…
September 8, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - Barack Obama, looking to jolt both the U.S. economy and his presidency, proposed a $447 billion plan…
September 8, 2011
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September 8, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - The underlying political strategy: If Obama can't get his ideas passed heading into his re-election year, he…
September 8, 2011
OPINION - Unemployment rates for African-Americans are now the highest it has been since President Obama took office, and the…
September 8, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - There is still hope in the black community the speech will not continue the Obama administration theory,…
September 6, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republican leaders are offering President Barack Obama an opening for compromise on measures that would spur…
September 6, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - The postmaster general is going to Congress to discuss the Postal Service's mounting debt...
September 5, 2011
DETROIT (AP) - Obama said that with widespread suffering, "the time for Washington games is over" and lawmakers must move…