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June 13, 2011
BALTIMORE (AP) - He says his nephew's roommate, Jake Carey, was critically wounded in the attack Friday. Both were students…
June 1, 2011
HELENA, Montana (AP) - John Abarr, a 41-year-old night auditor at a Great Falls could have a hard time getting…
May 26, 2011
Jim Clyburn, the highest-ranking African-American in Congress, on Wednesday blamed most of President Barack Obama's political problems on racism...
May 25, 2011
OPINION - There would be absolutely no political repercussions, let alone political fall-out to Obama for pardoning Johnson...
May 13, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Rep. Cleaver told TheGrio, "no president is always right. We have taken every president to task since…
April 28, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Running on a campaign platform of job creation and economic development, finance attorney Terri Sewell struck a…
April 26, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - But Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina told MSNBC that government safety-net programs like Medicare and Medicaid…
April 15, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - "It's kind of ironic that this week we're celebrating emancipation when we're not emancipated," Mayor Vincent Gray…
April 14, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - In the compromise negotiations, Democrats won the deletion of all of the EPA-related provisions as well as…
April 14, 2011
OPINION - Even if he doesn't succeed at obtaining the change he is seeking, progressives will at least give him…
April 13, 2011
OPINION - Sadly, many Americans are unaware that the District of Columbia is the only jurisdiction in America that has…
April 8, 2011
VIDEO - Is it too early in the election cycle for the President to declare his bid? We hit the…
April 7, 2011
OPINION - The figures on the number of blacks in federal government positions tell the story of just who will…
March 10, 2011
OPINION - Rep. Peter King may purport that he is tired of 'political correctness', but the reality is that the…
March 10, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rarely does congressional testimony attract as much advance controversy as Thursday's planned hearing on homegrown terrorism...
March 7, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sent to the president and lawmakers on Monday, the report says that 77 percent of senior officers…
February 22, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - New York Rep. Peter King and Arizona Sen. John McCain, both Republicans, plan to reintroduce a congressional…
February 17, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - The sparring occurred as the House labored to complete work on veto-threatened legislation to cut more than…
February 15, 2011
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - This time, the 33-year-old is trying to win the Democratic nomination for a state House seat…
February 15, 2011
OPINION - One reason is a failure to develop what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called permanent units of political…