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February 4, 2014

Republican National Committee launches first-ever ad campaign for Black History Month

theGRIO REPORT - For the first time in history, the Republican National Committee has launched an advertising campaign directly tied…
May 30, 2013

NC man gets prison time for tweeting Obama threats

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina man is headed to prison for threatening President Barack Obama through Twitter during…
February 15, 2013

Former DNC director Patrick Gaspard to be named ambassador to South Africa

theGRIO REPORT - Patrick Gaspard, who has held high level positions in politics including his current post as executive director…
January 15, 2013

theGrio’s 100: Anthony Foxx leading in the New South

theGRIO's 100 - Anthony Foxx is the mayor of Charlotte and considered a rising political star not only in the…
December 7, 2012

Poll: Michelle Obama favored for Illinois Senate seat

theGRIO REPORT - Although Mrs. Obama has never indicated any interest in a political career, a new survey from the…
October 21, 2012

George McGovern dead at 90: Liberal senator helped open up Democratic party to African-Americans

theGRIO REPORT - George McGovern is far too often ridiculed for his landslide presidential defeat forty years ago. But he…
September 28, 2012

Artur Davis appears in anti-Obama Super PAC ad

VIDEO - Former Obama ally, Democrat-turned-Republican Artur Davis, has appeared in advertisement supporting Mitt Romney for the 2012 election....
September 11, 2012

After three years of angst, liberals stand firmly behind Obama

theGRIO REPORT - For almost the entire year, the president has had sustained backing from liberals, even those who spent…
September 11, 2012

Shirley Chisholm didn’t get her due at the DNC

OPINION - It is not at all a stretch to say that President Obama owes a debt to Shirley Chisholm’s…
September 11, 2012

Obama’s big advantage: The non-white vote

theGRIO REPORT - A new CNN/ORC poll illustrates the stronghold President Obama has over the quarter of the electorate that…
September 10, 2012

Obama’s 5 biggest challenges to maintaining his lead

theGRIO REPORT - Polls show President Obama with a narrow, but persistent lead over Mitt Romney as the campaign hits…
September 8, 2012

Obama DNC speech gets 35.7 million viewers

NEW YORK (AP) - President Barack Obama can beat rival Mitt Romney as a television draw, but can't eclipse his…
September 7, 2012

Gallup poll reflects post-convention bounce for Obama

Pundits and viewers overwhelmingly deemed the Democratic National Convention a success, and now President Obama has the poll numbers to…
September 7, 2012

Election 2012 X-factor: Enthusiasm will make or break Obama’s presidency

OPINION - Will the pro-Obama passion overwhelm the force of anti-Obama sentiments? The push and pull of the heart strings…
September 7, 2012

DNC vs. RNC: A tale of two 2012 conventions

OPINION - Republicans and Democrats have wrapped their presidential nominating conventions, and they couldn't have been more different...
September 7, 2012

DNC Day 3: Obama doesn’t disappoint in framing ‘choice’ election

theGRIO REPORT - The message Thursday night continued the theme of a choice election based on the foundation of hope...
September 7, 2012

Obama draws sharp contrast with Romney in ‘hopeful’ convention speech

OPINION - This was a candidate imploring voters to return to that hopeful spirit of 2008 to help build a…
September 7, 2012

US unemployment falls to 8.1 percent, black joblessness stuck at 14.1

WASHINGTON (AP) - The black unemployment stayed stuck at exactly 14.1 percent, while African-American teen unemployment ticked up slightly from…
September 7, 2012

Where’d the time go? Obama girls now young women

NEW YORK (AP) - Who were those willowy young women with Barack and Michelle Obama — and where'd they hide…
September 7, 2012

Obama accepts nomination, promises better days at DNC: ‘My fellow citizens — you were the change’

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Obama used his nationally televised speech closing out the Democratic National Convention to try to revive…