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February 27, 2012
Some 19.4 percent of black and 19.0 percent of Latino seniors have incomes below the federal poverty line, compared to…
February 22, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is reaping political benefits from the country's brighter economic mood...
February 19, 2012
OPINION - Can Mitt Romney and President Obama connect with an electorate full of jobless Americans?
February 16, 2012
OPINION - For a Republican candidate (pick any; for the sake of this argument...) to win the White House this…
February 16, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of people seeking unemployment benefits in the U.S. fell to the lowest point in almost…
February 11, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Results from a research study released are shattering previous beliefs that the cost of prescriptions medications is…
February 9, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A settlement between major banks, the Obama administration and state attorneys general announced Thursday could benefit both…
February 7, 2012
BET reports that a close adviser to President Obama believes the administration is cautiously optimistic, despite the decline in black…
February 6, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - President Obama and Mitt Romney are sounding more and more like they are already in the midst…
February 6, 2012
Across the country, black women are bearing a heavier responsibility for family and friends than their white counterparts...
February 3, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - African-American unemployment fell significantly for the first time in three months, going from 15.8 to 13.6 percent.…
February 2, 2012
OPINION - Mitt Romney, who has built his entire campaign on the premise that he's a businessman who knows how…
February 1, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney told CNN in an interview Thursday the 'very poor, that's not my focus'...
January 30, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Tithing, or giving 10 percent of your income to support the ministries of your church, is vulnerable…
January 27, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration said Friday that will expand its signature foreclosure-prevention program to try to help those…
January 27, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The nation's largest banks could reach a $25 billion settlement with the Obama administration and the states…
January 27, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - J.C. Penney is permanently marking down all of its merchandise by at least 40 percent so…
January 26, 2012
OPINION - Imagine, one day reaching a milestone and realizing an accomplishment that so many of your brothers and sisters…
January 26, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows some positive news for President Obama's re-election hopes, with…
January 24, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - President Obama's proposals in the State of the Union address may do little to address immediately the…