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July 22, 2011

NAACP regains prominence by diversifying agenda

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jobs, education, health, housing -- the issues driving the NAACP these days look much like the…
July 22, 2011

Cornel West, Tavis Smiley continue to complain about Obama

theGRIO REPORT - Cornel West, Princeton professor and celebrated black intellectual, refers to Obama as a "mascot" and a "puppet"…
July 19, 2011

Ex-inmate offers financial advice for recently released felons

theGRIO REPORT - Confident, articulate, and now pursuing a Master's Degree in Theology, Vivian Nixon seems more likely to have…
July 17, 2011

Debt crisis may help Obama woo independent voters

WASHINGTON (AP) - Polling by the Pew Research Center suggests that unaligned voters are increasingly alarmed about the prospects of…
July 16, 2011

Obama, lawmakers push plans to avoid debt default

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama and lawmakers pushed separate plans to avert an unprecedented default on America's national debt, with…
July 15, 2011

Obama: Chance for 'something big' to calm economy

WASHINGTON (AP) - Administration officials and private economists say that if the U.S. fails to raise its borrowing limit by…
July 15, 2011

Deficit reduction could make single, senior black women poor

Deficit reduction plans currently on the table would cut social security benefits, impacting single, senior African-American women the hardest and…
July 15, 2011

Is Obama winning the debt war by playing tough?

OPINION - The president's supporters have been urging him to do grow a backbone, or at least find the one…
July 14, 2011

Debt talks: No 'hallelujah moment' in sight

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Testy lawmakers and President Barack Obama headed back for a fifth day of debt-limit negotiations Thursday, pointing…
July 14, 2011

Republicans would rather beat Obama than revive recovery

OPINION - If some financial catastrophe were to take place President Obama will not magically net the maximum amount of…
July 13, 2011

How African-Americans can embrace 'side-hustles' to survive

theGRIO REPORT - When government measures are still not enough to break-even on the monthly budget, many citizens have gotten…
July 12, 2011

Black families see bigger loss of income in recession

VIDEO - Most Americans have felt the sting of the recent economic depression, however no group has felt the massive…
July 12, 2011

Contrary to popular opinion: Deficit cuts are colorblind

OPINION - Most Americans, believing the mythology of rugged individualism and bootstrap levitation, refuse to believe they benefit from government…
July 11, 2011

Black economic gains reversed in Great Recession

BALTIMORE (AP) - For the black community, where unemployment continues to rise, job loss has knocked them out of the…
July 11, 2011

Obama, lawmakers to meet again as debt clock ticks

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama and top lawmakers resume tense budget talks Monday at the White House, with both…
July 10, 2011

President Obama not giving up on big debt deal

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is pressing congressional leaders to accept a $4 trillion debt reduction deal that Republicans…
July 8, 2011

Obama: Uncertainty over debt limit impacts hiring

WASHINGTON (AP) - "Our economy as a whole just isn't producing nearly enough jobs for everybody who is looking," Obama…
July 8, 2011

Unemployment rises to 9.2 percent as hiring stalls

WASHINGTON (AP) - For African-Americans the unemployment rate remained stubbornly steady at 16.2 percent...
July 8, 2011

Are blacks missing out on jobs in their own backyard?

OPINION - For African-Americans -- the most loyal of Obama's base, and voters he will surely need to secure his…
July 7, 2011

Fewer Americans sought unemployment aid last week

WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level in seven…