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South Africa
May 7, 2019
Poverty and inequality in the nation has led to political turmoil and daily protests. Officials are admitting 25 years after…
April 8, 2019
Sen. Cory Booker reflects on how Hussle's legacy can be continued with policies for economic development and curbing violence.
January 4, 2017
On the first 2017 edition of the Grio News Update, Grio editors Natasha Alford and Gerren Keith Gaynor talk President Obama’s big farewell
January 8, 2016
WASHINGTON (AP) — American employers added a strong 292,000 jobs in December, suggesting that the U.S. economy is so far…
October 14, 2015
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton and her main rival Sen. Bernie Sanders clashed over U.S. involvement in…
March 6, 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers extended a healthy streak of hiring in February by adding 295,000 jobs, the 12th straight
February 20, 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) — Taunting Republicans, President Barack Obama on Friday said it's "not an accident" that the economy is improving…
December 23, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy grew at a sizzling 5 percent annual rate last quarter, the fastest since 2003,…
December 23, 2014
HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama had high hopes for 2014. Years of waiting for Congress to come around to
December 1, 2014
theGRIO OPINION - Did the #BlackOutBlackFriday boycott create a slump in sales during the biggest shopping weekend of the year?
August 1, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers extended their solid hiring into July by adding 209,000 jobs. It was the sixth straight…
May 1, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week to the highest level since February,…
April 19, 2014
VIDEO - Consumer Prices edged up in March due to higher food prices, and new claims for jobless benefits rose…
April 16, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — Striving to show action on jobs, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are hitting the…
April 12, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - All eyes were on the March jobs report last week, which showed an improving labor market.
April 4, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added jobs at a solid pace in March in the latest sign that the economy…
March 13, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama signed a presidential memorandum Thursday directing the Labor Department to devise new overtime rules...
March 13, 2014
OPINION - President Obama's approval ratings are in the dumps and the pundit class has all but declared the midterms…
March 7, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. hiring improved in February from the previous two months despite a blast of wintry weather, likely…