Election 2012

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July 31, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Marking a first for Hispanics, the Democratic party has chosen the mayor of San Antonio to deliver…
July 30, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Jim Greer, the former chair of the Florida Republican Party, has accused the GOP of engaging in…
July 30, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Bill Clinton will have a marquee role in this summer's Democratic National Convention, where he…
July 30, 2012
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Ask Americans how race relations have changed under their first black president and they are ready with…
July 27, 2012
A Democratic state election official says he will not enforce the Pennsylvania voter ID laws...
July 27, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The website, WhatWestSaid.com, features a bobble head-like figure of West standing behind a podium with a word…
July 27, 2012
REVIEW - Cindy Hooper’s new publication, Conflict: African American Women and the New Dilemma of Race and Gender Politics couldn’t…
July 26, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional Republicans are striking out against the Justice Department, saying its decision to contest several state voter…
July 26, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A new report commissioned by the ACLU finds that many Pennsylvania residents who would not have the…
July 24, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows President Obama maintaining a narrow lead over Mitt Romney…
July 24, 2012
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Hundreds of demonstrators descended on Pennsylvania's Capitol on Tuesday to protest a tough new voter ID…
July 24, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation of Pennsylvania's new voter-ID…
July 24, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Obama is aggressively targeting his political base in a way that resembles the kind of politics he…
July 23, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The Obama administration is unlikely to make a new push on gun control legislation in the wake…
July 23, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The Obama Victory Fund and supporters have announced a fundraiser on August 15th with the cast of…
July 23, 2012
OPINION - If Romney were to pick Rice, Rubio or any of the other non-traditional candidates being considered, it would…
July 23, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - When Democrat Larry Kissell won a Charlotte-area U.S. House seat in 2008, he did so largely by…
July 20, 2012
Recent studies are revealing that support for voter ID laws may be linked to resentment towards African-Americans...
July 20, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - It's no coincidence that Michelle Obama and Ann Romney are showing up a lot more as the…
July 19, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Taking on a more prominent political role, first lady Michelle Obama is launching a nationwide effort to…