Election

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January 12, 2011
OPINION - Rebuilding would not be an easy task by any yardstick, but the bold leadership that it requires has…
January 10, 2011
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - The report had not been released publicly, but the AP obtained a copy and a foreign…
January 7, 2011
CHICAGO (AP) - Black leaders believed she was the best person to reach outside the black community to contend against…
January 7, 2011
Actor/activist George Clooney has been telling the world about the dire situation in the Sudan for years...
January 3, 2011
CHICAGO (AP) - Former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun has become the 'consensus' black candidate in Chicago's mayoral race...
January 1, 2011
CHICAGO (AP) - Carol Moseley Braun, the first black woman ever elected to the U.S. Senate, has emerged as the…
December 16, 2010
theGRIO REPORT - Rev. James Meeks made the controversial statement on city contracts as he campaigned for education reform on…
December 14, 2010
THEGRIO Q & A - theGrio was able to secure an exclusive first interview with Steele about an hour after…
December 10, 2010
DISPATCH - People are lining up in front of the few grocery stores that have re-opened, stockpiling food, preparing themselves,…
December 10, 2010
SLIDESHOW - Haitians prepared for armed clashes and more days of flaming barricades as rival candidates called on supporters to…
December 9, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Nearly all 19 candidates, all of whom received votes on the Nov. 28 ballot, have said…
December 9, 2010
OPINION - A popularly elected government is necessary so that billions of dollars pledged to help reconstruct Haiti after the…
December 8, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Supporters of eliminated candidates set fires and put up barricades in the streets of Haiti's capital...
December 2, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Frustrated presidential candidates led a march through Haiti's capital to demand officials annul an election they…
December 1, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Rampant disorganization and allegations of fraud hang over Sunday's critical vote for president, a third of…
November 30, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Protesters vowed to remain in the streets if Celestin is declared the victor...
November 29, 2010
OPINION - Ensuring that this election is carried out in a way that provides every voter full and fair access…
November 29, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Haitians entered election day hoping for the best. Within hours, ballot boxes were ripped to pieces,…
November 28, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - The ballot is as crowded as the earthquake-ravaged capital itself, and a collapsed presidential palace is…
November 27, 2010
OPINION - Certainly, the experience in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina provides a number of lessons that may be instructive…