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October 2, 2013

KKK rally in Gettysburg canceled because of government shutdown

NBC PHILADELPHIA - A planned Ku Klux Klan rally at a historic landmark of American history won’t happen due to…
October 1, 2013

A single father's take on the government shutdown

VIDEO - Thomas Fuller is a single father raising an adolescent daughter in the Washington DC area...
October 1, 2013

Black historical sites suffer in government shutdown

theGRIO REPORT - Several African-American landmarks and heritage sites have been forced to close Tuesday following the federal government shutdown.
October 1, 2013

Obama: Shutdown is result of ideological crusade

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says House Republicans have shut down the federal government over an 'ideological crusade' against…
October 1, 2013

Welcome to Obamacare: The president's health care reform law expands today

theGRIO REPORT - After surviving dozens of votes to repeal it in Congress, two elections fought over its existence, a…
October 1, 2013

Black small businesses to feel sting of shutdown

theGRIO REPORT - Many small businesses are also government contractors; therefore, they will feel the impact from delayed loans and…
October 1, 2013

Obama addresses military as gov't shuts down

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is telling members of the military he'll work to get Congress to re-open the…
October 1, 2013

Shutdown imminent; GOP unity frays but still holds

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government lurched toward a partial shutdown at midnight on Monday after Republicans stubbornly demanded changes…
September 30, 2013

theGrio's Joy Reid explains the government shutdown

theGRIO VIDEO - We've heard a lot recently about the (increasingly strong) possibility of a federal government shutdown, which technically,…
September 30, 2013

Obama: Shutdown will 'throw wrench' into economy

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he's 'not at all' resigned to a government shutdown. He says he expects…
September 30, 2013

Senate rejects House conditions on spending bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-led Senate has rejected conditions that House Republicans attached to a temporary spending bill needed to…
September 30, 2013

Why Obama is done negotiating with the GOP

ANALYSIS - President Obama has spent much of the last five years trying to reach agreements with Republicans, often in…
September 30, 2013

Obamacare dispute sends gov't to brink of shutdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — Compromise elusive, Republicans and Democrats engaged in finger-pointing Monday just hours before the first government shutdown in…
September 29, 2013

Shutdown showdown intensifies over Obamacare delay

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and congressional Democrats say a House-approved delay in President Barack Obama's health care law…
September 27, 2013

Senate Oks bill to avert shutdown; fight not over

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats set up a clash with House Republicans that could lead to a shutdown next week…
September 23, 2013

3 reasons why there really may be a government shutdown this time

theGRIO REPORT - Now, officials in both parties say a government shutdown is possible and perhaps even likely next week,…
April 7, 2011

Why a government shutdown would hurt blacks more than most

OPINION - The figures on the number of blacks in federal government positions tell the story of just who will…