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May 5, 2021

LA Sheriff’s department accused of harassing families of people they’ve killed

A report claims that Los Angeles sheriff deputies have a history of harassing the families of people who they have…
December 13, 2018

L.A. County seeking ways to reduce number of incarcerated pregnant youth

The county's Board of Supervisors wants an alternative to locking up girls who are carrying children and many of whom…
October 31, 2013

Mel Watt becomes first sitting member blocked for nomination since 1843

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans blocked President Barack Obama's nominees to an influential federal court and a housing agency on…
September 8, 2011

Can Obama's 'fully paid for' jobs plan work?

theGRIO REPORT - There is still hope in the black community the speech will not continue the Obama administration theory,…
September 5, 2011

Obama says Congress must pass job program

DETROIT (AP) - Obama said that with widespread suffering, "the time for Washington games is over" and lawmakers must move…
April 29, 2011

Labor Dept. honors 1968 Memphis sanitation strikers

WASHINGTON (AP) - The strike was the scene of Martin Luther King Jr.'s final campaign before an assassin's bullet took…
September 6, 2010

Labor Secretary Solis on jump-starting the economy: 'We have a lot of ideas'

theGRIO Q&A - As the secretary of labor in the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, Hilda Solis has…