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February 6, 2014

John Boehner: Immigration bill tough to pass in election year

WASHINGTON (AP) — The leader of the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday all but ruled out passage of immigration…
January 29, 2014

What President Obama can accomplish in 2014 from his State of the Union

ANALYSIS - President Obama's speech on Tuesday night, like most State of the Union addresses, covered nearly every major issue.…
January 23, 2014

NYC first lady Chirlane McCray gives 1st solo speech on immigration

theGRIO REPORT - In her first speaking appearance since her husband, Mayor Bill de Blasio, was sworn into office earlier…
January 21, 2014

Landmark discussion tackles immigration in black America

theGRIO REPORT - Joy-Ann Reid, the managing editor of theGrio and a regular MSNBC contributor, will join forces with New…
December 15, 2013

The G Project, An Exciting Way To Track and Celebrate Your Immigrant Past

theGRIO REPORT - The G Project is The Black Institute's effort to measure the footprint of immigration in the black…
December 5, 2013

White House reverses story on Obama living with Kenyan uncle in the 1980s

NBC NEWS - The uncle, Onyango 'Omar' Obama, had been facing deportation, but was granted legal residency this week in…
December 4, 2013

President Obama's Kenyan-born uncle allowed to remain in US

BOSTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's Kenyan-born uncle, who ignored a deportation order more than two decades ago, on Tuesday…
December 3, 2013

Obama uncle deportation hearing is a teachable moment on immigration reform

OPINION - While the president’s detractors, xenophobes that they are, always tell him to go back to Kenya, they may…
November 26, 2013

President Obama takes on heckler at immigration speech

MSNBC - Obama is doing his best to convince protesters which party to blame if reform collapses once again...
November 2, 2013

Why Ghana is fast becoming a hub for African-Americans

Ghana is fast becoming a mecca for black Americans who are looking for lucrative opportunities in a new environment.
October 24, 2013

Obama calls for immigration law by end of the year

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama called on Congress Thursday to finish work on an immigration overhaul by the end…
October 17, 2013

Obama: Focus on budget, immigration, farm bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says now that the shutdown is over, leaders in Washington should focus on a…
October 8, 2013

John Lewis, Charlie Rangel and other lawmakers arrested during immigration protest

NBC NEWS - Eight Democratic lawmakers were arrested Tuesday while advocating for comprehensive immigration reform in front of the U.S.…
September 9, 2013

Losing the Syria vote does not turn Obama into a lame duck

ANALYSIS - The presidency is not one issue, or just about foreign policy...
August 26, 2013

Civil rights and immigration history connected at March on Washington

NEW YORK (AP) — When 250,000 marchers converged on Washington in August 1963, the issues were jobs and freedom...
August 8, 2013

DREAMing of a better future

OPINION - No nation that condemns young people to a life of limitation is living up to its most deeply…
August 1, 2013

The Obama administration is keeping Haitian families apart

OPINION - It’s been 42 months – three and a half years – since Haiti’s calamitous January 12, 2010 earthquake…
July 15, 2013

Michele Bachmann: Congress should 'spank' Obama

theGRIO REPORT - Rep. Michele Bachmann (R - Minn.) said in a recent interview with World Net Daily that President…
June 28, 2013

On immigration, voting rights, Republicans face challenge of base vs. minority voters

theGRIO REPORT - Republicans are divided on how to handle both the Voting Rights Act and immigration, two politically-charged issues…
June 27, 2013

Senate passes sweeping immigration overhaul

NBC NEWS - In a bipartisan vote, the Senate on Thursday passed a sweeping, historic overhaul of the nation’s immigration…