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June 12, 2013
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Over the last two months, hundreds of protesters have walked out of North Carolina's capitol in…
June 10, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The list of conservative proposals undertaken by McCrory and the North Carolina general assembly is long, including…
June 5, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - A new civil disobedience movement is gaining momentum in North Carolina...
August 10, 2011
OPINION - As an African-American woman, I can tell you that these recalls, the protests, the organizing, all take me…
May 12, 2011
VIDEO - What do you think of people who sag their pants? Is it fair to legislate what people wear?
May 2, 2011
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - State Rep. Sally Kern delivered a tearful apology on the House floor Monday, then voted for…
April 29, 2011
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Rep. Sally Kern, of Oklahoma City, said Thursday she was sorry for remarks she made on…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - In the age of the Internet, Millennials have an increased access to political power -- they just…
August 25, 2010
theGRIO REPORT - Any discussion or analysis of elections in post-Katrina New Orleans must take into account the challenges faced…
March 11, 2010
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - When Juanita Goggins became the first black woman elected to the South Carolina Legislature in 1974,…