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September 12, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The polls may have closed Tuesday night in the New York City mayoral primary but for the…
September 12, 2013
ANALYSIS - Instead of criticizing police tactics that had angered the minority voters who were his natural base, Thompson ran…
September 11, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Bill de Blasio established himself as the top candidate in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary…
September 11, 2013
OPINION - Call it 'afro-mentum' Call it the dawning of the Age of Aquarius. Either way, Bill de Blasio's sweeping…
September 11, 2013
NBC NEW YORK - Kenneth Thompson, a lawyer best known for representing the maid in the sex assault scandal involving…
September 11, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The latest reports show Thompson with 26 percent of the vote but de Blasio leading with 40.2…
September 10, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — Public Advocate Bill de Blasio held a clear lead Tuesday night in New York City's mayoral…
September 10, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Black voters are expected to comprise nearly 30 percent of the primary electorate in the race for…
September 9, 2013
OPINION - Michael Bloomberg is not enjoying de Blasio’s campaign — and there’s a pretty good reason why..
September 9, 2013
OPINION - Mayor Michael Bloomberg played the 'racist' card against Democratic mayoral frontrunner Bill deBlasio in a recent interview with…
September 7, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the leading Democrat vying to replace him is running…
September 6, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — Three people participating in a New York City protest against Wal-Mart have been taken into police…
September 5, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Black voters are expected to comprise nearly 30 percent of the primary electorate in the race for…
September 3, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has surged to a commanding lead in the city's Democratic mayoral…
September 3, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner attended Monday's West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn, riding his…
September 3, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — The city's West Indian Day Parade rolled through the streets on Monday with politics in the…
August 30, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department's use of the stop-and-frisk tactic, a defining issue in the city's…
August 29, 2013
NBC News - The battle to boost the minimum wage escalated Thursday when thousands of workers at hundreds of fast…
August 28, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department has secretly labeled entire mosques as terrorist organizations, a designation that…
August 26, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — In the topsy-turvy New York City mayoral race that has been filled with larger-than-life characters, Bill…