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November 19, 2011
theGRIO REPORT -The Obama campaign announced this week that it will field an all-star team of supporters for the 'Obama…
October 16, 2011
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Cain's economic ideas, support and organization have close ties to two billionaire brothers who bankroll…
October 4, 2011
Herman Cain appeared on "The View" on Tuesday, and doubled down on his statement that most black Americans are "brainwashed"…
September 25, 2011
theGRIO VIDEO - At Suncoast Community High School in Palm Beach County, they're proud of being ranked the 9th best…
September 1, 2011
(KatieHalper.com) West was disturbed by comments by CBC members like Andre Carson, who said "some of them in Congress right…
August 20, 2011
OPINION - The facts tell us that despite all of our newfound status, education and accomplishments, black women in America,…
August 19, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Given the conservative politician's obvious disapproval of the CBC's actions, asking the group and its leader to…
August 13, 2011
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry tells a South Carolina gathering he's running for president, and Rep. Michele Bachmann…
August 3, 2011
NEWS ONE - Sometime politicians say and do things that make us question whether or not they ever went to…
July 15, 2011
WASHINGTON - The former DC mayor will not be running for office again and will going to be a special…
June 17, 2011
Florida Rep. Alcee Hastings called Iowa Rep. Steve King's plan to strip $1.2 Billion from the black farmer's discrimination settlement…
June 7, 2011
A majority of Black youth are not politically involved especially those from low-income households, according to a year-long study conducted…
April 28, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Running on a campaign platform of job creation and economic development, finance attorney Terri Sewell struck a…
February 24, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - The sleepy-eyed Cenac delivers reports and almost-too-honest interviews with an aura of droll and occasionally misplaced concern…
February 23, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - A self-proclaimed "rap-tivist," this Grammy-winning writer and producer serves as an outspoken leader for Chicago's South Side...
February 11, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Reed has more than sextupled Atlanta's reserves to $58 million, largely through pension reform, all while maintaining…
February 10, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Obama calls the newly repurposed Office of Public Engagement the "front door" of his White House and…
February 3, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - "Muslim" and "Congressman" were mutually exclusive terms before Minnesota elected Keith Ellison in 2006, when he also…
February 2, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - As the sole candidate President Barack Obama endorsed with a television commercial in that election, Richmond serves…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - From clean energy to ethnic diversity, Erica Williams aims to advocate on the issues that Americans under…