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August 29, 2012

Black Mormon candidate Mia Love hits the national stage at RNC

theGRIO REPORT - Mia Love, the 36-year-old black Mormon woman running for a U.S. House seat in Utah, officially launched…
August 29, 2012

Black camerawoman allegedly pelted with peanuts at RNC; 2 delegates removed

theGRIO REPORT - The Republican National Convention was marred by a disturbing incident Tuesday night, as a black, female camera…
August 28, 2012

#Negrospotting: An amusing trend emerges on Twitter during RNC

theGRIO REPORT - Every four years political junkies, spectators and commentators tend to point out the lack of racial diversity…
August 28, 2012

Herman Cain: 'I’d probably be the nominee' if race was fair

In a recent interview for Republican presidential candidate (and controversy magnet) Herman Cain argued that 'if everyone had competed fairly…
August 28, 2012

NAACP blasts GOP's 'withering attacks on voting rights'

theGRIO REPORT - At the start of the NAACP convention, the NAACP says the GOP is attacking the voting rights…
August 28, 2012

Samuel L. Jackson wishes Isaac hit GOP instead of New Orleans

theGRIO REPORT - Samuel L. Jackson recently took to Twitter to lament the fact that Tropical Storm Isaac will likely…
August 28, 2012

Santorum criticizes Obama on welfare reform

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Rick Santorum was one of Mitt Romney's toughest foes during the GOP presidential race, but the…
August 28, 2012

Chris Christie: Romney 'wishes he could' take back birther joke

VIDEO - Chris Christie believes if Mitt Romney could re-do his recent recent birth certificate joke, he'd take it back...
August 28, 2012

Ex-Obama backer Artur Davis to deliver Tuesday night speech at RNC

theGRIO REPORT - In 2008, then-congressman Artur Davis of Alabama gave an effusive speech to second Barack Obama’s nomination as…
August 28, 2012

Is Mitt Romney running a 'racialized' campaign?

OPINION - Romney said this election would be about jobs, but continually took hard right stances during the primary that…
August 27, 2012

Is Cory Booker ready to step into New Jersey's statehouse?

theGRIO REPORT - No one following the career of Cory Booker believes his political aspirations ended when he was elected…
August 27, 2012

Republican National Convention: 5 big questions

theGRIO REPORT - This week's Republican National Convention is one of the important moments of the presidential campaign...
August 27, 2012

Can Romney use Republican convention to overtake Obama?

TAMPA, Florida (AP) - The foreshortened Republican National Convention to nominate Mitt Romney as the party's challenger to President Barack…
August 27, 2012

The Bain Capital leaks don’t bode well for Romney

OPINION - Gawker just released 950 pages of once confidential documents related to Romney family’s investments, most of which were…
August 25, 2012

Obama: Romney has taken 'extreme positions'

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama said Mitt Romney has locked himself into 'extreme positions' on economic and social issues…
August 24, 2012

Artur Davis still sour on Obama, ducks question of whether Romney would help blacks

In an interview with American Urban Radio Networks' reporter April Ryan and radio host Tom Joyner, former Democrat and ex-Barack…
August 24, 2012

Black Republicans: Lack of Romney outreach to blacks 'shameful'

theGRIO REPORT - Mitt Romney's campaign website contains a stark omission ...
August 21, 2012

Why Todd Akin's Senate race is so important

ANALYSIS - The controversy involving the Republican U.S. Senate candidate from Missouri, Rep. Todd Akin, is so critical not just…
August 21, 2012

Akin reiterates plan to go on with Missouri Senate bid

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Rep. Todd Akin has reiterated his intention to stay in the Missouri Senate race after making…
August 21, 2012

Republicans struggle with 'legitimate rape' fallout

FIRST READ - How is the GOP on the verge of losing a very winnable Senate race if Akin remains…