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In 2011, Obama to increase engagement with Africa

By theGrio

9:57 AM on 01/03/2011

HONOLULU (AP) - President Barack Obama is quietly but strategically stepping up his outreach to Africa...
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Racist 90-year-old C-SPAN caller asks why 'colored people' aren't more grateful for 'free everything'

By theGrio

3:13 PM on 10/05/2010

A caller on the C-SPAN's 'Washington Journal' asked to to voice her opinion on race relations in these United States..
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Michelle Obama to French first lady: Being first lady is 'hell'

By theGrio

8:44 AM on 09/16/2010

The former model and wife of French President Nicholas Sarkozy makes the revelation in the new biography, "Carla and the Ambitious," ...
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Marion Jones's teammates can keep Olympic medals

By theGrio

3:19 PM on 07/16/2010

GENEVA (AP) - The court said the IOC and International Association of Athletics Federations rules in 2000 did not allow entire teams to be disqualified because of doping by one athlete...
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Most countries fail to deliver On Haiti aid pledges

By theGrio

2:31 PM on 07/16/2010

For all of the countries that pledged support to Haiti, only 2 percent of that money has actually gone to the country...
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Rep. Bachmann: Obama is turning America into 'a nation of slaves'

By theGrio

9:45 AM on 07/13/2010

The Republican congresswoman told 600 conservative voters that electing "constitutional conservatives" was the only way to escape the "tyranny" by Democrats...
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Feds to file suit over Arizona immigration law

By theGrio

11:47 AM on 07/06/2010

PHOENIX (AP) - The lawsuit will argue that the new measure requiring state and local police to question and possibly arrest illegal immigrants usurps federal authority...
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Census: Multiracial US becoming even more diverse

By theGrio

12:40 PM on 06/10/2010

WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's minority population is steadily rising and now makes up 35 percent of the U.S., an unmistakable trend that could render them the new majority...
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Altered mural fuels racial debate in Prescott, AZ

By theGrio

9:31 AM on 06/05/2010

A group of artists has been asked to lighten the faces of children depicted in a giant public mural at a Prescott school.
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The pros and cons of a BP boycott

By Monique W. Morris

9:01 AM on 06/03/2010

OPINION - Our challenge is to think prevention, intervention, and compensation...
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Black Americans proud of World Cup's African stage

By theGrio

11:59 AM on 06/01/2010

When the U.S. World Cup team arrived in Johannesburg on Monday, the historic moment had special significance for several of the team's African-American players.
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Gary Coleman's life: More tragedy than comedy

By Ronda Racha Penrice

5:30 PM on 05/28/2010

OPINION - For all the joy that he brought his legions of television fans, he never quite captured it in his own life...
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House approves repeal of gay ban in military

By theGrio

7:40 PM on 05/27/2010

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House vote came just hours after the Senate Armed Services Committee took the same course and voted 16-12 in favor of repealing the 1993 law...
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Report: Percentage of high-poverty schools rises

By theGrio

4:02 PM on 05/27/2010

AP - According to a new report students at high poverty schools are more likely to be minorities...
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'Don't ask, don't tell' affects women, minorities more

By theGrio

1:47 PM on 05/27/2010

In 2008, 45 percent of troops discharged under 'Don't ask, don't tell' were minorities, while minorities made up only 30 percent of the service...
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BP shoots mud at oil as Obama halts drilling plans

By theGrio

11:23 AM on 05/27/2010

ROBERT, La. (AP) - The gusher off the coast of Louisiana has spilled at least 7 million gallons of crude into the sea since an oil rig explosion April 20 that killed 11 workers...
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Slideshow: Obama salutes soldiers at West Point

By A. Rahman Ford

1:44 PM on 05/22/2010

SLIDESHOW - Obama commended the cadets for serving the country and for setting a standard of service and sacrifice "as great as any in U.S. history"...
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Cake N Wings: Best friends' recipe for recession-era success

By Melissa Rose Cooper

8:30 AM on 04/26/2010

They were both let go from their employers. But instead of struggling to find other jobs, the duo decided to revisit their high school roots...
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Why the US won't 'take over' Haiti

By Hazel M. McFerson

8:17 AM on 02/18/2010

OPINION - There is no need for 'nation-building'. What is required is temporary international guardianship...
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Local elections count as much as presidential ones

By Kristen Clarke

8:00 AM on 09/28/2009

OPINION - Turnout statistics from recent state and local elections around the country paint a rather bleak picture that is squarely at odds with the political energy and momentum witnessed last November.
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