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WASHINGTON  — President Barack Obama delivered an election-year broadside to Republicans: Game on. SEE ALSO: Why Obama Should Say “I’m Rich” The GOP, from Congress to the campaign trail, signaled it’s ready for the fight. In his third State of the Union address, Obama issued a populist call for income equality that echoed the Occupy […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Declaring the American dream under siege, President Barack Obama delivered a populist challenge Tuesday night to shrink the gap between rich and poor, promising to tax the wealthy more and help jobless Americans get work and hang onto their homes. Seeking re-election and needing results, the president invited Republicans to join him […]

This is President Barack Obama‘s fourth State of the Union address. And, if the Republican Party has anything to say about it, it’ll be his last. RELATED: What To Expect In Obama’s State Of The Union Speech Tonight at 9pm EST, Obama is expected to focus on the economy. Obviously. But, more specifically, he is […]

On Tuesday, 21-year-old Tara Best (pictured left)took the stand against her ex-boyfriend, Orville Brooks (pictured below), who is accused of beating and then setting her on fire after coming home from work late. SEE ALSO: Michael West Says Ghost Punched His Wife — Not Him After the alleged burning, Best was on life support for […]

By theGrio The White House will take advantage of technology by hosting the president’s first Google+ hangout next Monday. RELATED: Obama’s Base Focused On Jobs “Your Interview with the President,” will be a 10-person digital conference where citizens can interact with the commander in chief. Currently, you can submit questions to the president via the […]

A baby has been withdrawn from a New Jersey pre-school after her mother discovered that she was playing with a dead mouse while allegedly under supervision. SEE ALSO: Michael West Says Ghost Punched His Wife — Not Him 8-month-old Alanah Barba (pictured left) was a student at Donald K. Tucker Childcare Center in  Newark when […]

WASHINGTON  — Federal job discrimination complaints rose to an all-time high last year, led by an increase in bias charges based on religion and national origin. SEE ALSO: Obama’s Base Focused On Jobs The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received nearly 100,000 charges of discrimination during the 2011 fiscal year, the most in its 46-year history. […]

EAST HAVEN, Conn. — Four police officers, including the president of the local police union, were arrested Tuesday by the FBI on charges that they assaulted illegal immigrants and created false reports to cover up abuses in a New Haven suburb where a federal investigation found life was made miserable for Hispanics. SEE ALSO: Police […]

LOS ANGELES-Police shot and killed a man armed with a crowbar outside of a Carl’s Jr. restaurant in Monterey, California. Police were called to the restaurant after reports that a man was breaking windows with a crowbar. At first, police officers tased the individual, which resulted in the unidentified man approaching a police officer with […]

As President Obama preps for this State of the Union Address, I thought I’d share some topics that  I’d love to see him attack head-on.  Of course, I’d be delusional to think that he can or should hit all of these issues during one speech, but I figured we could lay out an African American […]