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Author Archives: Perry Bacon Jr.

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Obamacare: Thousands of blacks may not benefit

theGRIO REPORT - Republicans in seven of the ten states in the country with the highest percentage of African-Americans have declared they won't participate in the Medicaid expansion in the Affordable Care Act...
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Dr. Ben Carson during the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Resort & Conference Center at National Harbor, Md., on Saturday, March 16, 2013. (Photo By Douglas Graham/CQ Roll Call)

Why Ben Carson wasn't ready for prime-time

ANALYSIS - Carson could have smoothly entered politics in a number of ways, from appearing on television shows to talk about health care to getting himself in position to be tapped for a post in a Republican administration if the GOP wins back the White House in 2016...
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President Barack Obama (C) walks through the Senate Reception Room as he arrives at the U.S. Captiol for his third day of meetings with members of Congress March 14, 2013 in Washington, DC. With tax reform, spending cuts, gun control and immigration on the agenda, Obama will meet with Senate Republicans and House Democrats today. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Obama's background checks proposal challenged

ANALYSIS - In his remarks on gun control on last week, President Obama emphatically highlighted the number 90, the percentage of Americans in polls who say they support background checks for all gun purchases...
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President Barack Obama speaks while flanked by relatives of gun violence victims, in the East Room at the White House, on March 28, 2013 in Washington. President Obama urged Congress to pass measures such as background checks to protect children from gun violence. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Fiery Obama says 'shame on us if we've forgotten' Newtown victims

theGRIO REPORT - A fiery President Obama pointedly urged Congress to pass gun control legislation in a speech Thursday, repeatedly referring to the shooting of 20 children in Newtown, Connecticut in December, and declaring, 'I haven't forgotten those kids'...
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People celebrate early election returns favoring Washington state Referendum 74, which would legalize gay marriage, during a large impromptu street gathering in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. The re-election of President Barack Obama and Referendum 74 drew the most supporters to the streets. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Gay marriage movement gains in and out of court

theGRIO REPORT - Advocates of gay marriage appear to have made gains both at the U.S. Supreme Court and in Congress this week, as the court's justices hinted in oral arguments in two different cases this week they would side with same-sex marriage advocates..
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People wave flags during the 2011 NYC LGBT Pride March on the streets of Manhattan on June 26, 2011 in New York City. Thousands of revelers had reason to celebrate since New York state legislators approved a bill legalizing same-sex marriage which Governor Cuomo signed in to law on Friday June 24. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

How Obama changed the gay marriage debate

ANALYSIS - As the Supreme Court considers two cases on gay marriage, it's clear Obama's words profoundly changed the gay marriage debate...
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FEBRUARY 02: Andrew Holmes (C) hands out flyers offering a $40,000 reward for the arrest of the killer of Hadiya Pendleton February 2, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Hadiya Pendleton was a fifteen-year-old honor student at King School who was shot and killed while hanging out with friends on a rainy afternoon under a shelter in Harsh Park on January 29. Pendleton was the 44th homicide recorded in Chicago for 2013. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Why major gun control legislation may not pass

theGRIO REPORT - The strong momentum early this year around new gun control laws, spurred by the mass shooting in Newtown and a spate of murders in Chicago, has stalled on Capitol Hill...
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RNC calls for major changes for GOP

theGRIO REPORT - Over the weekend at the Conservative Political Action Conference, it was at times difficult to tell the GOP is reeling from two straight presidential defeats...
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