Supreme Court's 'post-racial' America
OPINION - The nation's first black president says race still matters, while the Supreme Court is effectively suggesting it does not. And on this issue, the Court, not the president, is the decider...
Welcome to Obama's more progressive America
OPINION - The back and forth between the president and Republicans over the $85 billion in cuts due to go into effect on March 1 has obscured the new reality of Washington...
Why GOP is fighting Obama on the sequester
ANALYSIS - The drama around the $85 billion in federal government cuts due to start on March 1, known as the sequester, centers around one fundamental question: how much has President Obama's victory in November changed the nation's political dynamics on fiscal issues?...
The GOP holds its diversity primary
ANALYSIS - But a more quiet shift is also taking place: the party that officially opposes affirmative action is heavily promoting its diverse faces...
State of the Union: Obama impassioned on guns
theGRIO REPORT - Obama used the conclusion of his speech to tens of millions of Americans to demand Congress vote on his gun control proposals...
State of the Union: Obama to confront the GOP
ANALYSIS - President Obama is likely to repeat the aggressive and decidedly liberal tone of his inaugural address last month, looking less to negotiate with Republicans...
4 years into Obama era, a complicated state of our union
ANALYSIS - President Obama is likely to say America is 'getting stronger,' as he did last year, or use some other optimistic phrase when he delivers his annual State of the Union address on Tuesday...
