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ANALYSIS – Eight months after President Obama easily won re-election, and four months after the RNC released a report calling for a broad overall of the party to appeal to non-white males…
ANALYSIS – If he chooses, Booker could put poverty at the forefront of his Senate career, and potentially the Senate itself…
theGRIO REPORT – Some of the most important critics of the Clintons during the 2008 campaign, instrumental in helping Barack Obama win the Democratic primary, are now openly praising the ex-president and former first lady…
theGRIO REPORT – Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C,), the man House Democrats have tapped to lead their push for revising the Voting Rights Act after last week’s Supreme Court decision gutted the law’s Section 4, has urged the creation of national voting standards…
theGRIO REPORT – A range of politicians, from civil rights legend John Lewis to President Obama to Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), have publicly said Congress should pass some new version or revision to the Voting Rights Act…
theGRIO REPORT – The number of African-American senators will soon drop by half…
ANALYSIS – The week was not a clear victory for liberals, who were angered by the Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act, nor conservatives, who wanted the Court to defend laws that suggest marriage is between a man and a woman…
OPINION – President Obama has the opportunity and the authority to realize the full potential of the New Deal…
OPINION – The Supreme Court did not dismantle affirmative action in its long-awaited ruling on Monday. It didn’t really affirm the program, either…
ANALYSIS – The Supreme Court’s ruling Monday, while not the death blow to affirmative action that many of its supporters had feared, continues a push led by the Court’s conservatives to impose very high standards on any consideration of race in public policy…
ANALYSIS – The debate about women and minorities in the Cabinet illustrated a important dynamic in the debate over affirmative action, which will be reignited when the Supreme Court releases its latest ruling on the issue…
ANALYSIS – Despite never running in a statewide election before, he’s been embraced by some of America’s biggest names, including Oprah Winfrey…
ANALYSIS – Conservatives haven’t forgiven their one-time hero, Gov. Chris Christie, for his pre-election praise of President Obama, and may never trust him again…
ANALYSIS – President Obama’s decision to promote United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice to National Security Adviser, while not a surprise, is a move with major implications. Here’s why…
theGRIO REPORT – The survey showed 48 percent of voters approve of the president’s performance, compared to 47 percent who disapprove…
ANALYSIS – The constitutional lawyer-turned-president must be tired of being cast by critics as acting outside the bounds of the Constitution…
theGRIO REPORT – Three African-Americans are strong candidates to be elected either governor or U.S. senator in 2014, creating the potential for a landmark year for black candidates…
ANALYSIS – The release of e-mails related to the administration’s response to the Benghazi attack show how little of a role United States Ambassador Susan Rice played in the entire controversy, making it easier for the President Obama to tap his longtime friend…
ANALYSIS – House Republicans held their 37th vote to scrap all or parts of ‘Obamacare,’ illustrating a determined campaign to dump a law that has been ratified by not only Congress and the president, but also the U.S. Supreme Court and American voters…
ANALYSIS – A series of controversies, mostly notably the IRS specifically using terms like ‘Tea Party’ as a trigger for audits, have caused some to liken President Obama to Richard Nixon…