Obama congratulates Newtown families on gun vote
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is lauding the role the families of the Newtown shooting victims played in pressing the Senate to move forward on gun control legislation...
Gun control bill clears first hurdle in Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Gun control supporters won the first Senate showdown Thursday over how to respond to the December carnage in Newtown...
Michelle Obama: 'Hadiya was me and I was her'
CHICAGO (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama made a deeply personal entrance into the gun debate Wednesday...
Robin Kelly brings gun control bona fides to DC
theGRIO REPORT - Late Tuesday evening, with 99 percent of precincts reporting, she lead Republican candidate Paul McKinley with 70 percent of the vote, compared to his 22 percent...
Jackson Jr.'s seat to be filled tonight
CHICAGO (AP) - While Democrat Robin Kelly is widely expected to capture Tuesday's special election for former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s seat over Republican Paul McKinley, any winner will face big challenges...
Eric Holder wants Voting Rights Act provision upheld
WASHINGTON (AP) - On the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King's death, Attorney General Eric Holder challenged the Supreme Court to uphold a key section of the Voting Rights Act...
A post-racial US? Court poised to change race laws
WASHINGTON (AP) — Has the nation lived down its history of racism and should the law become colorblind?
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...
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..
3 Black Caucus members still oppose marriage equality
OPINION - As up-and-coming black politicians with their eyes on CBC membership, look at the wave of public opinion, they will see opportunity...
