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...
Rand Paul fails black history at Howard
OPINION - During a speech at Howard University, Rand Paul made his case for blacks supporting the Republican Party. Unfortunately, he was pitching a GOP that hasn't existed for more than 100 years...
Dem, GOP senators reach deal on gun background checks
WASHINGTON (AP) - Subjecting more firearms purchases to federal background checks has been the chief goal of Obama and gun control supporters...
Malcolm Smith mess the latest setback to black NYC Democrats
OPINION - At a moment when any credible chance to become the next David Dinkins, looks to have come and gone, the city's black political class requires a reboot...
Arkansas' GOP-led Legislature passes voter ID law
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas legislators passed a law Monday requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls, overriding Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe's veto of the bill, which he called an expensive solution to a non-existent problem...
GOP senator defends good grades for welfare bill
theGRIO REPORT - A Tennessee bill that would reduce welfare benefits to low-income families if their child performs poorly in school has gotten people talking...
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...
Virginia governor signs bill requiring photo ID to vote
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia law will require all voters to have photo IDs beginning next year.
