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The Frederick Douglass Statue in Emancipation Hall at the Capitol Visitors Center, at the U.S. Capitol, on June 19, 2013 in Washington, DC. Congressional leaders dedicated the statue during a ceremony on Wednesday. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Frederick Douglass statue unveiled

Valerie Bonk, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden is hailing Frederick Douglass for his work to bring about equal justice, leading a series of tributes at the unveiling of a statue of the 19th-century orator and writer...
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Vice President Joe Biden (L), Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (2nd-L) and others react after U.S. President Barack Obama signed a bill designating the First State Monument, in Delaware, a National Monument, during a bill signing ceremony in the Oval Office at the White House on March 25, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch-Pool/Getty Images)

White House fight for gun control is far from over

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theGRIO REPORT - President Obama is unlikely to sign a major gun control bill during his presidency, as Republicans control enough seats to block expanded background checks or other legislation backed by gun control advocates in the near future...
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President Barack Obama speaks at an interfaith vigil for the shooting victims from Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 16, 2012 at Newtown High School in Newtown, Connecticut. Twenty-six people were shot dead, including twenty children, after a gunman identified as Adam Lanza opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Lanza also reportedly had committed suicide at the scene. A 28th person, believed to be Nancy Lanza, found dead in a house in town, was also believed to have been shot by Adam Lanza. (Photo by Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images)

President Obama to meet relatives of Newtown shooting victims

Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will meet Thursday with relatives of the victims of the Connecticut school shooting....
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President Barack Obama, accompanied by, from left, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, and Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki. gestures while speaking during opening remarks of the White House mental health conference, Monday, June 3, 2013, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. The conference was organized as part of President Obama's response to last year's shooting massacre at a Connecticut elementary school. From left, Secretary of(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama calls for end to mental illness stigma

Nedra Pickler, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday called for a more robust national discussion on mental illness, saying the time had come to bring the issue "out of the shadows."
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President Barack Obama (C), joined by Vice President Joseph Biden (L), House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (3rd L), Sen. Michael Crapo (R-ID) (4th L), Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (5th L), House Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) (5th R), Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) (4th R), women's organizations members, law enforcement officials, tribal leaders, survivors, advocates and members of Congress, signs the Violence Against Women Act into law at the Department of the Interior March 7, 2013 in Washington, DC. The law expands protections for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and trafficking. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Obama signs new Violence Against Women Act

Josh Lederman, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says an expanded anti-violence bill is a "victory" for advocates and survivors of domestic violence.
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Thousands of residents await the arrival of Vice President Joe Biden for the annual Bridge Crossing Ceremony in Selma, Ala., Sunday, March 3, 2013. Biden is traveling to Selma on Sunday to participate in the Bridge Crossing Jubilee. The event commemorates the 1965 march, which prompted Congress to pass the Voting Rights Act and add millions of African-Americans to Southern voter rolls. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

Biden leads re-enactment of voting rights march

Phillip Rawls, Associated Press
SELMA, Ala. (AP) - The vice president and black leaders commemorating a famous civil rights march on Sunday said efforts to diminish the impact of African-Americans' votes haven't stopped in the years since the 1965 Voting Rights Act...
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Vivica A. Fox and Vice President Joe Biden

Vivica A. Fox's nickname for Joe Biden is 'white chocolate'

Chris Witherspoon
theGRIO REPORT - While co-hosting 'Anderson Live' Vivica A. Fox revealed that she calls Vice-President Joe Biden 'white chocolate'...
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Biden heads to Selma, will black voters embrace him?

Mary C. Curtis
theGRIO REPORT - Rep. John Lewis will once again be in the lead March 3, in the annual commemoration of that pivotal walk...
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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 12: Musician and gun rights advocate Ted Nugent listens as U.S. President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress February 12, 2013 in Washington, DC. Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX) invited Nugent as his guest for the President’s speech. Facing a divided Congress, Obama concentrated his speech on new initiatives designed to stimulate the U.S. economy. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Ted Nugent: 'Destruction of blacks' engineered by Obama

Brittany Tom
theGRIO REPORT - Nugent, in a column published today, claims that the Democratic party is the root cause for the poor social and economic conditions for African-Americans..
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Vice President Joe Biden presents the Medal of Valor to Officer Reeshemah Taylor of the Osceola County Corrections Department in Florida., Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, during a ceremony in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. The medal is the highest national award for valor by a public safety officer. The medal is awarded to public safety officers who have exhibited exceptional courage, regardless of personal safety, in the attempt to save or protect human life. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Corrections officer gets Medal of Valor

Josh Lederman, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The incident started with a search for a colleague who went missing in Florida's Osceola County Jail...
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