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Supreme Court won't get involved in Mississippi redistricting

Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court won't order new legislative elections in Mississippi over complaints about the timing of the state's redistricting...
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Glenn Beck

Glenn Beck: NAACP ‘a joke’, Tea Partiers like ‘white lynching victims’

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theGRIO REPORT - Right wing talker Glenn Beck is at it again...
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Julian Bond

Where was the outrage over IRS' NAACP audit?

Joy-Ann Reid
OPINION - Where was the outrage when the IRS audited the NAACP in 2004?...
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In this Oct. 8, 2010, file photo members of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for a group portrait at the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

In entire Supreme Court term, justices see 1 black lawyer

Mark Sherman, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — In roughly 75 hours of arguments at the Supreme Court since October, only one African-American lawyer appeared before the justices, and for just over 11 minutes...
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Georgia NAACP joins call for integrated prom

Duffie Dixon, WXIA
VIDEO - Leaders of the Georgia NAACP stood before the Wilcox County School Board at its work session and said it is time for the adults to follow the lead of the students...
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A man lights up a marijuana joint at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco,  Tuesday, April 20, 2010.  Marijuana legalization advocates lit up across the country during the annual observance of 4/20, the celebration-cum-mass civil disobedience derived from "420" - insider shorthand for cannabis consumption. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Will we see marijuana legalized in our lifetime?

David A. Love
OPINION - A new poll finds that for the first time in over forty years, a clear majority of people are now in favor of the legalization of marijuana. But will we see legalization in our lifetime?...
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Guns collected in Camden buy back program (Associated Press)

Gun control rally held in Harlem: Why we are marching

Iesha Sekou
OPINION - Stronger background checks for guns and ammunition will keep weapons away from people who might sell them or use them for crime...
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Protesters opposed to Arizona's Immigration Law SB 1070 march through downtown Phoenix April 25, 2012 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Jonathan Gibby/Getty Images)

On immigration, a black-brown coalition pushes for reform

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theGRIO REPORT - Key African-American leaders and groups are joining the Hispanic community in pushing for immigration reform, creating a unified front in the desire to create a pathway to citizenship for undocumented workers...
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Hundreds of people participate in a march and rally for affirmative action September 16, 2006 in Lansing, Michigan. The march was designed to oppose Proposal 2 on the Michigan ballot, which will be voted on November 7th. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

How affirmative action foes are borrowing from the NAACP

Nikole Hannah-Jones, ProPublica
PRO PUBLICA - When the NAACP began challenging Jim Crow laws across the South, it knew that, in the battle for public opinion, the particular plaintiffs mattered as much as the facts of the case...
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Judge strikes down NYC soda ban, NY NAACP president responds

Alexis Garrett Stodghill
theGRIO REPORT - A judge has struck down a ban restricting the size of sodas sold in certain establishments in New York City that was set to go into effect Tuesday...
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