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March 28, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - A fiery President Obama pointedly urged Congress to pass gun control legislation in a speech Thursday, repeatedly…
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March 27, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Advocates of gay marriage appear to have made gains both at the U.S. Supreme Court and in…
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March 26, 2013
ANALYSIS - As the Supreme Court considers two cases on gay marriage, it's clear Obama's words profoundly changed the gay…
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March 20, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The strong momentum early this year around new gun control laws, spurred by the mass shooting in…
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March 19, 2013
PRO PUBLICA - When the NAACP began challenging Jim Crow laws across the South, it knew that, in the battle…
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March 18, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Over the weekend at the Conservative Political Action Conference, it was at times difficult to tell the…
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March 18, 2013
ANALYSIS - Five months after their second straight electoral drubbing, leading Republicans remain reluctant to articulate what the party must…
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March 15, 2013
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Republican Gov. Chris Christie has been asked to apologize for referring to the first black female…
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March 14, 2013
OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — As the GOP struggles to broaden its appeal, the head of the American Conservative Union…
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March 13, 2013
ANALYSIS - The inclusion of repeal in the House budget illustrates a broader problem for the GOP: a lack of…
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March 12, 2013
OPINION - Yet Sandberg contends, and rightly so, that this handful of women (4 percent of Fortune 500 companies) isn’t…
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March 12, 2013
OPINION -This year’s Supreme Court docket could dramatically alter racial policy in America, with cases that could invalidate two key…
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March 8, 2013
ANALYSIS - At first glance, President Obama's new initiative to court congressional Republicans over lunches, dinners and private phone calls…
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March 7, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Shifting course in the face of political gridlock, President Barack Obama is making rare overtures to rank-and-file…
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March 6, 2013
ANALYSIS - Five months after Election Day, the Republicans are still grappling with how they should reorient their party to…
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March 4, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Every since Patrick Gaspard joined the Obama presidential campaign as political director in 2008, the 45 year-old…
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March 1, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Rep. John Lewis will once again be in the lead March 3, in the annual commemoration of…
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March 1, 2013
OPINION - The nation's first black president says race still matters, while the Supreme Court is effectively suggesting it does…
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February 27, 2013
OPINION - The back and forth between the president and Republicans over the $85 billion in cuts due to go…
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February 25, 2013
ANALYSIS - The drama around the $85 billion in federal government cuts due to start on March 1, known as…