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July 11, 2013
ANALYSIS - Eight months after President Obama easily won re-election, and four months after the RNC released a report calling…
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July 10, 2013
ANALYSIS - If he chooses, Booker could put poverty at the forefront of his Senate career, and potentially the Senate…
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July 5, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Some of the most important critics of the Clintons during the 2008 campaign, instrumental in helping Barack…
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July 2, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C,), the man House Democrats have tapped to lead their push for revising the…
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July 1, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - A range of politicians, from civil rights legend John Lewis to President Obama to Rep. Eric Cantor…
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July 1, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The number of African-American senators will soon drop by half...
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June 26, 2013
ANALYSIS - The week was not a clear victory for liberals, who were angered by the Court's gutting of the…
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June 25, 2013
OPINION - President Obama has the opportunity and the authority to realize the full potential of the New Deal...
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June 25, 2013
OPINION - The Supreme Court did not dismantle affirmative action in its long-awaited ruling on Monday. It didn’t really affirm…
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June 24, 2013
ANALYSIS - The Supreme Court's ruling Monday, while not the death blow to affirmative action that many of its supporters…
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June 19, 2013
ANALYSIS - The debate about women and minorities in the Cabinet illustrated a important dynamic in the debate over affirmative…
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June 10, 2013
ANALYSIS - Despite never running in a statewide election before, he's been embraced by some of America's biggest names, including…
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June 6, 2013
ANALYSIS - Conservatives haven't forgiven their one-time hero, Gov. Chris Christie, for his pre-election praise of President Obama, and may…
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June 5, 2013
ANALYSIS - President Obama's decision to promote United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice to National Security Adviser, while not a surprise,…
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June 5, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The survey showed 48 percent of voters approve of the president's performance, compared to 47 percent who…
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May 23, 2013
ANALYSIS - The constitutional lawyer-turned-president must be tired of being cast by critics as acting outside the bounds of the…
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May 20, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Three African-Americans are strong candidates to be elected either governor or U.S. senator in 2014, creating the…
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May 17, 2013
ANALYSIS - The release of e-mails related to the administration's response to the Benghazi attack show how little of a…
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May 16, 2013
ANALYSIS - House Republicans held their 37th vote to scrap all or parts of 'Obamacare,' illustrating a determined campaign to…
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May 15, 2013
ANALYSIS - A series of controversies, mostly notably the IRS specifically using terms like 'Tea Party' as a trigger for…