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June 26, 2013

Prop 8 ruling: Supreme Court clears way for gay marriage in California

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has cleared the way for same-sex marriage in California by holding that defenders of…
June 26, 2013

Supreme Court strikes down the Defense of Marriage Act

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that legally married same-sex couples should get the same federal benefits as…
June 26, 2013

Obama making long-anticipated return to Africa

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is heading to Africa, and the health of former South African leader Nelson Mandela…
June 26, 2013

Rep. Ed Markey wins Massachusetts Senate race with aid from Obama

BOSTON (AP) - Drawing on the political might of the White House, Democrats have exorcized the ghost of Scott Brown...
June 25, 2013

Rev. Jesse Jackson ‘disappointed’ in Supreme Court decision on Voting Rights

theGRIO REPORT - Civil rights leader, Rev. Jesse Jackson, reacted with disappointment to Tuesday's Supreme Court decision striking down a…
June 25, 2013

Voting Rights Act gutted

theGRIO - The Supreme Court overturns a key provision of the Voting Rights Act...
June 25, 2013

Melissa Harris-Perry: Chin up! How to fight for voting rights in 4 steps

OPINION - The Supreme Court’s decision on Tuesday in Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder, is devastating, but not definitive...
June 25, 2013

Michael Steele: Supreme Court ‘gut’ the Voting Rights Act

OPINION - In our society, all rights are ultimately protected by the ballot box, not the sword...
June 25, 2013

Rev. Al Sharpton: Supreme Court ‘canceled’ Martin Luther King’s dream

VIDEO - Rev. Al Sharpton appeared live on MSNBC's Jansing and Company today to give his initial reactions to the…
June 25, 2013

Reaction to Supreme Court ruling on Voting Rights Act

theGRIO REPORT - The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a key provision in the Voting Rights Act would come to…
June 25, 2013

Obama aims to tackle pollution, climate change: ‘We need to act’

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama declared the debate over climate change and its causes obsolete Tuesday as he announced…
June 25, 2013

Would Republicans in Congress support a revised Voting Rights Act?

theGRIO REPORT - The Supreme Court's conservatives struck down a key plank in the Voting Rights Act, but still left…
June 25, 2013

Rep. John Lewis: Supreme Court ‘stabbed’ landmark civil rights law ‘in its very heart’

VIDEO - Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights leader for the last five decades, sharply criticized the Supreme Court’s decision…
June 25, 2013

Obama ‘disappointed’ in Voting Rights Act ruling

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he is deeply disappointed with a Supreme Court decision halting the use of…
June 25, 2013

What Obama could do for home health care workers

OPINION - President Obama has the opportunity and the authority to realize the full potential of the New Deal...