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July 17, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - A White House website petition that was created on July 14th urges the Department of Justice to…
July 16, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The NAACP has gathered more than 1 million signatures on their petition to the Department of Justice…
July 14, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The NAACP has launched a petition to the Department of Justice, calling for federal prosecution against George…
December 12, 2012
OPINION - The school-to-prison pipeline – or, the system of extreme disciplinary practices that push young people out of school…
March 20, 2012
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) - The growing national attention -- and outcry -- over the case of Trayvon Martin has culminated…
March 12, 2012
theGrio REPORT -The Department of Justice is blocking a Texas law that would require all voters to present photo identification…
December 21, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Bank of America has agreed to pay $335 million to resolve allegations that its Countrywide unit…
November 5, 2011
(AP) - The Department of Justice, under its 5-year-old "Cold Case Initiative" and the 2007 Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights…
July 27, 2011
The Department of Justice is preparing a lawsuit against Wells Fargo, the nation's largest home mortgage lender, for allegedly preying…
July 25, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - However, many civil rights advocates still want the Justice Department to proceed, citing the Emmett Till Unsolved…
July 19, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House is supporting legislation to overturn the federal Defense of Marriage Act...
July 18, 2011
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Olajide Oluwaseun Noibi, 24, is scheduled to be arraigned on charges he breached airport security in…
December 6, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The department has repeatedly denied that race played any role in its handling of the 2008 incident…