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April 14, 2013
VIDEO - Chicago State University student Dennis Johnson joined the panel on MSNBC's 'Melissa Harris Perry' show to talk about…
April 11, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Gun control supporters won the first Senate showdown Thursday over how to respond to the December carnage…
April 11, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Since Chicago topped 500 murders in 2012, followed by Hadiya Pendleton’s death in February, the city’s gun…
April 10, 2013
CHICAGO (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama made a deeply personal entrance into the gun debate Wednesday...
April 10, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - Subjecting more firearms purchases to federal background checks has been the chief goal of Obama and gun…
April 10, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Late Tuesday evening, with 99 percent of precincts reporting, she lead Republican candidate Paul McKinley with 70…
April 1, 2013
ANALYSIS - In his remarks on gun control on last week, President Obama emphatically highlighted the number 90, the percentage…
March 29, 2013
PHILADELPHIA - At one of the several gun violence rallies going on in Philadelphia yesterday, 10-year-old Kevin Dudney shared his…
March 22, 2013
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A young boy opened fire on a woman pushing her baby in a stroller in a…
March 21, 2013
OPINION - Stronger background checks for guns and ammunition will keep weapons away from people who might sell them or…
March 20, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The strong momentum early this year around new gun control laws, spurred by the mass shooting in…
March 20, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Six-month-old Jonylah Watkins laid lifeless in a pink dress as her parents saw her 3-foot casket close…
March 19, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has decided that a proposed assault weapons ban won't be part of…
March 12, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats gave a boost Tuesday to the pillar of President Barack Obama's plans for reducing gun violence,…
March 11, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Writer and Democratic strategist Zerlina Maxwell is fielding a wave of support on social media, following some…
March 8, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - Gun legislation is taking shape on Capitol Hill, but President Barack Obama has kept a low profile…
March 7, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Music mogul Russell Simmons took to Twitter Thursday night and took on the National Rifle Association's new…
March 6, 2013
OPINION - Noir’s position that African-Americans should then embrace a continued proliferation of assault weapons rather than support legislation that…
March 6, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Eric Holder is urging Congress to confront gun violence by requiring universal background checks, imposing…
March 5, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - Despite signs of stepped up White House involvement, a bipartisan compromise over expanded background checks for gun…