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May 26, 2022
Despite calls for federal laws on gun control, most states are not even enacting them and seem to have little…
July 31, 2021
Louisiana to end jail time for most weed possessions, add new requirements for abortion pill and restrict police chokehold restraints.
March 28, 2017
Campaign Zero launched online tool, Our States, to identify laws that would threaten civil rights being considered on a state-by-state…
June 12, 2014
OPINION - Tuesday, another school shooting happened and I had the nerve not to be immediately enraged and disheartened by…
December 30, 2013
AP - The new year is bringing a host of new laws taking effect in January or thereabouts. A look…
August 21, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Mark O'Mara has responded via his blog to a new PSA that calls on lawmakers to oppose…
August 20, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The Coalition to End Gun Violence has released a new PSA calling for the end to Stand…
January 7, 2013
OPINION - In the wake of the political cowardliness by most in Washington and with many Americans still clinging to…
May 25, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - As the Trayvon Martin case continues to play out in court, a new poll reveals that residents…
April 25, 2012
SLIDESHOW - The killing of Trayvon Martin by a neighborhood watchman has brought the issue of 'Stand Your Ground' laws,…
January 1, 2012
MSNBC VIDEO -- The year 2012 is officially under way, and with it come a host of new laws that…
December 9, 2011
THE BIG ISSUE - South Carolina's voter ID law is one of the strictest in the nation, and that could…
December 8, 2011
THE BIG ISSUE - NBC News reporter Mara Schiavocampo explores the pros and cons of voting reform in the Palmetto…
November 8, 2011
OPINION - Voters in the state of Mississippi, voters go to the polls today with the option to turn back…