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July 12, 2012

'Free stuff': Is Mitt Romney going to benefit from the NAACP's boos?

OPINION - The Republican presidential hopeful’s willingness to go speak to a “hostile” audience at the annual NAACP National Convention…
July 12, 2012

Romney: 'We expected boos' at NAACP convention

OPINION - Romney receiving 14 seconds of sustained boos at the NAACP annual convention -- when he mentioned repealing "Obamacare"…
July 11, 2012

33rd time's the charm: the House's many votes to repeal 'Obamacare'

SLIDESHOW - When the Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives voted today to repeal the Affordable Care Act -- also known…
July 11, 2012

House Republicans vote to repeal healthcare law (again)

WASHINGTON (AP) - Pressing an election-year point, Republicans pushed yet another bill through the House on Wednesday to repeal the…
July 6, 2012

Ted Nugent: US might be better off if 'the South won the Civil War'

In op-ed in opposition to the Supreme Court's decision to uphold health care reform, the controversial musician muses about whether…
July 5, 2012

Is Chief Justice John Roberts turning over a new leaf?

OPINION - The jury is still out on Roberts, but before we consider him a new reliable swing vote or…
July 4, 2012

Mitt Romney changes his mind, says health insurance mandate 'is a tax'

OPINION - In an interview with NBC News' Chuck Todd, Mitt Romney declares that he agrees with the Court's dissenters…
July 3, 2012

Did Clarence Thomas leak story alleging Roberts Supreme Court health care switch?

theGRIO REPORT - Court watchers are buzzing about a CBS News report that Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts changed…
July 3, 2012

Americans remain divided on views of President Obama and 'Obamacare'

theGRIO REPORT - Polls released since the Supreme Court's decision upholding President Obama's health care law show little has changed:…
July 2, 2012

GOP Medicaid resistance may keep millions from getting insurance

theGRIO REPORT - Millions of Americans in conservative-leaning states could remain without health insurance after the Supreme Court's decision last…
July 2, 2012

Why the fate of 'Obamacare' is ultimately tied to Obama's re-election

WASHINGTON (AP) - If Obama does not win a second term in November, he risks losing both the law and…
June 28, 2012

Health care bill could reduce inequities

OPINION - All of these provisions would improve the current state of health care for people of color, who are…
June 28, 2012

Supreme Court cases that shaped black America

SLIDESHOW - Throughout history the Supreme Court has played a crucial role in shaping the ideological identity of America.
June 28, 2012

Twitter hits CNN, Fox for wrong call on Supreme Court health care ruling

SLIDESHOW - Twitter has been having a lot of fun with CNN (and to a lesser extent, Fox News) for…
June 28, 2012

President Obama calls Supreme Court ruling a ‘victory’

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says the Supreme Court's decision to uphold his health care overhaul is a 'victory…
June 28, 2012

Supreme Court health care ruling a huge victory for uninsured, minorities, people with chronic illnesses

theGRIO REPORT - The Supreme Court's decision to uphold the health care law is a major victory for millions of…
June 28, 2012

Supreme Court upholds nearly all of Obamacare

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has upheld the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President Barack Obama's health…
June 11, 2012

UnitedHealth plans to keep elements of Obama's health care reform

(AP) - Insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc. sees some parts of the health care overhaul as sound medicine and plans to…
May 11, 2012

Improved health for women of color under 'Obamacare'

theGRIO REPORT - The Affordable Care Act passed in 2010 will give millions of Americans access to quality health care…
April 16, 2012

A conservative Columbia law professor defends constitutionality of Affordable Care Act

Accordingly, troubled members of the Court should be applauded for their efforts to search for the limits to any principle…