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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders vowed that he would fight harder than any other presidential candidate to end institutional racism in front of a packed Los Angeles arena, two days after Black Lives Matter protesters derailed one of his rallies.

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theGRIO REPORT – Missouri Sen. Doug Libla (R) is pushing back against the bill, trying to pass legislation that would ban the camera footage from public viewing, reports Think Progress…

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theGRIO REPORT – U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D) of Missouri spoke candidly with theGrio.com Thursday evening at a Ferguson restaurant…

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theGRIO REPORT – Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) enrolled his family in Obamacare this week.

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theGRIO REPORT – A controversial statue of a one-time Georgia politician, who has been widely recognized as a racist, has been removed from the main entrance of Georgia State Capitol…

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WASHINGTON (AP) — When the U.S. Senate passed a bill to ban job discrimination against gay and transgender people, its newest member’s first impulse was to yell with joy…

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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The Newark that Cory Booker is leaving behind as the state’s newly elected U.S. senator is far more nuanced and complicated than could be captured in the boosterish campaign stump speeches or television sound bites for which the mayor is known…

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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker is canceling Senate campaign events in the wake of his father’s death…


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NBC NEWS – A Republican lawmaker on Wednesday appeared to suggest that President Barack Obama is ‘getting perilously close’ to meeting the criteria for impeachment…

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Booker calls war on drugs ‘tremendous failure,’ urges end of medical marijuana producer prosecutions
theGRIO REPORT – Cory Booker, the likely next U.S. senator from New Jersey, blasted the war on drugs and the Obama administration’s prosecution of people who grow medical marijuana in a series of Twitter posts over the weekend…

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CAMDEN, N.J. — Newark Mayor Cory Booker on Monday defended his role in an Internet video startup company and insisted he’s set the standard for transparency during his campaign to become New Jersey’s next senator…

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theGRIO REPORT – Representative John Conyers (D-MI) and Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) held a press conference today to introduce the ‘End Racial Profiling Act of 2013’…

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theGRIO REPORT – Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul’s aide, known as ‘The Southern Avenger,’ has resigned after his past racial charged comments came to light earlier this month…

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theGRIO REPORT – Republican Senator Marco Rubio quoted the ‘modern day poet[s]’ Wiz Khalifa and Jay-Z in an effort to show support for Rand Paul’s filibuster…

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NBC LATINO – Listen up, Lil Wayne. Florida Senator Marco Rubio has some thoughts on how you stack up compared to legendary West coast rapper Tupac…

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WASHINGTON (AP) -The 89-year-old lawmaker is the last remaining veteran of World War II in the Senate and has been elected easily five times but was facing a likely challenge from charismatic Newark Mayor Cory Booker…