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July 30, 2013
OPINION - Anthony Weiner was right about one thing: Clarence Thomas has a serious conflict of interest ...
July 26, 2013
ANAYSIS - Eric Holder's gambit to effectively overrule the U.S. Supreme Court is his boldest move yet as the administration's…
July 25, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder announced Thursday the Justice Department is opening a new front in the battle…
July 18, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner and Democratic Rep. John Lewis are men of a certain age and experience…
July 17, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Republican sponsor of the Voting Rights Act updates said Wednesday that Congress must pass a…
July 17, 2013
MSNBC - Shortly after the Supreme Court gutted a key part of the Voting Rights Act, Republican Rep. Trent Franks…
July 15, 2013
MSNBC - Just 22 days after the Supreme Court struck down a key part of the Voting Rights Act (VRA),…
July 15, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Hundreds of protesters are expected to rally across Georgia later today in support of an African-American death-row…
July 11, 2013
MSNBC - Without a legal miracle, two-time killer Warren Lee Hill Jr. will be put to death next week despite…
July 11, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Following the controversial Supreme Court decision to overturn a core provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act,…
July 5, 2013
ATLANTA (AP) — When the U.S. Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights act last week, it handed Republicans tough questions…
July 3, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - In the wake of the devastating Supreme Court decision, several websites have posted examples of these tests…
July 3, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - As demonstrators cast the right to vote in moral terms, and link their cause to pioneering civil…
June 29, 2013
OPINION - The Supreme Court’s decision to tear out the heart out of the Voting Rights Act should serve as…
June 28, 2013
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Democratic legislator from Minnesota swiftly apologized Tuesday for a tweet he sent that referred…
June 27, 2013
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - President Barack Obama says the Supreme Court "made a mistake" in its decision to throw out…
June 27, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has thrown out lower court rulings that blocked a Texas voter identification law and…
June 27, 2013
OPINION - Wednesday's Supreme Court decisions srtiking down DOMA and Prop 8 provide our community with the opportunity for honest…
June 26, 2013
COLUMBIANA, Ala. (AP) - Much has changed in Shelby County since Congress passed the 1965 Voting Rights Act to protect…
June 26, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The Illinois House of Representatives closed its most recent session without a vote on the issue and…