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June 26, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - On Wednesday morning, the Supreme Court struck down a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act,…
June 26, 2013
ANALYSIS - The week was not a clear victory for liberals, who were angered by the Court's gutting of the…
June 26, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has cleared the way for same-sex marriage in California by holding that defenders of…
June 26, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that legally married same-sex couples should get the same federal benefits as…
June 25, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Civil rights leader, Rev. Jesse Jackson, reacted with disappointment to Tuesday's Supreme Court decision striking down a…
June 25, 2013
OPINION - The Supreme Court’s decision on Tuesday in Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder, is devastating, but not definitive...
June 25, 2013
OPINION - In our society, all rights are ultimately protected by the ballot box, not the sword...
June 25, 2013
VIDEO - Rev. Al Sharpton appeared live on MSNBC's Jansing and Company today to give his initial reactions to the…
June 25, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a key provision in the Voting Rights Act would come to…
June 25, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The Supreme Court's conservatives struck down a key plank in the Voting Rights Act, but still left…
June 25, 2013
VIDEO - Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights leader for the last five decades, sharply criticized the Supreme Court’s decision…
June 25, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he is deeply disappointed with a Supreme Court decision halting the use of…
June 25, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - In striking down one of the central planks of the Voting Rights Act, the conservatives on the…
June 25, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The fall of a key plank of the Voting Rights Act is an unquestionable setback to civil…
June 25, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says a key provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act cannot be enforced until…
June 25, 2013
OPINION - The Supreme Court did not dismantle affirmative action in its long-awaited ruling on Monday. It didn’t really affirm…
June 25, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - As the Supreme Court deliberates on DOMA, Antonio Douthit and Kirven Boyd become the first same-sex, actively…
June 24, 2013
ANALYSIS - The Supreme Court's ruling Monday, while not the death blow to affirmative action that many of its supporters…
June 24, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Justice Clarence Thomas again urged the end of affirmative action on Monday, writing a fiery concurring opinion…
June 24, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The U.S. Supreme Court did not outlaw affirmative action in a widely-anticipated opinion today, instead issuing a…