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June 13, 2013

Angela Rye's rant on affirmative action: How do you pull yourself up by your bootstraps if you have no boots?

OPINION - It's 2013 and we've yet to truly overcome. Maybe it's not the best policy. But it is much…
June 11, 2013

JFK's historic civil rights speech revisited 50 years later

OPINION - Would President Kennedy think that as a nation we have made enough progress on these issues over the…
June 11, 2013

NBC News/WSJ poll: Affirmative action support at historic low

NBC NEWS - As the Supreme Court prepares to once again weigh in on the issue of affirmative action, a…
June 5, 2013

Can we live without affirmative action? Supreme Court decision may change black life in America

OPINION - We might first remember that affirmative action has never been very popular – mostly because it is profoundly…
May 31, 2013

Voting rights for millions are in the hands of just 9 justices

OPINION - Two critical voting rights opinions will be issued by the Supreme Court this term, which ends on June…
May 20, 2013

Supreme Court won’t get involved in Mississippi redistricting

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court won't order new legislative elections in Mississippi over complaints about the timing of the…
May 13, 2013

In entire Supreme Court term, justices see one black lawyer

WASHINGTON (AP) — In roughly 75 hours of arguments at the Supreme Court since October, only one African-American lawyer appeared…
May 7, 2013

Mississippi Supreme Court blocks scheduled execution

PARCHMAN, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court has indefinitely delayed Tuesday evening's scheduled execution of an inmate convicted of…
May 3, 2013

Clarence Thomas: Obama approved by ‘elites and the media’

NBC NEWS - The famously taciturn Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, the only current black member of the court, said…
April 30, 2013

Sandra Day O'Connor re-opens Bush v. Gore can of worms

OPINION - Twelve years after the controversial Supreme Court decision in Bush v. Gore, former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor is…
April 29, 2013

Sandra Day O'Connor has second thoughts on Bush v. Gore

NBC NEWS - Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor expressed doubts that the nation's highest court should have…
April 18, 2013

Scalia's take on Voting Rights Act a slap in the face to civil rights advocates

OPINION - The justice also criticized attempts to expand the number of minority groups protected by the federal government, noting…
April 5, 2013

Eric Holder wants Voting Rights Act provision upheld by Supreme Court

WASHINGTON (AP) - On the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King's death, Attorney General Eric Holder challenged the Supreme Court…
April 1, 2013

A post-racial US? Court poised to change race laws

WASHINGTON (AP) — Has the nation lived down its history of racism and should the law become colorblind?
March 29, 2013

Marching backward on gay marriage? Don’t be on the wrong side of history

OPINION - In August, we celebrate the 50th year of the March on Washington. I vote for us to march…
March 29, 2013

Is Clarence Thomas being hypocritical on gay marriage?

OPINION - Some say that silence speaks volumes. And in the case of Justice Clarence Thomas, that cliché just might…
March 27, 2013

Gay marriage movement makes gains, in and out of court

theGRIO REPORT - Advocates of gay marriage appear to have made gains both at the U.S. Supreme Court and in…
March 27, 2013

Supreme Court skeptical of federal Defense of Marriage Act

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is indicating it could strike down the law that prevents legally married gay couples…
March 27, 2013

Rev. Al Sharpton on gay marriage debate: Equality includes everyone

OPINION - As Americans, it is up to each and every one of us to fight injustice and inequality when…
March 25, 2013

As Supreme Court readies for gay marriage arguments, Audrey Smaltz and Gail Marquis unfurl a loving banner

theGRIO REPORT - Audrey Smaltz, 75, and Gail Marquis, 68, request to be called wife and wife when they are…