Voting Rights

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February 12, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Attorney General Eric Holder delivered a high-profile speech on Tuesday, urging states to roll back laws that…
February 11, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday urged states to restore voting rights to former prison inmates, an…
February 7, 2014
MSNBC - Recent years have seen a seemingly endless stream of efforts in GOP-controlled states across the country to make…
January 22, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — Responding to frustratingly long lines in the last national election, a presidential commission on Wednesday encouraged expansion…
January 16, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of lawmakers is introducing legislation to restore some parts of the Voting Rights Act…
January 16, 2014
MSNBC - The city of Evergreen, Ala., which has a troubled history when it comes to race and voting rights,…
October 10, 2013
OPINION - The government shutdown in full effect, and not much is getting done in Washington these days...
October 9, 2013
OPINION - It's a consequential time and there are allies in the progressive coalition who can do more to knock…
September 19, 2013
OPINION - As much as it must pain activists to agree with Republican Senator Rand Paul, who is not particularly…
September 9, 2013
OPINION - NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous recently announced he will step down from his position leading the…
August 29, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says his administration will use tools available through the Voting Rights Act to keep…
August 29, 2013
OPINION - For a second-term president hoping to cement his legacy, Obama squandered a unique opportunity to demonstrate some leadership…
August 28, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is claiming his place in Martin Luther King's 50-year-old dream, holding himself up as…
August 23, 2013
OPINION - If Republicans repeat their dismal performance among voters of color when the 2016 election rolls around, don’t blame…
August 22, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department said Thursday it will sue Texas over the state's voter ID law and will…
August 17, 2013
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A state judge issued an order Friday that is expected to block enforcement of Pennsylvania's strict…
August 13, 2013
theGRIO REPORT- Opponents of the new law fear its provisions would particularly target minorities, the elderly, the poor and the…
August 13, 2013
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's governor on Monday quietly signed a measure into law that overhauls the state's election…
August 12, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Hillary Clinton's latest speech illustrates how an issue that had been largely been confided to outside liberal…
August 8, 2013
SOPCHOPPY, Fla. (AP) — A small Florida Panhandle town best known for its annual Worm Grunting Festival is at the…