Voting Rights

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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…
August 6, 2013
OPINION - During these last few years we have witnessed an unprecedented assault on the right to vote...
July 30, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is promising not to let one election go by without protecting minority voting rights....
July 29, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - It’s been more than 53 years since Feb. 1, 1960, the day when Franklin McCain, David Richmond,…
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 16, 2013
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A trial is under way in Pennsylvania on the constitutionality of a state voter identification law...
July 15, 2013
MSNBC - Just 22 days after the Supreme Court struck down a key part of the Voting Rights Act (VRA),…
July 11, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Following the controversial Supreme Court decision to overturn a core provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act,…