Voting Rights

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June 18, 2013
OPINION - Are U.S. Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia parting political ways?...
May 31, 2013
OPINION - It’s should come as no surprise that Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell is taking steps to rid the states…
May 31, 2013
OPINION - Two critical voting rights opinions will be issued by the Supreme Court this term, which ends on June…
May 20, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court won't order new legislative elections in Mississippi over complaints about the timing of the…
April 30, 2013
OPINION - Twelve years after the controversial Supreme Court decision in Bush v. Gore, former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor is…
April 18, 2013
OPINION - The justice also criticized attempts to expand the number of minority groups protected by the federal government, noting…
April 5, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - On the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King's death, Attorney General Eric Holder challenged the Supreme Court…
March 10, 2013
OPINION - I will never forget watching President Obama unveil the statue of one of my personal heroes in Statuary…
March 3, 2013
SELMA, Ala. (AP) - The vice president and black leaders commemorating a famous civil rights march on Sunday said efforts…
February 25, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration and civil rights groups are defending a key section of the landmark voting rights…
February 22, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says it will become harder to help people who believe their voting rights have…
January 29, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Ohio, one of the biggest battleground states during this past presidential election, may be getting an update…
December 12, 2012
POLITICS NATION - Attorney General Eric Holder said America’s election system needs to be made 'stronger and more accessible,' and…
November 19, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Civil rights activist and law professor Sherrilyn Ifill has been named the President and Director-Counsel of the…
November 16, 2012
POLITICS -- The 2012 election may be over, but Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted continues to face criticism, and…
November 11, 2012
OPINION - Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted made a name for himself in the 2012 presidential election, but not…
November 9, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court says it will consider eliminating the government's chief weapon against racial discrimination at polling…
November 8, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - While the potentially disenfranchising effect of voter ID laws remains problematic, the actual reduction of black voter…
November 6, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - In an interview today with the Huffington Post, documentary filmmaker Michael Moore shared his thoughts on how…
November 6, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Fox News' Sean Hannity, host of The Sean Hannity Show, joined the ranks of a number of…