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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
MSNBC - The city of Evergreen, Ala., which has a troubled history when it comes to race and voting rights,…
November 18, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - A new report finds that young voters, and especially those of color, face certain inconveniences at polls.
September 19, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The League of Young Voters, a non-profit organization aimed at educating young people of color about voting,…
September 4, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The voting process for the music and media festival South By Southwest's (SXSW) Blacks in Technology panel…
August 13, 2013
theGRIO REPORT- Opponents of the new law fear its provisions would particularly target minorities, the elderly, the poor and the…
July 11, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Following the controversial Supreme Court decision to overturn a core provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act,…
June 25, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a key provision in the Voting Rights Act would come to…
June 20, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday used a tribute to 19th-century abolitionist Frederick Douglass to renew the…
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…
March 10, 2013
OPINION - I will never forget watching President Obama unveil the statue of one of my personal heroes in Statuary…
February 14, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Many Americans found the story of 102-year-old Desiline Victor to be heartwarming...
February 12, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - A 102-year-old Florida woman who stood in line for three hours to vote this past November will…
January 21, 2013
VIDEO - On MSNBC's 'Morning Joe' yesterday, former Secretary of State Colin Powell says that the Republican Party needs to…
January 15, 2013
theGRIO's 100 - The Rev. Dr. William Barber is a modern-day civil rights leader who has led the fight for…
December 27, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - According to a new study from the Pew Research Center suggests that the 2012 presidential election marks…
December 12, 2012
POLITICS NATION - Attorney General Eric Holder said America’s election system needs to be made 'stronger and more accessible,' and…
November 16, 2012
POLITICS -- The 2012 election may be over, but Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted continues to face criticism, and…