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U.S. Rep. Summer Lee, theGrio.com
April 26, 2024
U.S. Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., is empowering the broader pro-Palestine movement to end the more than 200-day-old conflict.
April 24, 2024
Payne’s death comes after he had been hospitalized for several weeks following a cardiac arrest episode earlier this month. 
April 23, 2024
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson argued that it is “cruel and unusual” to punish unhoused individuals for sleeping in public spaces.
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, theGrio.com
April 22, 2024
U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz told theGrio he is concerned that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries could become the next speaker of the House.
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, theGrio.com
April 20, 2024
Next week, the U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case that will determine whether to criminalize unhoused people for sleeping on the street.  
April 18, 2024
U.S. Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., is urging the Biden-Harris administration to stand with Haiti and extend safeguards to Haitians.
Harriet Tubman, faith and spirituality, Women's History Month, Black women activists, Underground Railroad, Women's History Month, Christianity, Black liberation movements, Combahee River Raid, theGrio.com
April 17, 2024
Congressional members on Tuesday unveiled a coin collection dedicated to the life and legacy of abolitionist Harriet Tubman.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, theGrio.com
April 16, 2024
U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, is warning anti-abortion advocates looking to ban an abortion drug to err on the side of caution.
April 15, 2024
U.S. Rep. Glenn Ivey is “surprised” that the FBI has launched a criminal investigation into the ship that crashed into Baltimore bridge.
U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., theGrio.com
April 14, 2024
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries demanded that House Republicans release millions of dollars in funding to Haiti as it faces turmoil.
Rep. Gregory Meeks, theGrio.com
April 12, 2024
U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks does not believe President Joe Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas conflict will cause him to lose Black voters.  
Maryland Governor Wes Moore, theGrio.com
April 11, 2024
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries met with Maryland Governor Wes Moore to discuss efforts to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
Pro-abortion protests, theGrio.com
April 10, 2024
Critics are blasting the Arizona Supreme Court for upholding an abortion ban that threatens the lives of Black and brown women.
April 9, 2024
Critics blast Senator Tim Scott for a new video series aimed at persuading Black voters to support embattled former President Donald Trump.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, theGrio.com
April 7, 2024
U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, defended President Joe Biden’s handling of Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
President Joe Biden Francis Scott Key Bridge, theGrio.com
April 5, 2024
President Joe Biden delivered remarks at the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore and told residents that “your nation has your back.”
Francis Scott Key Bridge, Baltimore, theGrio.com
April 4, 2024
House Democrats plan to put pressure on House Republicans to approve funding to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.
April 4, 2024
Lawmakers and advocates are decrying how Florida’s abortion ban will disproportionately harm Black and brown Americans.
Black mothers death rates, theGrio.com
April 2, 2024
Abortion rights advocates fear women will stop seeking medical care after health care workers alert law enforcement to abortion cases.
U.S. Capitol, theGrio.com
March 30, 2024
A district court ruled that South Carolina can use a congressional map deemed unconstitutional as Supreme Court delays decision on appeal.