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Trump CNN town Hall, Trump indictment, thegrio.com
June 13, 2023
MAGA supporters call for violence ahead of former Donald Trump’s appearance in a Miami Federal court following his 37-count indictment.
June 9, 2023
National Action Network (NAN) has announced that it will join Just Majority Coalition’s (JMC) efforts to push for Supreme Court…
June 8, 2023
The Supreme Court shocked Black leaders after rendering a decision upholding the Voting Rights Act in a gerrymandering case in…
June 7, 2023
Missouri prosecuting attorney Wesley Bell launched a campaign for the U.S. Senate, aiming to unseat Republican Senator Josh Hawley.
June 5, 2023
Congressman Maxwell Frost doubles down after boldly stating “F Ron DeSantis” at a Paramore concern in Washington, D.C.
Mississippi boy shot by police -- Aderrian Murry
June 2, 2023
Kristen Clarke, assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division took a trip to Mississippi to examine issues of police brutality.
June 2, 2023
House Democrats are demanding President Joe Biden renew Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for African migrants who face deportation. 
June 2, 2023
The Supreme Court has less than a month to release its opinion that could overturn affirmative action in college admissions.
the U.S. Capitol, theGrio.com
May 31, 2023
Critics of the bipartisan debt ceiling bill are calling out Republicans for provisions they say will ultimately harm Black communities.
May 27, 2023
Black congressional members will meet with city leaders and constituents to address how Black Americans can respond to recent happenings.
May 26, 2023
Advocates continue to demand that the U.S. Supreme Court adopt a code of ethics; however, Chief Justice John Roberts has…
May 24, 2023
Advocates say Congress is not doing enough to crackdown on labor and sex trafficking which disproportionately impacts Black and brown…
Black mothers death rates, theGrio.com
May 23, 2023
U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley reintroduced the Justice for Incarcerated Moms Act to protect Black women's mental and physical health behind…
May 18, 2023
Rep. Jamaal Bowman condemned Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene for saying the term white supremacist is equivalent to the n-word.
May 17, 2023
Democratic Congressional members reintroduced a law expanding the Supreme Court to restore order and equality.
May 17, 2023
Congressman Bobby Scott, D-Va., reintroduced two landmark civil rights bills on the 69th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education.
U.S. Rep. George Santos, theGrio.com
May 17, 2023
Calls for the resignation of Republican Congressman George Santo continue to ring throughout the U.S. Capitol.
Pro-abortion protests, theGrio.com
May 13, 2023
This comes just weeks after officials in North Dakota and Florida signed near-total bans on abortions into law.
Haitian family on the U.S.-Mexico border, theGrio.com
May 11, 2023
Democrats counter a measure proposed by Republicans that they say would further exacerbate racist practices at the U.S.-Mexico border. 
May 10, 2023
Disgraced U.S. Rep. George Santos, R-NY, faces charges following arrest for allegedly weaving a trail of lies and deceit for…