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Sen. Laphonza Butler, theGrio.com
March 3, 2024
U.S. Senator Laphonza Butler, D-Calif., hosted a hearing in Montgomery, Alabama, discussing ways to protect voter rights.
March 1, 2024
As part of theGrio’s “Running Black” election series, we sit down with Rochester, who is running to make history with her Senate campaign.
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, theGrio.com
March 1, 2024
The Congressional Black Caucus unveiled its day-one priorities for the next session of Congress in 2025 at a press conference this week.
artificial intelligence, thegrio.com
February 29, 2024
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus aim to ensure that diversity, equity and inclusion are at the forefront.
Supreme Court Justices Pose For Formal Group Photo
February 28, 2024
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is being slammed for hiring a clerk who allegedly sent a racist text to a colleague in 2017.
February 26, 2024
Late Flint councilman Eric Mays built a reputation for his memorable antics and comments during council meetings.
February 25, 2024
Prison advocates are calling for federal prison reform in response to a Justice Department report on hundreds of inmate deaths.
U.S. Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-Calif., theGrio.com
February 23, 2024
Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-Calif., is advocating for reproductive rights and ways to combat “reproductive oppression.”
February 21, 2024
Critics are blasting the Alabama Supreme Court for ruling that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law.
Black man voting, theGrio.com
February 20, 2024
Wisconsin Democratic Governor Tony Evers is being praised for signing new legislative maps into place earlier this week.
U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott, theGrio.com
February 17, 2024
Democratic lawmakers are pushing a package of bills to expand resources, including funding and nutrition, for college students.
Frederick Douglass, theGrio.com
February 16, 2024
Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Md., has introduced a resolution to present the family of abolitionist Frederick Douglass with a Congressional Gold Medal.
U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (D-IL)
February 15, 2024
House Democrats re-introduced legislation that would ensure the federal government implements measures to protect Black women and girls.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump, theGrio.com
February 14, 2024
Advocates are warning of potential danger if the U.S. Supreme Court grants former President Donald Trump immunity.
February 12, 2024
Rep. Matt Gaetz is being slammed for controversial remarks he made ahead of R&B singer Andra Day’s Super Bowl performance.
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, theGrio.com
February 11, 2024
“This is a very important conference for members to come together to focus on what our agenda is,” Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev., said.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, theGrio.com
February 11, 2024
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., condemned House Republicans for trying to impeach Mayorkas without evidence.
U.S. Supreme Court, theGrio.com
February 9, 2024
The conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court may rule in favor of keeping former President Donald Trump on the primary ballot.
Haitian migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, theGrio.com
February 8, 2024
Black immigration advocates are pleased that a highly-contested bipartisan border deal failed in the U.S. Senate.
February 5, 2024
Advocates are applauding a recent ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court that, at least for now, will allow race-based admissions at West Point.