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Donald Trump, Police immunity, theGrio.com
May 11, 2024
Donald Trump’s vow to give police officers “immunity from prosecution” signals danger for Black communities, experts and advocates warn. 
May 10, 2024
EXCLUSIVE: Trey Baker, who served as the 2020 campaign’s national director for African-American engagement, has been hired to reprise a
May 10, 2024
Harris' surprise video, which has debuted at a handful of commencement ceremonies, will appear at about half of all U.S.…
May 9, 2024
In a letter, Dave Yost advised the presidents of Ohio's 34 public, four-year universities to forewarn students about the 1953…
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
May 8, 2024
The White House condemned a video of white males at Ole Miss taunting a Black female student protesting Israel's war…
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis
May 8, 2024
Trump and others tried to get Willis and her office removed, saying her relationship with the special prosecutor created a…
Governor Kathy Hochul of New York
May 8, 2024
A controversial remark about Black children in New York has put New York Gov. Kathy Hochul in the hot seat. 
Maryland State Attorney for Baltimore City Marilyn Mosby
May 7, 2024
The White House is noncommittal when asked about calls for President Biden to pardon former Baltimore City State’s attorney Marilyn…
Jpe Biden, Donal Drupmp, thegrio.com
May 6, 2024
TheGrio provides a cheat sheet for Black voters as they navigate the candidates, races and policy issues ahead of Nov.…
May 6, 2024
Bates, who headed the state NAACP, mentored the Black students known as the Little Rock Nine, who integrated Central High…
May 6, 2024
A favorable NAACP ruling from U.S. District Judge Loretta Biggs in this non-jury trial could block the voter ID requirement…
May 5, 2024
When it comes to protest activity, disruption is the point, says Celeste Faison, co-national Director of the Movement for Black…
May 5, 2024
Voting rights advocates vowed to ask that the Supreme Court preserve a new majority Black congressional district in Louisiana for…
May 4, 2024
Nineteen recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom accepted the highest civilian honor at the White House from President Biden.
May 4, 2024
Marijuana legalization advocates hope a federal regulatory shift could eventually change the minds of people who are reluctant to the…