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December 6, 2023
The previous record was held by John C. Calhoun, who cast 31 tiebreaking votes as V.P. from 1825 to 1832.…
December 5, 2023
Singer Al B. Sure is on Capitol Hill to bring attention to a cause that has become very personal for…
reparations -- Black Voters Matter reparations fund
December 5, 2023
A Florida state senator proposed legislation to allow voters to determine if the state should ban reparations for descendants of…
Kristen Clarke, theGrio.com
December 5, 2023
Biden's secret weapon to winning over Black voters could be Kristen Clarke, an assistant attorney general at the Department of…
Lucy McBath thegrio.com
December 4, 2023
Georgia state lawmakers are facing criticism for unveiling a congressional map that some say discriminates against Black voters.   
December 4, 2023
Now in his second term, Stoney was his family's first to graduate high school and college and the first Black…
December 3, 2023
President Joe Biden will head to Los Angeles next week for a big-dollar event after a strike rattled the entertainment…
December 3, 2023
MSNBC's “The Weekend” is set to launch in January with hosts Alicia Menendez, Symone Sanders-Townsend and Michael Steele.
Pres. Donald Trump, theGrio.com
December 2, 2023
An endorsement from Mark Fisher led to Trump to falsely claim he had the “support” of the Black Lives Matter…
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, theGrio.com
December 2, 2023
“The question that we should all be asking is why is George Santos still around,” Jeffries inquired. One day before
December 2, 2023
Vice President Kamala Harris will be the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit an Arab nation since the outbreak of war in…
U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman and former Congressman George Santos, theGrio.com
December 2, 2023
Ex-Congressman George Santos, R-N.Y., had his sights set on ending New York Representative Jamaal Bowman’s congressional career.
December 1, 2023
Black Americans should be concerned about a second Trump term, which may include sending the military to mostly Black, Democratic…
December 1, 2023
Despite reactions to Stevie Wonder’s relevance to Biden and the Black agenda, celebrities have long engaged presidents on policy issues.
Posters reading "Save lives. Ceasefire now!"
December 1, 2023
Black voters must hold politicians accountable by imploring them to use their positions to support the principles of human rights…