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IRS Commissioner Werfel Testifies Before Senate Finance Committee -- Black taxpayers audit
May 16, 2023
The Internal Revenue Service admits Black taxpayers may be subject to audits at higher rates than their non-Black counterparts.
May 16, 2023
In reaching Black voters this campaign season, surrogates aplenty are ready to tout the feats of the Biden-Harris White House.
May 16, 2023
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a bill that blocks public colleges from using federal or state funding on diversity programs,…
May 15, 2023
Federal prosecutors asked a judge Monday to dismiss the remaining corruption charges against Andrew Gillum, the Democratic nominee for...
May 15, 2023
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson began his first term of office Monday, asking Chicagoans to set aside deep differences, confront challenges...
Louisiana State Capitol x theGrio Louisiana juvenile crime bill
May 15, 2023
Louisiana lawmakers' opinions vary on a bill headed to the Senate that would open court records for minors in three…
May 15, 2023
Around Manhattan and elsewhere in the city, hotels that served tourists just a few years ago have become de facto…
May 15, 2023
The Minnesota Democratic Party will consider expelling anyone involved in a brawl that broke out at a political event to…
May 15, 2023
Federal Reserve governor Philip Jefferson said Friday that inflation remains too high and there has been “little progress” made toward…
May 14, 2023
A brawl broke out over nominations for Minneapolis City Council candidates, leaving at least two people injured, a newspaper reported.
May 14, 2023
In a commencement speech at Howard University, President Joe Biden told graduates that “racism has long torn us apart."
May 13, 2023
President Joe Biden at Howard University's commencement said “the most dangerous terrorist threat to our homeland is white supremacy.
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.
May 13, 2023
Sasha Obama earned her sociology degree from USC’s Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences on Friday, May 12.
U.S. Border Patrol Agent on horseback tries to stop Haitian migrant from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, theGrio.com
May 13, 2023
“We all saw the photo go viral,” Nicole Phillips, legal director at Haitian Bridge Alliance, said in response to DHS…