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March 3, 2023
President Biden shocked D.C. leaders in deciding not to veto a bill overturning recently passed laws in D.C. regarding crime…
March 3, 2023
Retired Col. Paris Davis, one of the first Black officers to lead a Special Forces team in Vietnam War, received…
March 2, 2023
After more than two years, emergency funding for food stamp recipients through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has ended.
March 2, 2023
Members of Congress are up in arms with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy for granting Fox News host Tucker Carlson access…
March 2, 2023
Four years ago, Paul Vallas finished toward the bottom of the pack in a crowded race for Chicago mayor. Trying…
65th GRAMMY Awards - Show
March 2, 2023
California congressman Rep. Robert Garcia honored Beyoncé during a speech commemorating Women's History Month.
Lori Lightfoot
March 2, 2023
Answering a question about whether she had been treated unfairly, Lightfoot replied: "I'm a Black woman in America. Of course."
Student Loan Debt, theGrio.com
March 2, 2023
Facing the possibility that the Supreme Court will reject President Joe Biden's plan for student loan forgiveness, the White House is...
March 2, 2023
Former President Barack Obama marked the retirement of Edith Childs, who popularized the chant that epitomized his White House runs.
Tennessee State Rep. Paul Sherrell on death row inmates
March 2, 2023
A Tennessee lawmaker has apologized for suggesting the state use lynching as an execution method for its death row inmates.
March 2, 2023
Election officials declared ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu the winner of Nigeria's presidential election.
March 2, 2023
The Biden-Harris administration’s latest asylum regulation could greatly impact Black migrants traveling to the U.S. to seek refuge.
March 1, 2023
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis released his new book, which is largely seen as the soft launch of his presidential run in…
March 1, 2023
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has written her first majority opinion for the Supreme Court.
Lori Lightfoot
February 28, 2023
Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson will meet in a runoff to be the next mayor of Chicago after voters denied…