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January 7, 2023
President Joe Biden on Thursday signed a bill authorizing regulators to set limits for fees on calls from corrections facilities.
January 7, 2023
Republican Kevin McCarthy was elected House speaker on a historic post-midnight 15th ballot early Saturday.
Republican Representative Byron Donalds of Florida
January 6, 2023
The problem with today’s GOP is that they actually believe Black people are replaceable — or more likely, interchangeable. 
A makeshift gallows with a noose and supporters of former President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021
January 6, 2023
When theGrio compared data from the Jan. 6 insurrection to the 2020 George Floyd protests, we discovered some not-so-shocking disparities.
Florida governor Ron DeSantis -- social studies textbooks
January 6, 2023
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona dismissed Gov. Ron DeSantis' latest action as “an attempt to get a national name for himself.”
South Carolina voting maps
January 6, 2023
Federal judges have decided that new voting maps in South Carolina intentionally split the Black vote, ruling that they must…
Pennsylvania voters mail-in ballots
January 6, 2023
The Department of State has revealed that two-third of Democratic voters had their mail-in ballots canceled in Pennsylvania.
Anthony Brown
January 6, 2023
As Maryland's first Black AG, Anthony Brown plans to pursue greater authority to investigate police misconduct and civil rights violations.
January 6, 2023
A survey conducted by theGrio and KFF found that 84% of Black voters believe white supremacy played a major role…
U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., theGrio.com
January 5, 2023
On the third straight day of votes in the U.S. House of Representatives to select the speaker of the House
January 5, 2023
Cardona sits down with theGrio after brief is filed with the Supreme Court in the legal challenge blocking student debt…
January 5, 2023
A Connecticut state representative was killed overnight in a wrong-way highway crash after having attended the governor's inaugural ball.
Ketanji Brown Jackson book
January 5, 2023
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is working on a memoir. Jackson, the first Black woman appointed to the court, is calling…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, critical race theory
January 5, 2023
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants a list from all universities that names teachers and programs linked to diversity and critical…
January 5, 2023
The Community Violence Intervention Collaborative, which allocated public funding to fight gun violence, has ended.