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August 18, 2025
Barack Obama’s call to Zohran Mamdani after his NYC Democratic primary win highlights the rising progressive’s momentum.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, theGrio.com
August 18, 2025
Mayor Brandon Scott highlights racist attacks he regularly receives amid national discourse about crime in urban cities led by Black…
August 18, 2025
Texas Democrats end their walkout as California pushes its own redistricting plan, intensifying a nationwide fight over U.S. House control.
August 18, 2025
From partisan redistricting battles to reparations proposals, California Democrats face a packed final month of lawmaking.
Robert F. Kennedy, RFK, Donald Trump, Mehmet Oz, theGrio.com
August 12, 2025
"If equity isn't built in from the beginning, then exclusion is baked in by design," said Raymond Jetson, co-founder of…
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, Donald Trump, D.C., theGrio.com
August 12, 2025
Mayor Brandon Scott says Trump is targeting Black mayors with "right-wing propaganda" and distracting from his political weaknesses.
Mayor Muriel Bowserm Washington, D.C., theGrio.com
August 12, 2025
Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, spent much of Trump's first term in office openly sparring with the Republican president.
Trump, D.C., Muriel Bowser, Eleanor Holmes Norton, theGrio.com
August 11, 2025
"This is nothing on its face but racism and subjugation," Jamal Holtz, president of D.C. Young Democrats, told theGrio.
Muriel Bowser, Donald Trump, DC, theGrio.com
August 11, 2025
"Any comparison to a war-torn country is hyperbolic and false," said Mayor Bowser amid Trump's escalation in rhetoric against the…
Ayanna Pressley, Jasmine Crockett, Summer Lee, theGrio.com
August 8, 2025
In a letter to the Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Democrats call for greater transparency.
Letitia James, Donald Trump, theGrio.com
August 8, 2025
James's attorney blasted the probe as a "blatant and desperate" sign of President Trump executing his "political retribution campaign."
Donald Trump, Economy, Project 2025, theGrio.com
August 8, 2025
The president attempted to tell a different story about the U.S. economy than what the latest job report revealed.
Barack Obama, Texas map, theGrio.com
August 7, 2025
"This is a power grab that undermines our democracy," former President Barack Obama wrote in a post condemning Texas Republicans.
Texas redistricting, Texas democrats, why did texas democrats leave the state?, Texas democrats fines theGrio.com
August 7, 2025
Texas Democratic lawmakers have left the state to block Republicans from redistricting, but now face $500 fines for each day…
Jerome Adams, Robert F. Kennedy, theGrio.com
August 6, 2025
"We should be doubling down on what works - not defunding it," said former Trump Surgeon General Jerome Adams.