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Voting Rights Act, Lyndon B. Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., Barack Obama, theGrio.com
August 6, 2025
60 years later and in the Trump era, activists and legal experts are fretting about the deterioration of the Voting…
Donald Trump, Farmers, theGrio.com
August 5, 2025
Trump's remarks on undocumented farm evokes racist theories about Black and Brown people being better at labor because of their…
Hakeem Jeffries, Greg Abbott, theGrio.com
August 5, 2025
The U.S. House Democratic leader says Gov. Gregg Abbott is trying to help President Donald Trump "rig" the 2026 midterm…
Jasmine Crockett, theGrio.com
August 4, 2025
Texas Democrats face civil arrests after fleeing the state to prevent Republicans from advancing a map that targets Black and…
August 4, 2025
Texas Democrats block GOP-led redistricting by denying quorum, stalling Trump-backed push for more congressional seats.
Donald Trump, Saquon Barkley, theGrio.com
August 4, 2025
President Trump extended an invitation to Barkley and several other high-profile athletes to join his fitness council.
Donald Trump, theGrio.com
August 4, 2025
During the 2024 election, Donald Trump warned Black voters that undocumented immigrants were taking their so-called "Black jobs."
August 4, 2025
Tx Gov. Greg Abbott threatens to oust Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to block redistricting vote in Texas.
August 4, 2025
With Democrats shut out of power in Washington, state governors are emerging as the party’s most visible leaders—and potentially its…
Charlamagne Tha God, Donald Trump, theGrio.com
August 3, 2025
The Truth Social attack came after Charlamagne told his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, he thought Trump was doing a "terrible job."
Donald Trump, Black Unemployment, theGrio.com
August 2, 2025
"Black workers are often last hired, first fired," said Angela Hanks, chief of policy programs of The Century Foundation.
August 1, 2025
Educator Dr. Gloria McDaniel-Hall reflects on the lifelong impact of exclusion and what’s at stake for students without federal support.
Kamala Harris, Stephen Colbert, theGrio.com
August 1, 2025
"I don't want it to be transactional, where I'm asking for their vote," the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee told Stephen…
Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, theGrio.com
August 1, 2025
President Trump took several digs at his former 2024 opponent Kamala Harris when asked about her political future.
Cincinnati Councilwoman Victoria Parks, Brawl, theGrio.com
July 31, 2025
Councilwoman Victoria Parks was unrepentant amid public outrage involving Black suspects whom Vice President JD Vance called "lawless thugs."