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April 16, 2022
The election will fill a state Senate seat left vacant by the resignation of Louisiana State Senator Karen Carter Peterson,…
April 16, 2022
A Tennessee judge has declined to halt the state’s financial takeover of Mason, a majority-Black town near the site of a planned…
April 16, 2022
Stacey Abrams’ campaign manager said after the ruling that it’s even more important now for supporters to donate directly to…
April 16, 2022
President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, earned $610,702 during their first year in the White House and paid $150,439…
April 14, 2022
TheGrio spoke with agency leaders on how they are fulfilling Biden's executive order to ensure government services are distributed equitably.
April 14, 2022
Republicans hate Black women, and there’s no shortage of evidence. Those who watched the hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson could…
April 13, 2022
TheGrio explores the impact of former Lt. Gov. Benjamin's indictment on the gubernatorial race and whether he can ever make…
April 13, 2022
Sen. Warren and policy advocates tell theGrio $50,000 student debt forgiveness could close the racial wealth gap and relieve Black…
April 13, 2022
Shirley Troutman, a judge on New York's Supreme Court, is among 17 Black women and 14 Black men serving on…
April 13, 2022
Key members an environmental justice advisory council said the Biden administration must make good on its promise for climate investment…
April 12, 2022
New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin resigned Tuesday in the wake of his arrest in a federal corruption investigation.
Amy Wax and Tucker Carlson
April 12, 2022
I want to apologize to Tucker Carlson. First of all, there may be a perception that I hate Tucker Carlson…
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
April 12, 2022
The moment I read Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed to serve on the Supreme Court, the tears that welled…
April 12, 2022
The U.S. Attorney’s office said Benjamin was arrested on charges of bribery, honest services wire fraud and falsification of records.
April 11, 2022
Georgia Democrats and leaders tell theGrio they’re not giving up the fight to protect the sacred right to vote in…