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April 1, 2022
TheGrio chatted with Sen. Klobuchar and D.C. Mayor Bowser about how Biden's budget could address issues important to Black communities.
April 1, 2022
Until recently, reparations for Black people were considered an impossibility. Too many Americans discounted the need for these amends.
Signs indicating where to vote
April 1, 2022
A judge struck down portions of a Florida election law, saying that the GOP-led government was using subtle tactics to…
April 1, 2022
One of only three GOP senators who supported Judge Jackson for the D.C. Circuit Court last year, Graham's new stance…
April 1, 2022
gas prices are well above $5 a gallon in states like California and Nevada and averaging $4 or more in…
March 31, 2022
Trudy Busch Valentine, a daughter of the beer magnate Gussie Busch, said she regrets participating in the Veiled Prophet Ball…
March 31, 2022
Tennessee, which has already handcuffed K-12 teachers, is now going after universities for "divisive concepts."
U.S. President Joe Biden
March 31, 2022
Donna Brazile writes that Biden's proposed budget advances equity and justice with increased funding for housing, education and health care.
March 31, 2022
theGrio spoke with several Black women who are making an impact in the Black community and political sphere with their…
March 31, 2022
Plaintiffs claimed federal regulators did not consider other "much less harmful" locations for the Obama Presidential Center.
March 31, 2022
TheGrio was at a Senate roundtable, where concern was expressed about how COVID-19 could impact the Supreme Court confirmation vote.
March 30, 2022
Justice Thomas is currently shrouded in scrutiny for refusing to recuse himself from cases related to the Jan. 6 insurrection. 
Black women Capitol Hill staffers at the U.S. Capitol
March 30, 2022
TheGrio spotlights senior and mid-senior Black women staffers on the Hill doing the People's work on the heels of Black…
The United Nations building
March 30, 2022
The history of Black American activism in foreign affairs through the U.N. is longstanding but largely unknown.
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
March 30, 2022
Collins said she will vote to confirm Jackson, giving Democrats at least one Republican vote and all but assuring her…