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June 30, 2021
Brooklyn Borough President Adams was shown with a significant advantage ahead of second-place Times-endorsed candidate Kathryn Garcia.
theGRIO.com
June 29, 2021
A 73-year-old white woman has completed a 40-day hunger strike for slavery reparations to Foundational Black Americans (FBA).
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, theGrio.com
June 29, 2021
Negotiations to pass the George Floyd Justice In Policing Act are being “torpedoed” by police organizations, says U.S. Rep. Hakeem…
Rep. Cori Bush, theGrio.com
June 29, 2021
"When Black people need help, calling 911 too often becomes a death sentence," Bush said. "We demand a better way…
June 29, 2021
The U.N. human rights chief is urging countries worldwide to do more to help end discrimination, violence and systemic racism.
June 29, 2021
President Joe Biden will look to sell voters on the economic benefits of the $973 billion infrastructure package while in…
June 29, 2021
The NYPD also faces a class-action suit claiming it violated protesters' rights last summer through "demoralizing and brutal shows of…
Karine Jean-Pierre thegrio.com
June 28, 2021
Haitian-American White House Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre shared her coming-out story in honor of Pride month.
June 28, 2021
Activists want infrastructure subsidies reinvested into renewable energy for Black communities negatively impacted by oil companies.
U.S. Reps. Mondaire Jones and Ritchie Torres, theGrio.com
June 28, 2021
U.S. Reps. Mondaire Jones and Ritchie Torres made history after they were sworn in as the nation's first openly gay…
Caitlyn Jenner thegrio.com
June 28, 2021
Caitlyn Jenner has now gone on the record opposing critical race theory in schools and says she'd fight it if…
Supreme Court
June 28, 2021
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a Virginia school board’s appeal to reinstate its transgender bathroom ban.
June 27, 2021
The 223-page bill draft includes provisions regulating the use of no-knock warrants and proposes the creation of a police misconduct…
June 27, 2021
The DOJ's lawsuit against Georgia says a lot about the Biden administration's commitment to protecting the Black vote.
June 26, 2021
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson made remarks about the liberal agenda while on stage at a state Republican convention at a…