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March 26, 2021
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge met with civil rights leaders during an hour-long virtual meeting on Thursday.
Nikuyah Walker, theGrio.com
March 26, 2021
Mayor Nikuyah Walker of Charlottesville, Virginia expressed her feelings about the city she oversees in a recently released poem.
Rep. Park Cannon thegrio.com
March 26, 2021
Georgia state Rep. Park Cannon stated that she is not the first Georgian to be arrested over voting rights and…
March 26, 2021
Chuck Schumer took stock of accomplishments including the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue while vowing action on voting rights and hate…
March 26, 2021
Seven committees of the House of Representatives launched an investigation into the government’s handling of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.
March 26, 2021
Martin Luther King III criticized Georgia’s new restrictive voting laws which were signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp yesterday.
March 26, 2021
Raphael Warnock visited Rep. Park Cannon at Fulton County Jail after she was detained by police for knocking on Brian…
March 26, 2021
Dominion Voting Systems filed a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News over claims Trump and his allies made about…
theGRIO.com
March 25, 2021
Georgia Rep. Park Cannon was detained by police Thursday for knocking on Gov. Kemp’s door and demanding to see him…
Bishop Reginald Jackson speaks through a bullhorn
March 25, 2021
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law a sweeping Republican-sponsored overhaul of state elections that includes new restrictions on voting.
Portrait of former Vice President John C. Calhoun of South Carolina and Republican Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky
March 25, 2021
The Senate filibuster, which has been making headlines as of late, has existed to disenfranchise Black voters.
Senate Republicans Hold Media Availability On Capitol Hill
March 25, 2021
Ted Cruz, the Republican senator from Texas says that he now doesn't have to wear a mask in public because…
March 25, 2021
President Joe Biden said during his first press conference on Thursday that it’s his “expectation” that he’ll run for reelection…
Andrew Cuomo thegrio.com
March 25, 2021
Governor Andrew Cuomo has been accused of giving his family members and other figures priority access to coronavirus testing and…
Biden thegrio.com
March 25, 2021
The White House announced that it is dedicating another $10 billion to try to drive up vaccination rates in low-income…