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June 25, 2020
Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday halted elective surgeries in Texas’ biggest counties and said the state would “pause” its aggressive…
Donald Trump theGrio.com
June 25, 2020
President Donald Trump has said that testing for coronavirus was "a double-edged sword" and that his team should "slow the…
Black vote thegrio.com
June 25, 2020
The governors and state legislators who are enacting laws designed to stop Black Americans from voting are doing so to…
June 25, 2020
Three North Carolina police officers have been fired from their department for making racist comments, including violent threats to “wipe…
Joy Reid theGrio.com
June 25, 2020
Talk show host Joy Reid is reportedly in talks to fill the nightly primetime slot previously held by Chris Matthews…
Joe Biden Donald Trump theGrio.com
June 25, 2020
A new poll finds that former vice-president, Joe Biden, has taken a 14-point lead over President Donald Trump in the…
Mayor De Blasio
June 24, 2020
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio intends to install a massive Black Lives Matter mural outside Trump Tower next month,…
Melissa Reeves
June 24, 2020
Actress Melissa Reeves is under fire for co-signing several anti-Black Lives Matters tweets from right-wing radical Candace Owens.
June 24, 2020
States such as California and Arizona are experiencing upticks in coronavirus cases and infectious experts warn that things may be…
June 24, 2020
The interruption of fact-less oppressive speech is an important strategy in dismantling white supremacy.
Juneteenth thegrio.com
June 24, 2020
“I did something good: I made Juneteenth very famous.” Who said this? Was it Abraham Lincoln, the U.S. President who
June 24, 2020
Congresswoman Stacey E. Plaskett (D-Virgin Islands) says now is the time to make Americans in the US territories full citizens…
June 24, 2020
Georgia finally passes hate crime legislation with a bi-partisan effort entitled "House Bill 426," after the tragic death of Ahmaud…
June 24, 2020
A federal appeals court ordered the dismissal of the criminal case against President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael…
June 24, 2020
Mondaire Jones and Ritchie Torres are poised to become the first openly gay Black men in Congress, running for seats…