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Whoopi Goldberg
June 21, 2019
This week, Whoopi Goldberg took Biden’s side and defended him on The View by cautioning people to be careful when…
June 20, 2019
[griojw id=”6a4Ox4D8″ playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] On today’s episode of DC360, Grio special correspondent Tiffany Cross discusses Congresswoman Ilhan Omar introduces “No Shame At School
In this Wednesday, June 19, 2019 photo, South Bend Mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg shares a moment with Shirley Newbill, mother of Eric Logan, during a gun violence memorial at the Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center in South Bend, Ind. (Michael Caterina/South Bend Tribune via AP)
June 20, 2019
Mayor Pete Buttigieg stood before newly sworn police officers to welcome them to the city's ranks, just as he has…
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to local residents at Clinton Community College, Wednesday, June 12, 2019, in Clinton, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
June 20, 2019
[griojw id=”JVXOjiI0″ playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   Joe Biden is under fire for making comments that seemed like he was stomping for segregationist
Cell phone video shows officers from the Phoenix Police Department the Ames family May 27, 2019. (GMA)
June 19, 2019
Phoenix police release surveillance videos of a Black family in a local Family Dollar store had guns pointed at them…
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June 19, 2019
White House correspondent April Ryan asked President Donald Trump about his comments regarding the exonerated Central Park Five.
June 19, 2019
Don Lemon doubled down against President Donald Trump’s divisive rhetoric and likened his brand of hate to Hitler’s.
In this June 17, 2019, photo, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks at the Poor People's Moral Action Congress presidential forum in Washington. Harris is stepping up her outreach to the black community as she campaigns for the Democratic presidential nomination. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
June 19, 2019
[griojw id=”5F6EjJrz” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is stepping up her campaign outreach to the black community. The
Dravon Ames, holding microphone, speaks to Phoenix Police Chief Jeri Williams and Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, as his fiancee, Iesha Harper, right, holds 1-year-old daughter London, at a community meeting, Tuesday, June 18, 2019, in Phoenix. The community meeting stems from reaction to a videotaped encounter that surfaced recently of Ames and his pregnant fiancee, Harper, having had guns aimed at them by Phoenix police during a response to a shoplifting report, as well as the issue of recent police-involved shootings in the community. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
June 19, 2019
Police Chief Jeri Williams promised change in her department after being booed by some of hundreds of people gathered Tuesday…
June 18, 2019
[griojw id=”guQxU5nU” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] On today’s episode of DC360, Grio special correspondent Tiffany Cross discusses the Supreme Court may be giving Democrats a fighting chance
Cell phone video shows officers from the Phoenix Police Department the Ames family May 27, 2019. (GMA)
June 18, 2019
The family who were confronted with guns in their face by Phoenix police after their 4-year-old daughter walked out of…
Trevor Noah speaks on stage during The Wall Street Journal's Future Of Everything Festival at Spring Studios on May 20, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images)
June 18, 2019
On Monday, Daily Show host Trevor Noah sounded off on the Phoenix police over the brutal confrontation of a Black…
A man identified as Sonny Webber, right, father of Brandon Webber who was reportedly shot by U.S. Marshals earlier in the evening, joins a standoff as protesters take to the streets of the Frayser community in anger against the shooting, Wednesday, June 12, 2019, in Memphis, Tenn. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian via AP)
June 18, 2019
[griojw id=”Ii0YyM5I” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   TheGrio has launched a special series called #BlackonBlue to examine the relationship between law enforcement and African-Americans. Our reporters
Guests gather and listen to community leaders speak during a vigil for Eric Logan Monday, June 17, 2019 on Washington Street in South Bend, Ind. Logan, 54, was killed in South Bend early Sunday after someone called police to report a suspicious person going through cars, according to the St. Joseph County prosecutor's office. (Michael Caterina/South Bend Tribune via AP)
June 18, 2019
[griojw id=”R5yRxaJz” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg pulled himself off the presidential campaign trail Monday after the
June 17, 2019
[griojw id=”R5yRxaJz” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A police officer fatally shot a Black man in South Bend, Indiana, leading