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WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 29: Justin Fairfax, Lt. Governor of Virginia, and Rep. Mark Walker (R-NC) present the Educational Leadership Award during the Thurgood Marshall College Fund 31st Anniversary Awards Gala at on October 29, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Thurgood Marshall College Fund) thegrio.com
February 4, 2019
[griojw id=”xhErNJvX” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   Virginia Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax has denied sexual abuse claims and says a website that outed
Donald Trump thegrio.com AP
February 4, 2019
The president said people connected to the league are indicating appreciation that he signed the criminal justice reform bill
This image shows Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s page in his 1984 Eastern Virginia Medical School yearbook. The page shows a picture, at right, of a person in blackface and another wearing a Ku Klux Klan hood next to different pictures of the governor. It's unclear who the people in the picture are, but the rest of the page is filled with pictures of Northam and lists his undergraduate alma mater and other information about him. (Eastern Virginia Medical School via AP) thegrio.com
February 4, 2019
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam was clinging to office Monday morning amid nearly unanimous calls from his own party to resign…
Governor Ralph Northam
February 2, 2019
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam stated he will not heed calls to resign because he does not believe he is either one of…
Kellyanne Conway thgrio.com
February 2, 2019
White House adviser Kellyanne Conway deemed U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, the Democrat from Newark, sexist for seeking the Democratic nomination in the presidential…
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam thegrio.com
February 1, 2019
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam apologized on Friday after a 1984 yearbook photo surfaced showing he is one of two people in a…
Botham Jean thegrio.com
February 1, 2019
A vigilant neighbor who filmed the moments after Botham Jean was shot by a Dallas police officer who barged into…
February 1, 2019
The New York Police Department has yet to disclose the names of instructors who trained an officer accused in the…
Cory Booker TheGrio
February 1, 2019
Senator Cory Booker has made his announcement on the first day of Black History Month that he will run for…
n this Jan. 14, 2019 photo, President Donald Trump talks to the media about the table full of fast food in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, for the reception for the Clemson Tigers. The partial government shutdown is hitting home for President Trump in a very personal way. He lives in government-run housing, after all. Just 21 of the roughly 80 people who help care for the White House _ from butlers to electricians to chefs _ are reporting to work. The rest have been furloughed. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) thegrio.com
January 30, 2019
After the fallout from the now infamous White House “hamberder” feast that was fed to the Clemson championship football team,…
Jussie Smollett thegrio
January 29, 2019
The Congresswoman is a friend of Jussie Smollett and called the attack "very upsetting." Meanwhile Chicago police are investigating
January 29, 2019
[griojw id=”gddPjqfQ” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   Joseph Walker, who served in the Air Force during the Vietnam War, appeared set to be
Kamala Harris thegrio.com
January 29, 2019
“No one should have to fear for their life because of their sexuality or color of their skin. We must…
Stacey Abrams thegrio.com
January 29, 2019
Stacey Abrams, the former Georgia gubernatorial candidate will rebut when President Trump addresses the nation for the State of the…
Kamala Harris
January 29, 2019
Preparing for a long campaign, Kamala Harris is beginning to name key players she wants on her team while the…