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In this pool image from video, Stacey Abrams delivers the Democratic party's response to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019 from Atlanta. Abrams narrowly lost her bid in November to become America's first black female governor, and party leaders are aggressively recruiting her to run for U.S. Senate from Georgia. Speaking from Atlanta, Abrams calls the shutdown a political stunt that "defied every tenet of fairness and abandoned not just our people, but our values." (Pool video image via AP) thegrio.com
February 6, 2019
Last night, Donald Trump finally got the opportunity to address a joint session of Congress and deliver his second State
February 6, 2019
[griojw id=”h8Knwx1Q” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick sat down and opened up for the first time on the Gimlet
Booker
February 5, 2019
While the former Newark Mayor has been rumored to be dating actress Rosario Dawson, Cory Booker did not name his…
In this pool image from video, Stacey Abrams delivers the Democratic party's response to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019 from Atlanta. Abrams narrowly lost her bid in November to become America's first black female governor, and party leaders are aggressively recruiting her to run for U.S. Senate from Georgia. Speaking from Atlanta, Abrams calls the shutdown a political stunt that "defied every tenet of fairness and abandoned not just our people, but our values." (Pool video image via AP) thegrio.com
February 5, 2019
Stacey Abrams delivered a mighty Democratic response at tonight's State of the Union, making history as the first Black woman…
February 5, 2019
Steve King ignited a bipartisan firestorm last month when he ask how “White nationalist, white supremacist" became offensive.
February 5, 2019
Freshman House member Lauren Underwood encourages other Black millennials to run for office and not give up on their dreams.
Kamala Harris thegrio.com
February 5, 2019
In the first full month of her presidential campaign, Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris is planning a tour of the nation's…
February 4, 2019
[griojw id=”ldxrqOkS” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] Never count a Black woman out. Stacey Abrams, the Georgia Democrat whose historic run for Governor almost
Bill Maher thegrio.com
February 4, 2019
Bill Maher sat down with congressman Will Hurd who is Black, and was asked why he is a member of the GOP…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez thegrio.com
February 4, 2019
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez invited Ana Maria Archila, the sexual assault survivor who confronted ex-Senator Jeff Flake last year, to the State…
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…