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Justice Department, theGrio.com
January 23, 2025
Trump's new Justice Department leadership put a freeze on civil rights litigation and suggested it may reconsider police reform agreements.
Donald Trump, theGrio.com
January 22, 2025
Leaders are seething after Trump revoked enforcement of equal employment opportunity laws, or Title VII, under the Civil Rights Act.
Trump Budde
January 22, 2025
Donald Trump calls for apology after Episcopal bishop's sermon on LGBTQ+ and migrant rights sparks backlash.
Doug Emhoff, Kamala Harris, theGrio.com
January 22, 2025
Former Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff reportedly confronted Bruce Fischer for refusing to shake the hand of his wife, Kamala Harris.
Donald Trump immigration visas
January 22, 2025
Refugee resettlement program halted abruptly by Donald Trump, leaving thousands—including Afghan allies—stranded worldwide.
Donald Trump, theGrio.com
January 22, 2025
Trump moved to end affirmative action in federal contracting and directed that all DEI staff be put on paid leave and…
Sunny Hostin, Donald Trump, theGrio.com
January 21, 2025
Hostin did not mince words when discussing the inauguration of President Trump and his first day in office.
thegrio, birthright citizenship, trump executive orders
January 21, 2025
The cancellation of birthright citizenship, a constitutional right, is now on the table, but will it succeed legally?
Keisha Lance Bottoms, theGrio.com
January 21, 2025
Bottoms, the former mayor of Atlanta, slammed the new president for being "A day late and a dollar short."
January 21, 2025
Donald Trump returns to the White House as president with an aggressive start, erasing Joe Biden's legacy with sweeping executive…
Donald Trump, theGrio.com
January 20, 2025
The pardons fulfilled Trump’s promise to release supporters who tried to help him overturn his election defeat four years ago.
Elon Musk, theGrio.com
January 20, 2025
Elon Musk, a Trump friend and advisor, drew immediate public outrage when he appeared to deliver the Nazi salute to…
Donald Trump, theGrio.com
January 20, 2025
Critics say President Trump's anti-DEI agenda for his second administration contradicts what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stood for.
Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, theGrio.com
January 20, 2025
Biden pardoned his siblings and their spouses who were “subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats, motivated solely ... to hurt…
Donald Trump, Martin Luther King, MLK Day, Bernice King, Trump inauguration, Trump inauguration MLK Day, theGrio.com
January 20, 2025
On MLK Day, civil rights leaders are reflecting on the day’s ironic juxtaposition to the inauguration of Donald Trump.