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January 13, 2021
Sarah Groh, her chief of staff, said she, Pressley and Pressley's husband barricaded her office entrance "with furniture and water…
December 24, 2020
Jon Ossoff tweeted just three words — "$2,000 checks now" — and the Rev. Raphael Warnock pressed his Senate runoff…
December 20, 2020
Tracee Ellis Ross and Rep. Ayanna Pressley discuss the state of small Black beauty businesses and fighting hair discrimination.
President-Elect Biden Introduces Key Health Team Nominees And Appointees For Upcoming Administration
December 11, 2020
"The president-elect must meet the moment. If he fails to, we will hold him accountable," said Representative Ayanna Pressley.
November 9, 2020
As many relish in the election of President-elect Joe Biden, let us also celebrate the Black political wins of 2020.
October 4, 2020
Four congresswomen expressed bewilderment regarding Twitter's new policy that bans anyone who wishes harm or death upon someone.
Ilhan Omar and Father theGrio.com
June 16, 2020
United States Representative Ilhan Omar from Minnesota has confirmed that her father has died from complications of COVID-19.
May 26, 2020
Rep. Ilhan Omar tweeted yesterday that despite believing Tara Reade's sexual assault claims against Joe Biden, she will support his…
Ayanna Pressley
January 16, 2020
No longer willing to hide her condition, Massachusetts congresswoman Ayanna Pressley removed her wig in an interview video, revealing a…
November 6, 2019
Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts reveals that she fully endorses her home state senator, Elizabeth Warren as the next President…
September 18, 2019
"Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation process set a dangerous precedent,” Ayanna Pressley said in a statement about the impeachment resolution.
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September 5, 2019
Ayanna Pressley's support of demonstrators against a parade touting "straight pride" in Boston has become a sticking point with the…
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August 21, 2019
A new Simpsons clip imagines a world where the four progressive Democrat congresswomen of color known as "The Squad," get…
Former U.S. President Barack thegrio.com
July 29, 2019
Former President Barack Obama shared his support for a blistering op-ed piece condemning President Donald Trump’s latest attacks, flatly calling them “racism,…
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July 26, 2019
The Massachusetts lawmaker was swift in her response to the new policy which will move federal capital punishment back into…
Michelle Obama thegrio.com
July 22, 2019
Our Forever First Lady Michelle Obama kept it classy in a tweet on Friday which seemed to indirectly take aim at President Donald…
July 17, 2019
Rep. Mike Kelly calls himself a person of color after coming to the defense of President Trump for racist tweets…
July 16, 2019
[griojw id=”7tdkqEms” playerid=””] On today’s episode of DC360, Grio special correspondent Tiffany Cross discusses: Domestic workers may be about to get the
From left, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., respond to base remarks by President Donald Trump after he called for the four Democratic congresswomen of color to go back to their "broken” countries, as he exploited the nation’s glaring racial divisions for political gain, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 15, 2019. All are American citizens and three of the four were born in the U.S. Rep. Omar is the first Somali-American in Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
July 16, 2019
Defiant in the face of widespread criticism, President Donald Trump renewed his belligerent call for four Democratic congresswomen of color…
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July 10, 2019
[griojw id=”c89JfBg3″ playerid=””]U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, the first Black woman to represent Massachusetts in Congress, is coming out kicking in