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March 18, 2022
Congressman Meeks updates theGrio on his trip to Poland about the mistreatment of Africans at the Ukraine border.
March 5, 2022
The panel’s chairman, Jamie Raskin, called the high rates of missing minority women and girls a “crisis hiding in plain…
February 24, 2022
The wave of bomb threats on HBCU campuses has reignited concerns about the rise of domestic terrorism and its connection…
Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio)
February 9, 2022
The latest stunt by a Republican lawmaker against a Black woman in Congress should be a dealbreaker for us all.
January 28, 2022
Flowers, an Army veteran who has worked for the Department of Defense, is running to defeat Marjorie Taylor Greene in…
January 8, 2022
President Joe Biden will deliver his first State of the Union address on March 1, the White House confirmed Friday.
January 2, 2022
A full House committee investigation of the Capitol riots will be released to the public soon after a six-month probe.
November 29, 2021
Rep. Omar was hoping to receive a direct apology from Rep. Boebert after her anti-Muslim comments sparked outrage last week.
November 28, 2021
Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar called Friday for House leaders to take “appropriate action” against Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert.
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, theGrio.com
November 20, 2021
Johnson's retirement is likely to attract a rush of successors. She said she'd eventually endorse a successor for her safely…
November 14, 2021
House centrists say they will vote for the package if an upcoming Congressional Budget Office analysis affirms White House estimates.
November 7, 2021
Rep. Shontel Brown was sworn into Congress Thursday to represent Ohio's 11th District that stretches from Cleveland to Akron.
November 7, 2021
Barbara-Rose Collins, who represented Detroit in Congress and served on its City Council, has died after contracting COVID-19. She was…
November 6, 2021
The House approved a $1 trillion package late Friday after Democrats resolved a months-long standoff between progressives and moderates.
October 24, 2021
Democrats, civil rights groups say veteran lawmakers don’t need a spreadsheet to know where voters varying backgrounds live in their…
October 23, 2021
A deal within reach, President Joe Biden and Congress’ top Democrats edged close to sealing their giant domestic legislation.
October 3, 2021
President Joe Biden on Saturday acknowledged frustrations in his party as Democrats strain to push through two major spending programs.
U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (D-IL)
October 1, 2021
OPINION: We all know a Black woman who has stepped up to care for their family, sacrificed for others or…
September 26, 2021
As congressional redistricting gets underway, populous cities are taking prominent roles in reshaping the balance of power in Washington
Bernice King thegrio.com
September 25, 2021
Republican Senate candidate Josh Mandel told King that he would never take civil rights guidance from her after bashing CRT…