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March And Vigil Held In Austin In Honor Of Murdered Army Spec. Vanessa Guillen
September 8, 2020
Congress is applying pressure on the Army to provide information in regard to the alarming number of soldier deaths at…
September 6, 2020
With Congress deadlocked on a coronavirus relief package, many states haven’t been able to wait and see whether more money…
September 5, 2020
Debbie Wasserman Schultz was told she could not go inside of two mail sorting facilities. Wasserman was stopped by USPS…
Republican congressman Louisiana Clay Higgins thegrio.com
September 3, 2020
Congressman Clay Higgins says that his rights were violated after Facebook removed his posts threatening to kill armed Black protesters.
Marijuana thegrio.com
August 30, 2020
The House of Representatives will consider marijuana legislation to remove the plant from the Controlled Substances Act next month.
August 29, 2020
The U.S. Census Bureau has found itself targeted by politicians repeatedly since it conducted its first nationwide head count in…
August 6, 2020
Mondaire Jones, Adrian Perkins and Ritchie Torres are following in the footsteps of a shortlist of Black Americans elected to…
Oprah John Lewis CBS special thegrio.com
August 3, 2020
The late John Lewis the longtime congressman will be commemorated in a CBS special hosted by several luminaries of stage…
August 1, 2020
Many people in congress are not only conducting business in their offices, but are also using the space as their…
Fauci coronavirus thegrio.com
July 31, 2020
A coronavirus vaccine may be in the works before or in 2021, Dr. Anthony Fauci and the nation's leading health…
Cedric Richmond William Barr John Lewis thgrio.com
July 28, 2020
Rep. Cedric Richmond took offense to AG William Barr invoking the name of Rep. John Lewis and warned him to…
July 27, 2020
A record number of Black or multi-racial Black women filed to run for congress in 2020, and many are hoping…
July 26, 2020
Congressman Ted Yoho has stepped down from the board of a Christian organization following a heated exchange with Congresswoman Alexandria…
Nikema Williams John Lewis www.theGrio.com
July 20, 2020
Georgia state senator Nikema Williams will replace John Lewis on November ballots after his death.
June 25, 2020
The House approved a police overhaul as a divided Congress struggles to address the global outcry over the deaths of George Floyd and other…
June 22, 2020
New York candidate Jamaal Bowman, who is running to unseat U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel, speaks with theGrio about his campaign…
June 19, 2020
Recent unrest over the death of George Floyd makes clear the need to bring about racial justice in America. It…
June 9, 2020
Many Democratic lawmakers are wearing masks amid the coronavirus outbreak while many Republicans refuse.
June 8, 2020
Democrats proposed a sweeping overhaul of police oversight and procedures Monday, an ambitious legislative response to mass protests.
Rep. Kweisi Mfume, theGrio.com
May 7, 2020
Last fall, many were devastated by the death of beloved Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings at the age of 68. A