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June 23, 2025
Meet the five Black candidates running in NYC’s Democratic primary for mayor and learn what they stand for.
March 7, 2025
Maurice Mitchell, national director of the Working Families Party, calls out anti-DEI efforts as anti-Black.
Global Elections 2024, international politics, intrnational elections 2024, Elections 2024, politics 2024, global politics 2024, theGrio.com
December 31, 2024
Some 70 countries, home to half the world’s population, held elections this year, and many incumbents were punished amid a rocky…
Texas, Florida Missouri rejecting federal election monitors, theGrio.com
November 5, 2024
Officials in Florida, Texas and Missouri are fighting federal election monitors coming into local polling sites.
Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, elections 2024, theGrio.com
November 4, 2024
Want to know what clues to look for as election night unfolds? We got you covered on what will be…
North Carolina HBCUs, 2024 elections, theGrio.com
October 30, 2024
The North Carolina Black Alliance has been working with the 10 HBCUs in the state to mobilize and transport students…
Ballot drop box fires in Oregon and Washington, theGrio.com
October 29, 2024
Police said incendiary devices started the fires in the drop boxes in Portland and Vancouver. Evidence showed the fires are…
TheGrio, Politics Explained with Natasha Alford - How Did Inflation Happen?
September 19, 2024
Was inflation worse under Biden-Harris or Donald Trump? Here we explain how inflation and the U.S. economy impacts voters during…
December 9, 2023
Democrat Henry Whitehorn, who won the Louisiana race last month, again will face Republican John Nickelson, who alleged illegal votes.
November 4, 2023
Enacted five years ago, North Carolina’s voter photo identification law is just now getting implemented with local elections next week.
May 27, 2023
The Mississippi Democratic Party said it would ask the Supreme Court to overturn the judge’s ruling on the candidacy of…
May 20, 2023
Cherrelle Parker’s Philadelphia mayoral primary win offers a case study for Democrats as they wrestle with how to approach issues…
Byron Allen Stacey Abrams
November 7, 2022
Georgia’s gubernatorial race is heating up as incumbent Brian Kemp (R-GA) leads in the polls ahead of Democratic candidate Stacey…
November 3, 2022
3 organizations, all led by women of color, have fought a coordinated battle for choice and reproductive rights ahead of…
Georgia voters
November 1, 2022
A new study shows that 71% of Black voters fear voter suppression will interfere with the results of the 2022
Democratic nominees Val Demings and Raphael Warnock
November 1, 2022
In an interview with theGrio, pastor Jamal Bryant reacts to his sermon remarks on Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker going…
October 30, 2022
Though lawmakers backed off the Sunday voting ban that was proposed, the bill shortened the time to request a mail ballot.
U.S. Supreme Court Justices, theGrio.com
October 30, 2022
TheGrio/KFF survey shows that most Black voters say the Supreme Court’s recent decisions have been a step backward.
October 29, 2022
In the new Survey of Black Voters from theGrio and KFF, Black voters ages 18-29 are particularly disdainful of President…
Mandela Barnes Wisconsin
October 28, 2022
In an interview with theGrio, Mandela Barnes says Obama inspired his political career and slams his Republican opponent, Sen. Ron…