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February 23, 2023
This week, the Supreme Court listened to hours of oral arguments in two landmark cases – Reynaldo Gonzalez v. Google…
February 22, 2023
A newly released investigative podcast revealed that the FBI paid a felon to infiltrate Denver’s Black Lives Matter protests in…
February 22, 2023
Vice President Kamala Harris announced a new action by HUD to lower FHA mortgage insurance costs for homebuyers across the…
February 21, 2023
Steven Reed, the first Black mayor of Montgomery, Alabama, is allegedly at the center of an extortion attempt tied to…
February 20, 2023
Secretary Marcia Fudge tells theGrio the latest action by HUD, which takes effect in April 2023, is about “equity and…
February 20, 2023
A landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision on the Second Amendment is upending gun laws across the country, dividing judges and sowing…
February 20, 2023
This Black History Month took on a new meaning for Democrats in protest of Republican bans on Black history in…
February 18, 2023
Former President Jimmy Carter, who at 98 years old is the longest-lived American president, has entered home hospice care in…
February 16, 2023
Activists are calling out the hypocrisy of companies claiming to support Black history but donating to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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February 15, 2023
The Missouri Senate is the latest legislative body looking to place restrictions on educators and race teachings in schools.
February 13, 2023
President Biden and first lady Jill Biden will host a screening of the film “Till” Thursday evening at the White…
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February 13, 2023
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wants to allocate $5.7 million for discrimination investigators to the Michigan Department of Civil Rights.
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February 13, 2023
Tennessee state Rep. Justin J. Pearson referred to his colleague as a "white supremacist" after being criticized for wearing a…
February 10, 2023
Hakeem Jeffries, the first Black party leader in Congress, sits down with theGrio for a Black History Month primetime special…
February 9, 2023
DNC chair Jaime Harrison tells theGrio he's confident in the Democratic Party's chances of retaining the White House in next…
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February 9, 2023
Mississippi lawmakers have voted in favor a separate, all-white court and police system in the state's predominately Black capital city.
February 8, 2023
Democratic National Committee chairman Jaime Harrison tells theGrio that the behavior from Republicans was “embarrassing” to the nation.
February 8, 2023
President Joe Biden spotlighted the issue of race and policing in America in his primetime State of the Union address…
February 8, 2023
TheGrio examines five takeaways from President Biden's State of the Union address that uniquely concerns Black Americans.
February 7, 2023
During a press call, senior members of the Biden-Harris administration touted a positive outlook on the state of Black America.