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February 27, 2023
Zandra Flemister, the first Black woman to enter the Secret Service when she joined in 1974, has passed away at…
February 26, 2023
As states begin checking Medicaid eligibility for the first time in years, as many as 14 million people could lose…
February 25, 2023
This week, Jennifer McClellan made history to become the first Black woman to be elected to Virginia’s 4th Congressional District.
February 25, 2023
Lawmakers are urging the FDA to prevent both the marketing and sale of e-cigarette nicotine products to middle and high…
February 24, 2023
From food shortages to higher costs for goods, countries in Africa are paying a heavy price for Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked…
February 24, 2023
Republican lawmakers in Texas said DEI initiatives, which benefit the historically disenfranchised, are "forbidden" and "illegal."
House Speaker Tim Moore
February 24, 2023
North Carolina wants to make it harder to teach about race, as Republican lawmakers push to enact an anti-Critical Race…
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.
race teachings Missouri
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…
michigan department of civil rights x gretchen whitmer
February 13, 2023
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wants to allocate $5.7 million for discrimination investigators to the Michigan Department of Civil Rights.
Democratic state lawmaker Justin J. Pearson of Tennessee
February 13, 2023
Tennessee state Rep. Justin J. Pearson referred to his colleague as a "white supremacist" after being criticized for wearing a…