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A gun and bullets on an American flag
July 11, 2022
After the July Fourth mass shooting in Highland Park near Chicago, you just might think, “How many more times?”
July 11, 2022
President Joe Biden on Monday hailed a new bipartisan law meant to reduce gun violence as “real progress," but said “more has…
July 11, 2022
Arizona state Rep. John Kavanagh said HB 2319's purpose was to safeguard police from danger or distractions unrelated to the…
Brittney Griner, theGrio.com
July 8, 2022
As the Biden administration works to free Griner, her wife Cherelle Griner tells theGrio her "life" and "safety is at…
A flag in recognition of Juneteenth is displayed
July 8, 2022
Two weeks ago our country celebrated Juneteenth. Earlier this week, our country celebrated the Fourth of July.
July 7, 2022
Herschel Walker and his bid for Georgia’s Senate seat has been saddled with controversy, but one stood in contrast to…
July 7, 2022
“When you are a no-show for your own event, that’s how powerful COVID can be,” HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said…
July 7, 2022
In America, our law determines that some rights are so fundamental that they should not be left to the varied…
Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., right, administers the Constitutional Oath to Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
July 7, 2022
The notion that the new justice can save the court is, of course, preposterous. But her presence on the court…
July 5, 2022
The DOJ is considering whether to seek the death penalty against the Buffalo suspect accused of murdering 10 African Americans.
Lyndon B. Johnson (whitehouse.gov)
July 4, 2022
Abraham Lincoln tops the list of best presidents for Black people because he did more than issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
Woodrow Wilson (Whitehouse.gov)
July 4, 2022
Andrew Johnson's white supremacists attitudes and racism puts him at the top of the list for the worse Presidents for…
July 3, 2022
Humanitarian workers on the ground tell theGrio that the treatment of African migrants at the border is a part of…
July 2, 2022
President Joe Biden will present the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 17 people.
July 1, 2022
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House Majority Whip Rep. James Clyburn, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer
July 1, 2022
As Republicans celebrated the end of abortion rights, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi led Democrats in the singing of
July 1, 2022
California will continue indentured servitude as a possible punishment for crime. The administration predicted ending the practice could cost the…
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
June 30, 2022
Speaking with theGrio, former White House officials and activists relish Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's historic swearing-in.
June 30, 2022
Ketanji Brown Jackson will be sworn into Supreme Court on Thursday after Justice Breyer announced on Wednesday his retirement from…
June 30, 2022
At last! After 233 years, a Black woman has finally joined the U.S. Supreme Court, with the swearing-in of Ketanji…