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President Joe Biden
March 2, 2022
In a moment when tensions are high due to COVID, war in Ukraine and unemployment, Biden needed to address the…
U.S. Reps. Gwen Moore and Bryan Steil x Housing Discrimination Hearing
March 1, 2022
Republicans drilled down on inflation talking points as Democrats sought to address historic racial discrimination in the housing market.
President Joe Biden
March 1, 2022
TheGrio’s April Ryan was part of the president's annual luncheon with news anchors to preview his State of the Union…
President Joe Biden
February 28, 2022
As the midterm elections approach and President Joe Biden's approval ratings continue to slip, I have a few words of…
February 27, 2022
The barrier is going back as concern grows about potential demonstrations or truck convoys snarling traffic in the nation's capital.
White House Black History Month Exhibit
February 26, 2022
The White House welcomed theGrio to the East Wing to exclusively view its weeks-long Black History Month exhibit.
February 26, 2022
Advocacy groups and civil rights leaders are applauding President Joe Biden’s historic Supreme Court nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Travyvon Martin thegrio.com
February 26, 2022
Ben Crump, who served as the attorney for Trayvon Martin's family, and U.S. Congresswoman Frederica Wilson spoke exclusively to theGrio.
February 26, 2022
The judge President Joe Biden chose to join the Supreme Court would also bring rare experience of defending poor people…
Supreme Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
February 25, 2022
In Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, we have OUR Supreme Court nominee, and she must be protected at all costs.
Senate Judiciary Committee Considers Nominations For Judges
February 25, 2022
President Biden fulfills his campaign promise to select the nation's first Black woman to become Supreme Court justice.
February 24, 2022
The Biden administration will significantly loosen federal mask-wearing guidelines to protect against COVID-19 transmission on Friday.
February 24, 2022
The wave of bomb threats on HBCU campuses has reignited concerns about the rise of domestic terrorism and its connection…
Shedrick Pelt thegrio.com
February 24, 2022
Shedrick Pelt remembers the endless waves of flags and red hats on Jan. 6, 2021, as the crowd moved along…
Clarence Thomas, Virginia Thomas, theGrio.com
February 22, 2022
The conservative wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas allegedly had ties to organizers of the deadly riots at the…
Obama
February 20, 2022
This Black History Month, theGrio takes a look at President Obama's upcoming presidential library being constructed in Chicago's south side.
Karine Jean-Pierre
February 19, 2022
Jean-Pierre is the first openly queer Black woman of Haitian descent serving as White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary.
February 18, 2022
Sources close to the White House describe to theGrio the thinking of the Biden team as anticipation for the Supreme…
February 17, 2022
“One thing I learned in 2020 is you can make your own history,” Jaime Harrison said during a sit-down interview…
A Fair Maps Rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court
February 16, 2022
Gerrymandering is a racist practice used by Republicans to reduce the number of Black candidates who can be elected to…