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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…
Senate Judiciary Committee Considers Nominations For Judges
February 15, 2022
A retired federal judge in Alabama is discouraging President Biden from nominating Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme…
Trevor Noah thegrio.com
February 14, 2022
Noah follows tradition of comedians to come before guests of Washington’s elite from the president, administration officials and the press.
Barack Obama Announces Run For President
February 10, 2022
Thursday marks the 15th anniversary of Obama's historic presidential campaign announcement at the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois.
February 10, 2022
U.S. Congresswoman Cori Bush on Tuesday convened a gathering of 10 mostly Black journalists in her office in the Cannon
February 9, 2022
The Biden White House on Wednesday denied claims that it is funding the distribution of crack pipes to communities across…