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President Biden thegrio.com
February 9, 2022
The pre-Super Bowl Sunday presidential interview is continuing this year, and Lester Holt is set to sit down with President…
Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio)
February 9, 2022
The latest stunt by a Republican lawmaker against a Black woman in Congress should be a dealbreaker for us all.
February 8, 2022
"Working families deserve a break,” Harris said at the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit Day of Action…
February 8, 2022
The Secret Service and FBI are investigating the incident, which happened the same day Spelman College reported a bomb threat…
Glenn Youngkin thegrio.com
February 8, 2022
Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin expressed remorse on Monday over his campaign team lashing out at a high school student.
President Joe Biden speaks about the January jobs report
February 7, 2022
While Black unemployment rate has dropped alongside the national rate, joblessness for the community remains disproportionately high.
REVOLT Summit x AT
February 7, 2022
'I am thrilled to officially announce that I have joined [CNN] as a political commentator' Bottoms tweeted Monday morning.
U.S. Supreme Court
February 7, 2022
The absence of a Black woman on the Supreme Court deprives it of insights from someone who has experienced both…
February 5, 2022
Black lawmakers sought to question the state redistricting commission’s decision to slash the number of majority-African American seats.
February 5, 2022
A.C. Cordoza, the only Black Republican in the Virginia House, criticized the legislative Black caucus for rejecting his application to…
Tennessee Senator Katrina Robinson www.theGrio.com
February 4, 2022
Tennessee Sen. Katrina Robinson has been expelled from office after the Republican-led Senate voted to remove the Memphis lawmaker.
February 2, 2022
Biden's Supreme Court nomination calls to mind in his involvement in the hearing of Anita Hill, who accused Justice Thomas…
John Bel Edwards thegrio.com
February 2, 2022
Gov. John Bel Edwards has responded to accusations that he interfered with investigations into the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald…
February 2, 2022
Ted Cruz has criticized President Biden’s decision to select only a Black woman for the upcoming Supreme Court seat vacancy.
February 1, 2022
Black leaders are calling recent bomb threats against several Historically Black College and University (HBCU) campuses “terrorism.”
SPLC Confederate thegrio.com
February 1, 2022
The SPLC launched the third edition of their Whose Heritage? Project which tracks the removal of Confederate memorials across the…
February 1, 2022
On the first day of Black History Month, Sen. Booker introduced the Senate version of Bowman's African American History Act.
February 1, 2022
James tells theGrio she's confident she will prevail in court battle with Trump, and explains why she dropped out of…
Jen Psaki thegrio.com
January 31, 2022
President Joe Biden has been informed of the bomb threats made at a group of HBCUs for the second time…
January 31, 2022
Black and Brown employees of federal contractors are expected to see pay increases due to a Biden executive order that…