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December 12, 2021
"I am so proud and humbled to call myself your next Sheriff," Susan Hutson said on Facebook early Sunday morning.
Tish James
December 11, 2021
New York State Attorney General Letitia James announced that she was suspending her campaign for governor and will seek re-election.
Mayor Deqa Dhalac
December 8, 2021
The city of South Portland in Maine, which is 90% white, elected Deqa Dhalac as its first Somali mayor on…
December 4, 2021
As Democrats face pressure nationally and Republican Gov. Brian Kemp faces internal strife, the 2022 campaign will look different from…
Jamaal Bowman Ilhan Omar
December 4, 2021
It's an incredibly dangerous time and we've all got to step up and say something," Bowman recently told theGrio during…
AOC McCarthy thegrio.com
December 1, 2021
AOC has accused House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of turning a blind eye to the “violent targeting” of women of…
Stacey Abrams thegrio.com
December 1, 2021
Stacey Abrams announced Wednesday she will launch another campaign to become the nation’s first Black woman governor in Georgia.
November 28, 2021
Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar called Friday for House leaders to take “appropriate action” against Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert.
November 27, 2021
A heated debate is brewing over how to ensure racial and ethnic minority communities can elect the officeholders of their…
November 21, 2021
A difficult political atmosphere for President Joe Biden may have become even more treacherous with the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse.
November 20, 2021
Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown has been elected to a fifth term with a write-in campaign that lifted him to victory…
Kamala Harris thegrio.com
November 19, 2021
Vice President Kamala Harris has become the first woman with acting presidential power in the nation’s nearly 250-year history.
Kamala Harris thegrio.com
November 15, 2021
Bakari Sellers has defended Vice President Kamala Harris against CNN’s latest bombshell exposé about alleged dysfunction in her office.
President Biden Milwaukee Bucks thegrio.com
November 9, 2021
President Joe Biden praised The Milwaukee Bucks for protesting Jacob Blake's shooting last year during their visit to the White…
November 7, 2021
Los Angeles is among a growing number of U.S. cities across requiring people show proof of vaccination to enter some…
November 7, 2021
Rep. Shontel Brown was sworn into Congress Thursday to represent Ohio's 11th District that stretches from Cleveland to Akron.
A syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
November 7, 2021
A federal appeals court on Saturday temporarily halted the Biden administration’s vaccine requirement for businesses with 100 or more workers.
November 7, 2021
President Joe Biden on Saturday said that families affected by Trump's administration’s separation policy should be remunerated.
November 7, 2021
Barbara-Rose Collins, who represented Detroit in Congress and served on its City Council, has died after contracting COVID-19. She was…
November 6, 2021
The House approved a $1 trillion package late Friday after Democrats resolved a months-long standoff between progressives and moderates.