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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…
Susan Collins thegrio.com
January 30, 2022
Sen. Susan Collins said President Joe Biden’s handling of campaign vows to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court…
Quinta Brunson thegrio.com
January 30, 2022
Quinta Brunson was recently honored by the city of Philadelphia for creating the ABC hit series Abbott Elementary.
Donald Trump thegrio.com
January 30, 2022
Donald Trump is dangling the prospect of pardons for supporters who participated in Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol if…
Supreme Court thegrio.com
January 29, 2022
President Biden has the opportunity to appoint some of these qualified Black judges to the Supreme Court and make good…
Lisa Cook thegriocom
January 29, 2022
Conservatives have attacked Lisa Cook, the Ph.D. holding economist, with claims she is unqualified as Biden's Federal Reserve nominee.
U.S. Supreme Court
January 29, 2022
There may be more of a chance for unity among Democrats as President Joe Biden announces his pick for SCOTUS.
January 28, 2022
Flowers, an Army veteran who has worked for the Department of Defense, is running to defeat Marjorie Taylor Greene in…
Ilya Shapiro thegrio.com
January 28, 2022
A Georgetown professor, Ilya Shapiro, sparked outrage on Twitter with a series of controversial posts about Biden's SCOTUS promise.