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February 11, 2020
President Donald Trump called Democratic presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg a “total racist" due to his Stop & Frisk policy
February 5, 2020
The state of Illinois accidentally canceled the voter registrations of 800 former inmates because of a "date matching" error
February 4, 2020
Symone Sanders has emerged as the millenial voice that Democratic candidates need on their campaigns to win and connect with…
In this pool image from video, Stacey Abrams delivers the Democratic party's response to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019 from Atlanta. Abrams narrowly lost her bid in November to become America's first black female governor, and party leaders are aggressively recruiting her to run for U.S. Senate from Georgia. Speaking from Atlanta, Abrams calls the shutdown a political stunt that "defied every tenet of fairness and abandoned not just our people, but our values." (Pool video image via AP) thegrio.com
February 1, 2020
Stacey Abrams, the former minority leader of the Georgia House, has predicted that she will become president in the next…
January 12, 2020
Antoinette Hodge, the first Black treasurer elect of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, is suing a council member for allegedly trying to block…
Twitter
November 15, 2019
Twitter says its new ban on political ads will cover appeals for votes, solicitations for campaign contributions and any political…
Kamala Harris theGrio.com
July 23, 2019
[griojw id=”FwyupBNE” playerid=””] On Tuesday, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) announced a proposal for a landmark bill that would decriminalize marijuana
Ilhan Omar thegrio.com
July 19, 2019
[griojw id=”Kj1wHQlB” playerid=””] Still she rises. Rep. Ilhan Omar, the freshmen congresswoman who had been a target for racist attacks
May 14, 2019
On today’s episode of DC360, Grio special correspondent Tiffany Cross discusses Omarosa Manigault Newman supports a lawsuit against President Donald Trump; Ohio…
Lori Lightfoot
April 10, 2019
Despite more African-American women and men in powerful political offices, there are other factors at play and many are looking…
March 28, 2019
[griojw id=”KP0Z3HD9″ playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]On today’s episode of DC360, Grio special correspondent Tiffany Cross discusses Virginia congressman, Bobby Scott, and other Democrat
prison thegrio.com
March 20, 2019
Amy Klobuchar defends her statement about her role in decreasing the number of incarcerated Black people by 65% while serving…
Kamal Harris, thegrio.com
February 25, 2019
The interview with Sen. Kamala Harris revealed 'reparations' may be a great talking point. But some candidates won't really get…
Sen. Kamala Harris talks about her plan for Black America in an interview with theGrio's Natasha Alford at the 2019 Power Rising conference in New Orleans. (theGrio)
February 25, 2019
In an exclusive interview with theGrio, presidential hopeful Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) addressed the question of her intended policy plan
February 14, 2019
[griojw id=”z7zxecBg” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] When it comes to #RelationshipGoals, Stefanie and Quentin James are setting the bar, while making power moves
February 6, 2019
[griojw id=”cR7oNM6g” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] Congresswoman Maxine Waters doesn’t suffer fools. During her recent Millennial Media Row event prior to the State of
February 5, 2019
Freshman House member Lauren Underwood encourages other Black millennials to run for office and not give up on their dreams.
January 10, 2019
Waters, who leads the House Financial Services Committee, is among several key leaders making tracks with new Democratic majority.
Dana W. White thegrio.com
January 1, 2019
Dana White was being investigated by the Defense Department's inspector general for misconduct and abuse of power before her abrupt…
December 11, 2018
[griojw id=”YjClXyzl” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] Everton Blair, Jr. has made history by becoming the youngest— and the first person of color ever– to