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February 20, 2020
A Black man was reportedly attacked in the middle of a Bernie Sanders rally in Denver, Colorado, for wearing a…
Candace Owens thegrio.com
February 18, 2020
Candace Owens believes Democratic front-runner Bernie Sanders is the best racist on the left and is warning Black voters to…
DeKalb County Sheriff's Office Decatur GA
February 17, 2020
The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with the county branch of the NAACP, hosted a voter registration drive at…
Rep. Rolanda Hollis
February 17, 2020
An Alabama lawmaker has responded to the abortion ban by introducing a mandatory vasectomy bill for all men over the…
February 17, 2020
An unearthed lawsuit has revealed that Michael Bloomberg allegedly told a female employee to hire some Black to care for…
Geoffrey Canada
February 17, 2020
Geoffrey Canada is endorsing Michael Bloomberg for president because he is best candidate to close the educational achievement gap
Joy Reid
February 12, 2020
Joy Ann Reid believes that Michael Bloomberg may appeal to voters because he is the one candidate that will be…
William Barr thegrio
February 11, 2020
The Department of Justice awarded over half a million dollars to an organization called 'Hookers for Jesus' and denied other…
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…