Rep. Ayanna Pressley

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Maxine Waters, Yvette Clarke, Ritchie Torres, theGrio.com
September 30, 2021
Lawmakers and others around the world were triggered by the images of border patrol agents whipping the Haitian and Black…
September 30, 2021
Texas Governor Greg Abbott is offering jobs to border agents on horseback punished for charging at Haitian migrants.
Maxine Waters and Ayanna Pressley, theGrio.com
September 29, 2021
TheGrio spoke with people involved in and around negotiations between the White House and Congress over a looming government shutdown.
September 23, 2021
The images of Haitian migrants pursued by Border Patrol agents on horseback, Rep. Maxine Waters said, "takes us back hundreds…
September 21, 2021
The video shared by Al Jazeera Monday shows horses coming close to trampling children and agents harassing the Haitian migrants.
September 20, 2021
"Is there a contradiction there?" Acosta asked America's Homeland Security secretary about the nation's treatment of refugees.
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee
September 2, 2021
After the Supreme Court voted to allow Texas' restrictive anti-abortion bill, the White House, lawmakers and abortion advocates are outraged.
Reps. Cori Bush, Maxine Waters and Ayanna Pressley, theGrio.com
August 3, 2021
Reps. Cori Bush, Maxine Waters and Ayanna Pressley are standing in the gap for Black women currently experiencing eviction or…
U.S. President Joe Biden (R) delivers remarks with Vice President Kamala
July 15, 2021
As tax relief hits the pockets of American families, there's an acknowledgment that more needs to be done to support…
Rep. Cori Bush, theGrio.com
June 29, 2021
"When Black people need help, calling 911 too often becomes a death sentence," Bush said. "We demand a better way…
U.S. President Joe Biden
May 22, 2021
President Joe Biden will meet with George Floyd’s family to honor the one year anniversary of the Minneapolis man’s murder.
Black Family
May 17, 2021
For the first time, families with children in the US are eligible to receive monthly child tax credit payments starting…
May 7, 2021
"What I want is for the criminal justice system to work," said Calvina Strothers, the mother of Mikayla Miller.
April Ryan thegrio.com
March 17, 2021
April D. Ryan shares with theGrio the inspiration behind her new book ‘Black Women Will Save The World’ that will…
Biden thegrio.com
February 18, 2021
Cancelling that debt would be a major contributor to closing America's racial wealth gap. They think if voters prioritize it,…
February 16, 2021
Democratic leaders and HBCU presidents speak with theGrio about the life-changing impact of forgiving up to $50,000 in student loan…
February 5, 2021
More than two-thirds of the $1.5 trillion in this nation's student loan debt is held by women, and the majority…
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lies In State At US Capitol Building
January 14, 2021
Rep. Ayanna Pressley says her husband has COVID-19 after having to shelter in place during the U.S. Capitol breach.
January 13, 2021
Sarah Groh, her chief of staff, said she, Pressley and Pressley's husband barricaded her office entrance "with furniture and water…
September 23, 2020
"I fled civil war when I was 8," she tweeted. "An 8-year-old doesn’t run a country even though you run…