Rep. Jamaal Bowman

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June 26, 2024
Bowman's defeat is a blow to the party’s progressives, a potential cautionary tale for candidates opining on the Israel-Hamas war.
February 8, 2024
The cohort of Black and brown Democratic lawmakers is facing what they see as an "existential threat" to their political…
U.S. Capitol, theGrio.com
December 29, 2023
Despite some wins, Congress has been widely criticized for not passing legislation on two major issues: gun reform and police…
October 17, 2023
Rep. Jim Jordan failed to win over his Republican colleagues in the first round of votes to elect the next…
September 29, 2023
A federal government shutdown is quickly approaching and could be catastrophic for Black and brown Americans if Congress fails to…
February 20, 2023
This Black History Month took on a new meaning for Democrats in protest of Republican bans on Black history in…
November 17, 2022
A second term of a Trump presidency would be “dangerous” for Black, brown, LGBTQ, and other marginalized communities, say advocates.
August 23, 2022
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) has fended off his Democratic challengers to win the primary contest in New York’s 16th Congressional…
August 22, 2022
On Tuesday, New York voters will get a chance to decide their party nominees to head into the November midterm…
June 9, 2022
Calls are getting louder for President Biden to sign an executive order to create a commission that would study reparations…
May 23, 2022
Jones, who represents the 17th District in upstate New York, announced Saturday he wouldn't seek re-election to his current seat.
May 15, 2022
After a mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, leaders said the need to combat white supremacy, domestic terrorism and gun…
February 1, 2022
On the first day of Black History Month, Sen. Booker introduced the Senate version of Bowman's African American History Act.
December 9, 2021
Bush was among Democrats decrying Boebert's "bigoted" comments targeting their Muslim colleague, Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar.
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson
November 26, 2021
Rep. Johnson recalls her time in Congress and her fellow members share words of praise and admiration for her years-long…
July 20, 2021
The bill cuts over two dozen curriculum requirements, including the study of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s "I Have a…
theGRIO.com
May 23, 2021
Amid a ceasefire between the Israeli government and Hamas, activists are connecting the dots between Black lives and Palestinians.
May 17, 2021
New York lawmakers Jamaal Bowman and Ritchie Torres, both Democrats, are on opposite sides of the longtime conflict's coin.
Governor Cuomo thegrio.com
March 12, 2021
Prominent lawmakers want Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York to resign due to mounting allegations but he isn’t budging.