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Barack Obama
September 17, 2025
Obama pushed back on Kirk’s 2023 claim that a group of high-achieving Black women, including Michelle Obama, Supreme Court Justice
Sylvester Turner, Sheila Jackson Lee, theGrio.com
March 26, 2025
Texas' 18th Congressional District is currently without representation following the consecutive deaths of two former U.S. representatives.
Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, 2024 political stories, 2024 political moments, theGrio.com
December 30, 2024
2024 saw unimaginable headlines that included a dizzying and historic presidential election and assassination attempts not seen in 40 years.
Sheila Jackson Lee, reparations, theGrio.com.
August 2, 2024
TheGrio asked the White House whether President Biden would reconsider his position on HR 40 to honor the late Sheila…
Sheila Jackson Lee, theGrio.com
August 2, 2024
Friends and colleagues of the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee remember her as someone who was a giant in Houston…
July 20, 2024
Longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas, who led efforts to recognize Juneteenth as a national holiday, has died.…
voting booths, theGrio.com
November 7, 2023
As some may not know there are off-year election contests this week, here’s what Black Americans should know about the…
September 30, 2023
U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee remembers the late California Senator Dianne Feinstein and her most memorable moments of the political…
March 7, 2022
Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee has called on the Russian government to release WNBA star Brittney Griner from custody.
February 27, 2022
The Congressional Black Caucus mobilized a "war room" to defend Biden's eventual Supreme Court appointee from right-wing attacks
July 19, 2021
Texas House Democratic Caucus Chairman Chris Turner called the positive test results "a sober reminder that COVID is still with…
May 28, 2021
The Illinois House passed a bill that would make Juneteenth a state holiday. If signed by Governor Pritzker, it will…
April 15, 2021
The move marks the first time the House Judiciary Committee has acted on the decades-long effort, led by Rep. Sheila…
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee thegrio.com
April 10, 2021
The reparations campaign could gain ground as a House committee prepares to consider advancing H.R. 40 to the House floor.
February 26, 2021
Four lawmakers have reintroduced a bill that would make Juneteenth, the June 19th commemoration of the end of slavery, a…
January 6, 2021
Members of Congress spoke out as mayhem ensued amid a mob of Trump supporters violently storming the Capitol and damaging…
October 18, 2020
U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee says Trump ignored attempts by the Congressional Black Caucus to meet about issues facing Black…
State of the Union thegrio.com
January 24, 2019
A former aide of Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee says she was wrongly fired because she planned to file legal action against…
January 17, 2019
A woman's then-30-year-old supervisor at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation raped her when she was a 19-year-old intern, the suit…
FBI
March 20, 2018
The Congressional Black Caucus has decided they want to see more action on the targeted racial bombings occurring in Austin, TX.