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Texas' 18th Congressional District is currently without representation following the consecutive deaths of two former U.S. representatives.
2024 saw unimaginable headlines that included a dizzying and historic presidential election and assassination attempts not seen in 40 years.
TheGrio asked the White House whether President Biden would reconsider his position on HR 40 to honor the late Sheila…
Friends and colleagues of the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee remember her as someone who was a giant in Houston…
Longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas, who led efforts to recognize Juneteenth as a national holiday, has died.…
As some may not know there are off-year election contests this week, here’s what Black Americans should know about the…
U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee remembers the late California Senator Dianne Feinstein and her most memorable moments of the political…
Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee has called on the Russian government to release WNBA star Brittney Griner from custody.
The Congressional Black Caucus mobilized a "war room" to defend Biden's eventual Supreme Court appointee from right-wing attacks
Texas House Democratic Caucus Chairman Chris Turner called the positive test results "a sober reminder that COVID is still with…
The Illinois House passed a bill that would make Juneteenth a state holiday. If signed by Governor Pritzker, it will…
The move marks the first time the House Judiciary Committee has acted on the decades-long effort, led by Rep. Sheila…
The reparations campaign could gain ground as a House committee prepares to consider advancing H.R. 40 to the House floor.
Four lawmakers have reintroduced a bill that would make Juneteenth, the June 19th commemoration of the end of slavery, a…
Members of Congress spoke out as mayhem ensued amid a mob of Trump supporters violently storming the Capitol and damaging…
U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee says Trump ignored attempts by the Congressional Black Caucus to meet about issues facing Black…
A former aide of Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee says she was wrongly fired because she planned to file legal action against…
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…