Sherrilyn Ifill

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March 4, 2022
The list of twelve extraordinary women honored by Time magazine for 2022 includes an ample amount of Black excellence.
February 21, 2022
Sen. Ted Cruz is once again condemning President Joe Biden for pledging to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme…
Supreme Court thegrio.com
January 29, 2022
President Biden has the opportunity to appoint some of these qualified Black judges to the Supreme Court and make good…
January 27, 2022
The process to install the nation's first Black woman Supreme Court justice is shaping out to be a battle between…
The nine members of the Supreme Court in 2021 in their black judicial robes
January 26, 2022
President Joe Biden owes Black women BIG. It was Black women who rallied for him in the South and who…
November 20, 2021
Dr. Cornel West has teamed up with MasterClass to share his wealth of philosophy knowledge with the world through a…
Sherrilyn Ifill
November 17, 2021
Sherrilyn Ifill will leave the NAACP Legal Defense Fund next year to write a book and do other things. Janai…
Haitians migrating to the U.S., theGrio.com
October 7, 2021
The Biden Administration has been scrutinized for its treatment of Haitian migrants after photos of migrants being whipped were released.
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
Members of Congress and civil rights leaders called out Biden officials as Haitian migrants are whipped and corralled at the…
July 8, 2021
Biden and Harris met with civil rights groups to address the wave of Republican bills making it more difficult to…
Kristen Clarke x theGrio.com
May 13, 2021
Kristen Clarke, poised to make history as the first Black woman to lead the DOJ Civil Rights Division, faces opposition…
Sherrilyn Ifill
January 19, 2020
The train was general admission and was not full, Sherrilyn Ifill noted, yet the conductor steadfastly refused to allow her…
June 25, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a key provision in the Voting Rights Act would come to…
November 19, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Civil rights activist and law professor Sherrilyn Ifill has been named the President and Director-Counsel of the…