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March 1, 2024
As part of theGrio's "Running Black" election series, we sit down with Rochester, who is running to make history with…
January 14, 2020
For the past several years, she's had the attention of Houston's 2.3 million people on its city council. Now she…
October 8, 2018
Susan Rice the former Obama administration national security advisor says she'll be able to give a Main senate run some…
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September 6, 2018
Sen. Cory Booker could face serious repercussions in the name of releasing a racially heated document linked to Judge Brett…
December 7, 2017
The Minnesota lawmaker took to the senate floor amid allegations of sexual misconduct
August 22, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D) of Missouri spoke candidly with theGrio.com Thursday evening at a Ferguson restaurant...
April 24, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Shannon, who identifies himself as both African-American and Native-American, is running in a June 24 primary to…
April 10, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Chris McDaniel, a Tea Party candidate for U.S. Senate out of Mississippi, is under fire for recently…
March 13, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of senators ended a long-running election-season standoff and struck a compromise that would extend…
March 5, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's choice to head the Justice Department's civil rights division has failed a Senate test…
March 5, 2014
OPINION - Rogers has compared President Obama to Hitler, complete with a Hitler mustache, and likened Obamacare to the policies…
February 25, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats have again delayed debating a proposal to increase the federal minimum wage to $10.10 hourly,…
February 12, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — After a dramatic Senate tally in which top GOP leaders cast the crucial votes, must-pass legislation to…
February 6, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have blocked legislation from advancing in the Senate to restore benefits for the long-term unemployed...
February 6, 2014
OPINION - If you ask members of the Congressional Black Caucus and some civil rights leaders, they will say the…
February 4, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The sweeping farm bill that Congress sent to President Obama Tuesday has something for almost everyone, from…
January 31, 2014
theGRIO'S 100 - The veteran political operative, who ran Obama's black vote program in 2008 and then worked in the…
January 31, 2014
theGRIO 100 - Since 2003, Black has been the chaplain of the U.S. Senate, opening each session of the chamber…
January 31, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - The controversial legislation is expected to be signed by President Obama if it makes it through the…
January 30, 2014
OPINION - While the Republican party is struggling to 're-brand' themselves with voters of color and women after getting pummeled…