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December 5, 2021
Preliminary work on the pedestal removal was expected to begin Monday, with the project expected to be “substantially complete” by…
November 23, 2021
A jury has awarded millions in damages against white nationalist leaders for violence from the 2017 Unite the Right rally…
Charlottesville neo-Nazis and members of the "alt-right" march
November 22, 2021
Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville was a massive, planned show of White nationalist force meant to intimidate, silence, and…
November 22, 2021
"The minute that I start telling you about my vaccine status," Sears told CNN's Dana Bash, "we're going to be…
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November 8, 2021
Black veterans of the Civil War have a new memorial in their honor in Virginia and it was made possible…
Glenn Youngkin Campaigns In Final Days Of Virginia Gubernatorial Election - theGrio.com
November 7, 2021
The governor-elect's 17-year-old son tried to vote twice, despite initially being turned down for being underaged.
Virginia voter Denise Zimmerman
November 5, 2021
Jason Johnson writes there were good and bad results for Black voters and some lessons to be learned now that…
November 5, 2021
"To have a Black face speaking in behalf of a White supremacist legacy is nothing new," Michael Eric Dyson said…
Justin Bibb and Eric Adams
November 4, 2021
The 2021 election results have proven that policing remains a frontburner issue in light of the George Floyd protests last…
November 4, 2021
"All those takes," Cross told MSNBC viewers, "are like searching the edges while refusing to see what's staring right back…
Glenn Youngkin Campaigns In Final Days Of Virginia Gubernatorial Election - theGrio.com
November 3, 2021
Youngkin's use of CRT as a wedge issue in Virginia is part of a long used playbook by Republicans to…
White woman voter in Virginia
November 3, 2021
Sophia Nelson says Democrats will need to figure out a way to navigate the hurdles of the white women vote…
Terry McAuliffe
November 3, 2021
Democrats face harsh reality after Tuesday’s election as they try to recover from a political gut punch from Republicans in…
Virginia Republican candidate for lieutenant governor Winsome Sears
November 3, 2021
Republican Winsome Sears made history as the first Black woman to be elected as Virginia's lieutenant governor.
Glenn Youngkin and Terry McAuliffe with Kamala Harris
November 3, 2021
White men and white women voted for Youngkin at 66% and 57%, while Black men and Black women voted at…
November 2, 2021
TheGrio explores the role Black voters will play in Tuesday's elections with pollster Cornell Belcher and elected officials.
Virginia lieutenant governor candidates, Democrat Hala Ayala (left), an Afro-Latina, or Republican Winsome Sears
November 1, 2021
Virginia voters on Tuesday will make history by electing the commonwealth’s first woman of color lieutenant governor.
Eric Admas, Kasim Reed and Hala Ayala
November 1, 2021
Donna Brazile breaks down elections with implications for Black America. The stakes are also high where Black candidates aren’t on…
October 31, 2021
The surprisingly tight contest has exposed the depth of the Democratic Party’s dependence on Trump as a message and motivator.
Vice President Kamala Harris and Terry McAuliffe
October 30, 2021
Vice President Harris traveled down to Virginia to drum up support for former Democratic Governor Terry McAuliffe, who is seeking…