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‘The answer is no’: Pro-Palestinian delegates say their request for a speaker at DNC was shut down

CHICAGO (AP) — Leaders of an “Uncommitted” movement, which garnered hundreds of thousands of votes in Democratic primaries across the nation in protest of the Israel-Hamas war, have been negotiating for weeks to secure a speaking slot for a Palestinian American at the Democratic National Convention this week. The negotiations stalled late Wednesday when leaders with the Uncommitted National Movement say a Democratic National Committee official called and delivered a firm response: “The answer is no.” The leader, Abbas Alawieh, […]

todayAugust 23, 2024 1

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Hakeem Jeffries scorches Trump at DNC: ‘Bro, we broke up with you for a reason’

U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., the minority leader of the House of Representatives, tapped into his Brooklyn roots and love for hip-hop as he assailed Donald Trump at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday night in Chicago.  In making the case for Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for president, the seasoned New York congressman described the former president and Republican nominee as a failed leader who prioritized the rich, tried to “destroy” America’s democracy after “lying” about the 2020 election; […]

todayAugust 23, 2024 1

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Oprah highlights Kamala Harris’ desegregation of school in powerful DNC endorsement speech

Dressed in royal purple, back in the city that launched her to superstardom, Oprah Winfrey delivered a Democratic National Convention speech that only the queen of television could give. During Wednesday night’s DNC keynote speeches, Winfrey officially endorsed Kamala Harris for president, calling on independents and undecided voters to get on board with the historic moment in politics. “I’ve always voted my values,” said Winfrey, who is a registered independent. “And that is what is needed in this election, now […]

todayAugust 23, 2024 1

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For Black women delegates at DNC, Harris’ historic nomination hits different

For Black women delegates who cast their ballots for Vice President Kamala Harris at this year’s Democratic National Convention, her historic presidential nomination hits differently.  In less than 10 years, the party has nominated its second female presidential nominee and only its second Black candidate in less than 20 years. And as a Black and South Asian woman, Harris’ nomination is historic for multiple reasons. Black women delegates at the DNC in Chicago who spoke with theGrio expressed their jubilation […]

todayAugust 22, 2024 2

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Watch: Lori Lightfoot on why women are rallying behind Kamala Harris

Hope is one of the many words echoing throughout the United Center in Chicago this week at the Democratic National Convention, and Lori Lightfoot, who once led the city as mayor, says women are ready for Vice President Kamala Harris to lead America. She spoke with theGrio’s senior White House correspondent, April Ryan.  “Women of all stripes are rallying around her—very enthusiastic about her candidacy, and frankly because 2016 happened, what I hear from a lot of women is ‘we’re […]

todayAugust 22, 2024

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Fannie Lou Hamer rattled the Democratic convention with her ‘Is this America?’ speech 60 years ago

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is accepting the Democrats’ presidential nomination Thursday, exactly 60 years after another Black woman mesmerized the nation with a televised speech that challenged the seating of Mississippi’s all-white delegation to the 1964 Democratic National Convention. The testimony of Fannie Lou Hamer to the credentials committee in Atlantic City, New Jersey, was vivid and blunt. She described how she was fired from her plantation job in retaliation for trying to register to vote […]

todayAugust 22, 2024 1

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Watch: Hakeem Jeffries explains why Democrats are united behind Harris at DNC

TheGrio caught up with U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., the minority leader in the U.S. House of Representatives, outside the United Center where thousands are gathered for the Democratic National Convention. “We are excited and unified,” said the congressman, who expressed glee and excitement about the candidacies of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, the Democratic nominees for president and vice president. Jeffries, who will become the first Black speaker of the House if Democrats win back the chamber in November, […]

todayAugust 22, 2024

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At the DNC, the Obamas rebuked more than Trump. They rebuked Trumpism.

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Barack and Michelle Obama are the two best orators in the Democratic Party today, and they showed that again Tuesday night. Their speeches at the Democratic National Convention made a compelling, emotional, values-based argument in favor of Kamala Harris and against Donald Trump. Michelle’s speech started with the message that she could feel hope returning, a note that linked Harris’ joyful, optimistic, […]

todayAugust 21, 2024 1