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This Black History Month, Biden has a lot to brag about. He should do it more often.

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. If I were advising the Biden-Harris administration, I would highlight its various accomplishments over the past three-plus years. However, just like the Obama administration, President Joe Biden and his team seem content with consistently burying their light under a bushel. It incenses me when I hear folks say, “The Biden administration has done nothing for Black people.” This is […]

todayFebruary 22, 2024

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Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are children could have implications for Black women

Critics are blasting the Alabama Supreme Court for ruling that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law, which some believe will threaten the practice of in vitro fertilization (IVF). In a statement obtained by theGrio, Elisabeth Smith, director of state policy and advocacy at the Center for Reproductive Rights, said that the court’s ruling is “alarming.” “It undermines people’s ability to make decisions about their own family planning via IVF,” said Smith. “To enact legislation granting legal personhood […]

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New maps in Wisconsin will allow democracy to ‘work better’ for Black and working Americans, say advocates

Advocates and Democrats are celebrating after Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers signed new legislative maps into law, ending more than a decade of Republican control of the state’s electoral process. Katie Rosenberg, the Democratic mayor of Wausau, told theGrio it is a “really big moment, adding, “The governor always holds himself to a high moral standard and he knows that signing this bill was the right thing to do.” Mandela Barnes, former lieutenant governor of Wisconsin, told theGrio it feels like […]

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Fani Willis’ testimony evokes frustrations for Black women leaders

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is used to prosecuting high-profile, challenging cases. But as she parried questions about her own personal conduct from the witness stand against the legal teams for defendants her office has accused of election interference, many Black women recognized a dispiriting scene. “It absolutely feels familiar. There is no secret that the common sentiment among Black women in positions of power (is that they) must over-perform to be seen as equals to their counterparts,” said Jessica T. […]

todayFebruary 18, 2024 1

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House Democrats push bills to make college affordable for students

Democratic lawmakers are pushing a higher education package in the U.S. House of Representatives that would significantly increase need-based grants and expand funding to make college more affordable students and families without having to take on a large load of debt. U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., told theGrio that the goal is to allow everyone access to earn a college degree as it is “the most direct route to being a part of the middle class.” “Most people can’t afford […]

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14 GOP-led states have rejected funds to feed kids in the summer

Lower-income families with school-age kids can get help from the federal government paying for groceries this summer, unless they live in one of the 14 states that have said no to joining the program this year. The reasons for the rejections, all from states with Republican governors, include philosophical objections to welfare programs, technical challenges due to aging computer systems and satisfaction with other summer nutrition programs reaching far fewer children. The impact falls on people like Otibehia Allen, a […]

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Fani Willis should be allowed to continue prosecuting Trump 

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Former President Donald Trump — facing 91 felony criminal charges and fined hundreds of millions of dollars in civil lawsuits — continues to engage in baseless character assassination of his prosecutors, judges and accusers. One example is his salacious smear campaign against Georgia’s Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis over her relationship with a prosecutor she retained on the […]

todayFebruary 17, 2024

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As 1994 crime bill turns 30, Secure DC Act fuels worry of repeated racial harms

In a few weeks, the D.C. Council will undertake a final vote on legislation that would establish new laws and policies intended to address the rise of homicides and other violent crimes in the nation’s capital.  The Secure D.C. Act, which was unanimously supported by the council in a preliminary vote, seeks to address public safety concerns in Washington, D.C. However, the provisions in the anti-crime bill raise concerns about adverse effects on the sizeable Black population in the district.   […]

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Rep. Ivey introduces bill to posthumously award Congressional Gold Medal to Frederick Douglass

U.S. Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Md., has introduced a resolution that would award abolitionist Frederick Douglass with a Congressional Gold Medal for his “contributions to the cause of freedom, human rights and the abolition of slavery.” Ivey told theGrio that Douglass “was one of the giants of the 19th century – not just in U.S. history, but around the world.” In 1818, Douglass was born into slavery in Talbot County, Maryland. At a young age, he taught himself how to read […]

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