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Trump sends message to Black America, vows to make MLK’s dream a ‘reality’ despite anti-DEI orders

During his inaugural speech following his swearing-in as the 47th president of the United States, President Donald Trump sent a direct message to Black and Latino Americans and vowed to make Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s dream “a reality.” “To the Black and Hispanic communities, I want to thank you for the tremendous outpouring of love and trust that you have shown me with your vote,” Trump said inside the Capitol Rotunda before hundreds, including former Presidents Joe Biden, Barack […]

January 20, 2025

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Costs of everything: Does America thingk Trump can lower costs?

WASHINGTON (AP) — Worries about everyday expenses helped return President-elect Donald Trump to the White House. But with his second term quickly approaching, many U.S. adults are skeptical about his ability to bring down costs. Only about 2 in 10 Americans are “extremely” or “very” confident that Trump will be able to make progress on lowering the cost of groceries, housing or health care this year, according to a survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, while about 2 in […]

January 18, 2025

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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries slams Trump’s ‘Gulf of America’ proposal and ‘tax scam’ when ‘America is too expensive’

House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., slammed President-elect Donald Trump‘s proposal to annex Greenland and Canada and rename the Gulf of Mexico. “We are not sent to Washington to invade Greenland, rename the Gulf of Mexico or seize the Panama Canal by force,” said Jeffries during his weekly news conference on Capitol Hill. The House Democratic leader clarified that he and his congressional colleagues were instead elected to lower the high cost of living that American voters made clear […]

January 9, 2025

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We need to have an uncomfortable conversation about America

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. We need to talk about roaches. According to noted entomologist Karlous Miller and John Whitfield Jr. (famous for his groundbreaking research on the Young Fly), everybody has them. While mosquitoes may have killed more humans throughout history than all of the wars, open borders and Black Lives Matter protests combined, humans are biologically programmed to hate cockroaches more than […]

November 22, 2024

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Trump abolishing Education Department spells doom for Black America

President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign promise to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education is being criticized as a potential whitewashing of America’s education system and a challenge to Title I and Title VI that could defund special education, school lunch programs, and possible cancellation of summer schools. Arne Duncan, former U.S. education secretary under the Obama administration, spoke exclusively to theGrio, saying, “It is our time to have courage and fight for kids.” When Duncan was specifically asked about the impact […]

November 13, 2024

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Zerlina Maxwell explains how a Harris win could bring America together – even for the skeptics

Can you feel the anxiety? Many voters from both sides of the aisle have expressed uncertainty about how to move forward after the election results are in. While supporters of Kamala Harris fear a second Trump presidency with its promises of retribution and punishment, there is also fear from anti-Harris voters who had been fed nonstop lies and criticisms about the vice president and what her administration represents. So, how does a divided country move forward? Zerlina Maxwell, a prominent […]

November 5, 2024

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Kamala Harris lays out clear plans for Black America with Shannon Sharpe on ‘Club Shay Shay’

Vice President Kamala Harris joined Shannon Sharpe on his highly popular podcast, “Club Shay Shay,” and delivered the kind of clear and detailed message that could win her new voters come Nov. 5. The interview focused largely on Harris’s economic policy proposals, which she says will improve the lives of Americans, particularly Black Americans. It also provided crucial explanations for some of the frustrations that have plagued voters. When asked why she thought she was better for the economy, Harris […]

October 28, 2024

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Kamala Harris’ record of accomplishments for Black America

Kamala Harris once said that anything you do to benefit Black America, benefits all of America. The year was 2019, and it was Harris’ first attempt at running for president in the Democratic primary before she ultimately was elected vice president. Her statement was in response to a question from theGrio about whether she supported reparations. It was a question being asked of most Democratic primary candidates at the time. Harris’ response sparked debate among some voters about whether she […]

October 27, 2024

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Harris and Trump say America tanks if they lose. So why the exuberance at their rallies?

Shortly after taking the stage 91 minutes late for his Atlanta rally this week, Donald Trump did what he can’t help doing — go off on a tangent. This was clearly going to be a night at the improv. He marveled at length about how Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket booster was snatched from the skies by mechanical arms on its return. All that fire and smoke. “Coolest thing I’ve seen in a long time,” he told his crowd. “Was that […]

October 18, 2024