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‘Surgical racism’: North Carolina’s new map that ices out its only Black congressman ignites outrage

A new congressional map passed by North Carolina Republicans has caused outrage amid a nationwide redistricting strategy demanded by President Donald Trump that is primarily targeting Black members of Congress. The 1st Congressional District, currently held by U.S. Rep. Don Davis, North Carolina’s only Black congressman, has been redrawn to become an unwinnable seat for Democrats. The district, comprised of many Black rural voters, has elected a Black Democrat since 1992. “We’ve seen this pattern before: it’s what I call […]

todayOctober 24, 2025

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Congressman tells Black Trump ICE official blocking immigration oversight that he hopes spirit ‘haunts your soul’

A Black ICE official got a mouthful after members of Congress were denied entry to a facility where undocumented Maryland residents are being detained under the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration. U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks, and U.S. Reps. Kweisi Mfume, Glenn Ivey, Johnny Olzewski Jr., and Sarah Elfreth—all Democrats representing the state of Maryland—entered the George H. Fallon federal building in Baltimore on Monday to conduct an oversight visit. The lawmakers said they were touring the […]

todayJuly 30, 2025

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Texas Congressman Sylvester Turner dead at 70

U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner, a freshman Democrat representing Texas’ 18th Congressional District, is dead at 70, multiple reports confirm. He was elected in the November 2024 election to fill the seat left vacant after the passing of former Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who died of pancreatic cancer. Turner’s sudden death comes after he attended President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress on Tuesday night. Earlier in the day, theGrio spotted Turner at a Congressional Black Caucus press event on Capitol […]

todayMarch 5, 2025 1

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Congressman Al Green removed from chamber floor for protesting Trump address-here’s what he said after

U.S. Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, was ordered to be removed from the chamber floor of the U.S. House of Representatives after repeatedly protesting President Donald Trump‘s joint address to Congress on Tuesday night. Two minutes into Trump’s remarks, Green stood up from his seat and began to shout out inaudible words, prompting the president to stop his speech as he bragged about his 2024 victory and winning the popular vote. “Members are directed to uphold and maintain the decorum in […]

todayMarch 5, 2025

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Congressman praises protest video that includes racist taunting

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Israel-Hamas war demonstrations at the University of Mississippi turned ugly this week when one counter-protester appeared to make monkey noises and gestures at a Black student in a raucous gathering that was endorsed by a far-right congressman from Georgia. “Ole Miss taking care of business,” Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Collins wrote Friday on the social platform X with a with a link to the video showing the racist jeers. The Associated Press left voicemail messages for […]

todayMay 4, 2024