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Nigerian Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka says U.S. visa revoked after Trump criticism

Nigerian writer and Nobel Prize winner Wole Soyinka says the U.S. government revoked his visa, and he believes it’s in retaliation for comments he made criticizing former President Donald Trump. Soyinka, 91, became the first African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986. Over the decades, he has taught in the United States and previously held a U.S. green card — which he cut up in 2017 to protest Trump’s first term, joking that it had “an accident […]

todayNovember 2, 2025 1

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Harris rips Trump for his criticism of federal storm response and calls for ‘dignity’

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and the White House criticized Donald Trump for his attacks on the federal response to Hurricanes Helene and Milton and suggested he was wrongly trying to turn the deadly storms to his political advantage. Attending a town hall sponsored by Univision in Las Vegas, Harris was asked about complaints that federal officials have bungled disaster recovery efforts. She responded, “In this crisis — like in so many issues that affect the people of our country — […]

todayOctober 12, 2024 1

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Judge Lauren Lake says don’t let criticism of Kamala Harris being a ‘prosecutor’ get in the way of supporting her

TV Judge Lauren Lake used to argue in courtrooms against prosecutors as a criminal defense attorney, but today, she’s calling on voters everywhere to give former prosecutor Vice President Kamala Harris a shot. Lake, who hosts “Paternity Matters” and “We The People” (produced by theGrio’s parent company Allen Media Group), says in the era of Donald Trump and Supreme Court rulings protecting presidents from criminal prosecution, voters shouldn’t dismiss Harris because she once worked in a flawed justice system. “As […]

todayAugust 2, 2024 2

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Watch: Gov. Wes Moore decries ‘foolish’ DEI criticism over Baltimore bridge collapse

President Joe Biden and Maryland Governor Wes Moore will be touring the wreckage area of the deadly Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse on Friday. In the lead-up to the presidential tour of the downed bridge, Moore spoke with theGrio about the president’s financial pledge to rebuild the bridge and pushback from Republicans. Governor Moore also discussed the need to ensure minority businesses receive a better share of government contracts to rebuild the bridge. Moore also notably addressed the negative comments […]

todayApril 4, 2024