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Black women descend on Capitol Hill to ‘Save Democracy’ from Trump’s MAGA agenda

A coalition of Black women leaders and activists descended on Capitol Hill to rally against the Trump administration and the Republican Party’s string of actions that include budget cuts, elimination of critical departments and programs, and the firing of thousands of federal workers. The group of Black women leaders from across the country — joined by newly elected Black women U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester and Angela Alsobrooks — rallied outside the Capitol building Thursday morning before meeting with members […]

March 13, 2025

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Rep. Clyburn has a lot to get off his chest about Trump and the future of American democracy

U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., has a lot to get off his chest. As the nation’s capital prepares for the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump, the 84-year-old lawmaker told theGrio he has grave concerns about the future of American democracy and the lengths to which Trump and his allies will go to attack their political enemies and suppress once-regarded democratic institutions. “I’m seriously not sure whether or not we are experiencing the beginning of the ending of our democracy,” […]

December 9, 2024

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Democracy was a motivating factor for both Harris and Trump voters, but for very different reasons

WASHINGTON (AP) — While inflation and immigration emerged as the dominant themes in this year’s presidential race, another issue was prominent in the minds of voters for both major candidates: the stakes for democracy. Half of voters identified democracy as the single most important motivating factor for their vote. That was higher than the share of voters who answered the same way about inflation, the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border, abortion policy or free speech, according to AP VoteCast, a survey of more than 120,000 voters nationwide. Notably, backers […]

November 11, 2024

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Can one election end democracy? It actually happened once.

Insurrection: An act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government.” — Merriam-Webster dictionary. According to the New York Times, the Jan. 6, 2021 revolt against Congress’ civil authority was just a “riot.” The Associated Press describes the attempt to stop a constitutionally established act of the government as an “attack on the Capitol.” Fox News prefers to call it a “protest.” To be fair, these fine upstanding institutions are practicing a longstanding rule of journalism: White […]

November 10, 2024

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Harris’ closing speech at Ellipse is ‘powerful’ symbolism of race and democracy

Vice President Kamala Harris commanded the prime-time television airwaves on Tuesday evening as she delivered her closing arguments in prosecuting the case against Donald Trump at the ballot box and her “forward” vision for America. The venue of her major speech — the Ellipse — is a symbolic one. The 52-acre park outside the White House’s South Lawn is where Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump held his “Stop the Steal” rally on Jan. 6, 2021. A massive 75,000-person crowd descended […]

October 29, 2024

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Downballot: Donald Trump is not a threat to democracy

As the 2024 election nears, theGrio’s Downballot series explores the issues, races and individual candidates appearing on the ballots in state and local elections. What happens to an election deferred? Does it dry uplike a president’s Big Lie?Or ramble aimlesslylike a man in cognitive decline?Will votes be certified on the House floor?Or in the Supreme Court,like Bush v. Gore? Maybe America’s too strongto let democracy erode. Or does it explode? Can one drop of anointing oil spoil a ballot? I’m […]

October 25, 2024

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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 […]

February 20, 2024

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DeSantis still seen as ‘danger’ to Black people and democracy after ending 2024 campaign

After Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced the end of his 2024 presidential campaign on Sunday, Black Floridians are slamming the state’s chief executive, who they say built his White House run on punching down Black and other marginalized communities across the state through policy and legislation. “Governor DeSantis used his climb to his presidential campaign on the backs of Blacks, on the backs of the LGBTQ community, on the backs of immigrants,” said Shevrin Jones, a Florida state senator representing […]

January 22, 2024

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Protecting democracy and freedom may be a viable formula for President Biden in 2024

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. At a moment when fewer Americans believe that Trump bears responsibility for inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection than in 2021, President Biden is right to center his opening campaign pitch on democracy. But labeling Trump a threat alone isn’t going to cut it. In his speech Friday on the eve of the third anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection […]

January 6, 2024