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After deploying national guard in LA, Trump slammed for ‘provoking chaos’ and ‘stoking fear’

On Sunday, President Donald Trump did something no U.S. president has done since the Civil Rights Movement: he used his executive powers to deploy the national guard, overruling the authority of a state governor. Hundreds of California National Guard troops entered Los Angeles amid protests and tensions between the community and law enforcement over the Trump administration’s escalation of ICE raids and detainments. The decision quickly drew condemnations from California leadership, including Gov. Gavin Newsom, who vowed to sue the […]

todayJune 9, 2025 1

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As Black homeonwnership struggles to see gains, experts fear Trump will only make it worse

Progress in Black homeownership is declining, according to the 2024 State of Housing in Black America report, which was commissioned by the National Association of Real Estate Brokers. The past two years have been particularly difficult, but even before 2021, Black homeownership was either falling or stagnant and remains far from its pre-2004 high of nearly 50%. During her tenure as secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development under the Biden-Harris administration, Marcia Fudge warned that Black homeownership […]

todayDecember 18, 2024

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Calls for Democrats to abandon ‘woke’ identity politics alienates Black and marginalized groups, some fear

In the weeks following major defeats in the 2024 elections, the Democratic Party continues to self-reflect about where they went wrong with the American electorate and how to win back voters.  Some within the party have suggested that President-elect Donald Trump’s decisive win, particularly among non-college-educated and working-class voters, is a lesson for Democrats to do away with supporting “woke” policies and identity politics because it somehow alienates working-class voters.  The suggestion has caused clear divisions within the party, particularly […]

todayDecember 3, 2024

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Scientists fear what’s next for public health if RFK Jr. is allowed to ‘go wild’

Many scientists at the federal health agencies await the second Donald Trump administration with dread as well as uncertainty over how the president-elect will reconcile starkly different philosophies among the leaders of his team. Trump announced Thursday he’ll nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be secretary of the Health and Human Services Department, after saying during his campaign he’d let the anti-vaccine activist “go wild” on medicines, food, and health. Should Kennedy win Senate confirmation, his critics say a radical […]

todayNovember 16, 2024

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House Republicans fear Rep. Hakeem Jeffries could be next House speaker if Johnson is ousted

U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., is worried House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., could become the next speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, if the current speaker of the House, Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., is ousted. Gaetz told theGrio he is worried some of his “Republican colleagues would vote for Jeffries” to be Johnson’s successor in the event far-right Republican lawmakers make good on their threat to vacate him from the speakership. The Republican lawmaker’s comments come after he wrote on […]

todayApril 22, 2024

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Advocates fear Black and brown migrant deaths without court intervention in Texas border fight

Human rights organizations are rallying behind the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to temporarily permit U.S. Border Patrol agents to resume the removal of razor-wire fencing along the Texas border, which has placed Black and brown migrants’ safety in jeopardy.   Cody Wofsy, deputy director at American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Immigrants’ Rights Project, told theGrio, “It is gratifying to see the Supreme Court put a stop” to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s efforts that advocates say are anti-immigrant. YUMA, ARIZONA- MAY 20: […]

todayJanuary 25, 2024

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FAMU students fear Florida law will affect teaching topics related to race and American history

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A core mission of Florida A&M University from its founding over a century ago has been to educate African Americans. It was written into the law that established the school along with another college, in Gainesville, reserved for white students. At Florida’s only public historically Black university, some students now fear political constraints might get in the way of teaching parts of their history. A law signed last spring by Gov. Ron DeSantis, a candidate for […]

todayJanuary 7, 2024

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Georgia election worker suing Rudy Giuliani tells jurors that his lies made her fear for her life

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scared for her life after Rudy Giuliani and other Donald Trump allies falsely accused her of fraud, former Georgia election worker Wandrea “Shaye” Moss told jurors Tuesday she seldom leaves her home, suffers from panic attacks and battles nightmares brought on by a barrage of threatening and racist messages. Wandrea “Shaye” Moss took the witness stand on the second day of the defamation trial that will determine how much the former New York City mayor will have […]

todayDecember 22, 2023