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Biden White House poised to announce historic preemptive pardons as pressure mounts

Some pardon announcements are expected in the coming days from the Biden White House. Sources told theGrio the Biden administration is working around the clock on a two-pronged pardon issuance before President Joe Biden leaves office at noon Eastern on Jan. 20, 2025, when Donald Trump is sworn in as the next president of the United States. The two-pronged pardon announcement will consist of the regular pardon process that typically happens at the end of a presidential term. However, Biden […]

December 11, 2024 1

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VP Kamala Harris honors Shirley Chisholm with historic Congressional Gold Medal bill signing

Vice President Kamala Harris signed a bill bestowing the late Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm with a Congressional Gold Medal, a symbolic and historic moment in Washington for America’s first Black female vice president. Harris’ signature instructed the United States Congress to posthumously award Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress and first African American to run for president in a major party, with Congress’s highest civilian honor. Vice President Harris said she “proudly” and “humbly” signed the Shirley Chisholm Congressional […]

December 10, 2024 2

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President Biden marks historic 40th Black female judge confirmed to federal bench

President Joe Biden marked yet another historic moment for his administration in his final days in office on Monday when the U.S. Senate confirmed his 40th Black female judge to the federal bench. As part of an effort to seat as many federal judges before President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House on Jan. 20, the Senate confirmed Tiffany Rene Johnson to serve on the Northern District of Georgia. Judge Johnson is only the third Black woman to serve […]

December 10, 2024

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Black women notch historic Senate wins in an election year defined by potential firsts

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters for the first time elected two Black women to serve simultaneously in the Senate and sent an openly transgender lawmaker to Congress on Tuesday. They’re among historic choices in nearly a dozen races showing Americans opting for more diverse representation even with issues such as affirmative action and LGBTQ inclusion driving deeper divisions. Delaware’s Lisa Blunt Rochester and Maryland’s Angela Alsobrooks prevailed in their races, doubling the number of Black women ever elected to the Senate – from two to four. And […]

November 8, 2024

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More than 600 Black women join Kamala Harris on the ballot in historic 2024 election

As Kamala Harris awaits her fate as to whether she will become America’s first female and Black female president, the vice president leads a long list of Black women who will be on the ballot in large numbers nationwide this general election. Beyond Harris’ run for president, scores of Black women are running for office, including U.S. Senate candidates Lisa Blunt Rochester in Delaware and Angela Alsobrooks in Maryland. According to Higher Heights for America, over 600 Black women will […]

November 4, 2024

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Watch: Biden reflects on Harris as governing partner and her historic run to succeed him

“She believes, as I do, everyone deserves a fighting chance,” said President Joe Biden about his vice president, Kamala Harris, and her historic run to become the 47th president of the United States of America. In an exclusive interview with theGrio in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Biden said he has “great confidence” in his governing partner as she embarks on her quest to the White House with four weeks to go before voters cast their ballots on Nov. 5. Reflecting on the […]

October 10, 2024 1

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Kamala Harris’ historic run is a pinnacle moment for Howard University

WASHINGTON (AP) — As a young college student, Kamala Harris made the nearly 3-mile trip from Howard University to the National Mall to protest against apartheid in South Africa. In 2017, as a senator, she returned to her alma mater to deliver the commencement address. In July, when she received word that she would likely be the Democratic presidential nominee, she was wearing her Howard sweatshirt in the vice president’s residence. Howard, one of the nation’s best-known historically Black colleges, has been central to […]

September 3, 2024

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Kamala Harris’ historic rise is a tribute to the trailblazers who came before her

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. When I was growing up in the 1960s and 1970s, the idea of a Black person or a woman becoming president seemed like an impossible dream. Even when I went to work on Rev. Jesse Jackson’s 1984 presidential campaign, I realized his candidacy faced enormous obstacles. Despite being ahead of his time with proposals that once seemed radical but […]

August 28, 2024

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For Black women delegates at DNC, Harris’ historic nomination hits different

For Black women delegates who cast their ballots for Vice President Kamala Harris at this year’s Democratic National Convention, her historic presidential nomination hits differently. In less than 10 years, the party has nominated its second female presidential nominee and only its second Black candidate in less than 20 years. And as a Black and South Asian woman, Harris’ nomination is historic for multiple reasons. Black women delegates at the DNC in Chicago who spoke with theGrio expressed their jubilation […]

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