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South African government criticizes Trump’s refugee policy prioritizing white Afrikaner minority

South Africa’s government on Friday criticized the U.S. refugee policy shift that gives priority to Afrikaners, the country’s white minority group of Dutch descent. The Trump administration on Thursday announced a ceiling of 7,500 refugees to be admitted to the United States, a sharp decrease from the previous 125,000 spots and said Afrikaners would be given preference over other groups. U.S. President Donald Trump has claimed that there is a “genocide” against Afrikaners in South Africa and that they are facing persecution and discrimination because of […]

todayNovember 1, 2025

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Rep. Ro Khanna tests economic agenda—and potential 2028 presidential run—with Black voters in South Carolina

U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., traveled to South Carolina over the weekend to meet with Black leaders and voters as he engages with communities on economic policy. “We need a fresh economic vision for this party and it needs to center conversation with Black voters. We have not had enough conversations with Black voters about what we need to do to create good jobs in the 21st century in Black communities,” Khanna told theGrio. Referring to President Donald Trump‘s recently […]

todayJuly 22, 2025

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Supreme Court clears way for deportation to South Sudan of several immigrants with no ties there

The Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for the deportation of several immigrants who were put on a flight in May bound for South Sudan, a war-ravaged country where they have no ties. The decision comes after the court’s conservative majority found that immigration officials can quickly deport people to third countries. The majority halted an order that had allowed immigrants to challenge any removals to countries outside their homeland where they could be in danger. The court’s latest decision makes […]

todayJuly 8, 2025

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Trump’s viral ‘white farmer genocide’ photo debunked—image is from Congo, not South Africa

President Donald Trump created quite the spectacle during Wednesday’s Oval Office meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in his attempt to bolster his claim of a white “genocide” happening in the country. However, some of the evidence Trump presented has turned out to be false. Trump displayed numerous printed articles and played a nearly 5-minute-long video montage to reporters at the White House that he claimed proved that white Afrikaner farmers were the victims of a genocide in South […]

todayMay 23, 2025

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Trump leans into white grievance politics in tense meeting with South Africa’s president

President Donald Trump and White House officials were accused of engaging in political theater after clashing with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during a Wednesday Oval Office meeting over what he has repeatedly called a “genocide” against white South African farmers. Trump displayed printed articles about the alleged deaths of white farmers and had his White House aides play a nearly 5-minute-long video of members of the South African Parliament calling for Black South Africans to reclaim land and, in […]

todayMay 21, 2025

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Trump accused of expanding global ‘white supremacist’ agenda with South Africa refugee program

President Donald Trump is being accused by critics of escalating a global white supremacist agenda after his administration launched a new refugee program for white South Africans under the guise of racial discrimination. “This is an incredibly aggressive and bold declaration of the administration’s priorities, and their priority is to essentially re-establish the idea of white supremacy as not only acceptable, but necessary,” Joseph Tolton, a Pan-African activist and founder of Interconnected Justice, told theGrio. Tolton is among many advocates […]

todayMay 12, 2025

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Why Trump is singling out South Africa and accusing it of being anti-white and anti-American

The Trump administration’s decision to expel the South African ambassador is its latest move against a country it has singled out for sanctions and accused of being anti-white and anti-American. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio posted on X that Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool was “no longer welcome in our great country” and said he was “a race-baiting politician” who hates America and U.S. President Donald Trump. Rubio’s post didn’t explain what was behind the decision but linked to a story by the conservative Breitbart news […]

todayMarch 15, 2025

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Biden urges Americans to ‘keep the faith’ as he spends final full day as president in South Carolina

 Joe Biden spent his final full day as president Sunday in South Carolina, urging Americans to “keep the faith in a better day to come” and reflecting on the influence of both the civil rights movement and the state itself in his political trajectory. On the eve of Monday’s inauguration of Republican President-elect Donald Trump, Biden delivered a final farewell from a state that holds special meaning after his commanding win in its 2020 Democratic primary set him up to achieve his life’s goal […]

todayJanuary 23, 2025

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White House reacts to ‘obscene’ campus roast of VP Harris at University of South Carolina

The White House on Wednesday avoided commenting on recent outrage over a planned comedy “roast” of Vice President Kamala Harris on the University of South Carolina campus.The event is steeped in controversy due to the event’s vulgar advertising and the involvement of far-right extremist figures, conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos and Gavin McInnes, the co-founder of Proud Boys, a designated white supremacist hate group.  Uncensored America, a nonprofit that bills itself as an organization fighting for freedom of speech, is hosting […]

todaySeptember 5, 2024