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Watch: White House on importance of President Biden’s trip to Angola

President Joe Biden is headed to Angola on Oct. 13. The trip will mark history as the 46th President of the United States will be the first American commander in chief to visit the oil-rich country.  White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told theGrio during Monday’s press briefing that Biden is keeping his “commitment” to visit the continent of Africa. The travel will also celebrate “the evolution of the U.S.- Angola relationship,” she noted. President Biden will meet with Angolan […]

todayOctober 1, 2024 1

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Watch: White House reacts to execution of Marcellus Williams

The White House on Thursday declined to comment specifically on the state execution of Marcellus Williams in Missouri, which has caused outrage among those who claimed his innocence. Williams, 55, who had been on death row for nearly three decades, was executed by lethal injection on Tuesday for a 1998 case in which he was convicted of murder. Despite St. Louis County prosecutor Wesley Bell’s attempt to appeal his conviction and sentence due to concerns about the evidence and jury […]

todaySeptember 27, 2024 1

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Harris praised after calling out Trump’s racism, embrace of hate and white violence at debate

Gleeful Democrats are praising Vice President Kamala Harris after Tuesday’s presidential debate as they and voters polled shortly afterward overwhelmingly said she bested former President Donald Trump. The Democratic presidential nominee took Trump to task on his racist history, embrace of white violence and hate, and “weak” record as president. “Donald Trump was being embarrassed in ways that nobody has ever embarrassed him before,” said Mandela Barnes, senior fellow at People For the American Way.  Harris, who often looked directly […]

todaySeptember 12, 2024 1

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White House calls out Supreme Court over declines in Black student college enrollment

The White House condemned the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling on affirmative action following recent data that shows enrollment for Black students saw declines on several college campuses. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Washington University, Amherst College, and Tufts University were among a half-dozen campuses that reported a decrease in their Black student populations and an increase in the number of white students enrolled. During a press briefing on Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told theGrio that the […]

todaySeptember 5, 2024 2

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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 2

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Ex-NBA player Royce White shakes up GOP US Senate primary

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — When longtime Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon surrendered at a federal prison in Connecticut, he asked an unconventional U.S. Senate candidate from Minnesota to stand at his side. Royce White, seeking the Republican nomination in next week’s primary to challenge Democratic incumbent U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, put his arm around Bannon last month and praised him as “an American hero.” White also counts among his friends conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, and his past social media comments have been denounced as misogynistic, […]

todayAugust 10, 2024 1

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The power of the Black sororities is Kamala Harris’ secret weapon to winning the White House

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Much has been made about the role of Black women in the 2024 election, but this is not a new thing. In February 1913, before women’s right to vote was added to the U.S. Constitution, Nelly M. Quander, a Black woman, Howard University graduate, and then-president of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., engaged pointedly with the women’s suffrage movement. […]

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Watch: As Voting Rights Act turns 59, White House vows restoring it is still a priority

This week marks the 59th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Nearly six decades after the act granted Black Americans the right to vote without fear of racial discrimination, data from the Brennan Center for Justice shows that the turnout gap between Black and brown voters and white voters has steadily increased over the years. Advocates and experts point out those numbers are a result of rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court that struck down key provisions in […]

todayAugust 8, 2024 2

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Watch: White House describes Kamala Harris’ role in shaping equity policies

As presidential nominee Kamala Harris hits the campaign trail with her newly announced running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, in key battleground states, many Black and brown Americans are looking to learn more about the vice president and her work at the White House. When asked by theGrio about Harris’ role in shaping equity policy at the White House during Tuesday’s press briefing, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre noted that the vice president and President Joe Biden have been “critical partners.” “You […]

todayAugust 7, 2024