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Trump photographed with young Republicans who called Black people monkeys, joked about watching people ‘burn’

Despite the White House’s efforts to distance itself from a bombshell investigative report exposing the racist and violent text messages of several young Republican leaders, a new photograph of President Donald Trump with a pair of those Republicans is sure not to put the controversy to bed. As theGrio previously reported, Black leaders, including NAACP President Derrick Johnson and Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman and U.S. Rep. Yvette D. Clarke, slammed the shocking text messages leaked from a group chat among […]

October 16, 2025

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Black leaders say racist texts from Young Republican group is a reflection of Trump’s MAGA party

The Republican Party is being called out after leaked text messages from leaders of several young Republican groups revealed several racist remarks and jokes about things like slavery and rape. “It’s extremely disturbing to know how the next generation of Republican leaders behaves when they believe no one is watching,” U.S. Rep. Yvette D. Clarke, the chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, said in a statement to theGrio. “The climate that has been unleashed since Donald Trump first came onto […]

October 15, 2025

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Black Cancer Survivor Releases Her 4th Novel for Young Adults

Nationwide — At a time when all seemed lost, swept into a dismal world of doctors and chemo while the outside world seemed out of her grasp, cancer patient and author Debbie Copeland thought she would never write again. Yet, through it all, her resilience and determination to write again never faltered. After a dueling year of chemo treatments, she emerged triumphant and cancer-free in June 2023 and finished her YA novel The Kids at Latimer High 2: Spring Fever. […]

July 30, 2025

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Young Black Democratic candidates seek to bring new blood to Congress in era of Trump resistance

As the Democratic Party navigates how to fight back against President Donald Trump and the Republican Party with little meaningful power in Washington, D.C., some young Black Democrats are running for office hoping to shake things up in Congress and bring what they see as much-needed new blood to Capitol Hill. After former Vice President Kamala Harris’ loss in the 2024 election against Trump and the Democrats losing their slim majority in the U.S. Senate, the party of FDR finds […]

April 30, 2025

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President Biden, Ambassador Andrew Young honor Jimmy Carter at Washington funeral

Jimmy Carter, who considered himself an outsider even as he sat in the Oval Office as the 39th U.S. president, was honored Thursday with the pageantry of a funeral at Washington National Cathedral before a second service and burial in his tiny Georgia hometown. The first speaker was Joshua Carter, the former president’s grandson, who recalled how Carter regularly taught Sunday school after leaving the White House. “He built houses for people who needed homes,” Joshua said. “He eliminated diseases in […]

January 10, 2025

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States with restrictive abortion laws often have less reliable safety nets for mothers and young children

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — States with restrictive abortion laws generally have more porous safety nets for mothers and young children, according to recent research and an analysis by The Associated Press. Tennessee is an example of how this plays out. Tennessee residents of childbearing age are more likely to live in maternal care deserts and face overall doctor shortages. Women, infants and children are less likely to be enrolled in a government nutrition program known as WIC. And Tennessee is […]

December 31, 2024

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‘I love that about you’: Kamala Harris urges ‘impatient’ young leaders to ‘stay in the fight’

Vice President Kamala Harris is continuing to make her rounds following her devastating loss to President-elect Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election. On Tuesday, Harris delivered remarks before young AmeriCorps leaders at Prince George’s Community College in Lagos, Maryland, urging them to “stay in the fight” despite being disappointed by the election’s outcome. In her 16-minute remarks to high school and college students, recent graduates, and apprentices, the vice president urged the room of young leaders to remain committed […]

December 17, 2024

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Some young Black and Latino men say they chose Trump because of the economy and jobs. Here’s how and why

WASHINGTON (AP) — Brian Leija, a 31-year-old small-business owner from Belton, Texas, was not surprised that a growing number of Latino men of his generation voted for Donald Trump for president this year. Leija had voted for the Republican in 2016 and 2020. Leija’s rationale was simple: He said he has benefited from Trump’s economic policies, especially tax cuts. “I am a blue-collar worker,” Leija said. “So, tax breaks for small businesses are ideal for what I do.” For DaSean Gallishaw, a […]

November 12, 2024

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Youth-led progressive groups hope Harris energizes young voters

CHICAGO (AP) — “Brats for Harris.” “ We need a Kamalanomenon.” “Gen Z feels the Kamalove.” In the days since President Joe Biden exited the presidential race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, Gen Z voters jumped to social media to share coconut tree and “brat summer” memes — reflecting a stark shift in tone for a generation that’s voiced feeling left behind by the Democratic Party. Youth-led progressive organizations have warned for months that Biden had a problem with young voters, pleading with the president […]

July 28, 2024