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Karine Jean-Pierre is breaking the ‘marble ceiling’ at the White House
EXCLUSIVE: Jean-Pierre, who sat down for an exclusive interview with theGrio, is the first openly queer Black woman of Haitian descent to serve as
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Biden takes on rising gun crime while White House, Congress also mull over police reform
EXCLUSIVE: The president visited New York City to meet with Mayor Eric Adams and Attorney General Letitia James to discuss crime prevention
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As Biden administration responds to HBCU bomb threats, Black leaders decry ‘domestic terrorism’
EXCLUSIVE: “We know that Dr. King’s home was bombed. We know that the home of Fred Shuttlesworth was bombed. This is a trend and it’s a
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Eric Holder and Black orgs involved in White House vetting process for Black woman SCOTUS nominee
EXCLUSIVE: Sources described the nomination process to theGrio as more of a vetting than a search for candidates. So far, the National Bar
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Battle lines already drawn over President Biden’s Supreme Court nomination
EXCLUSIVE: The process to install the nation’s first Black woman Supreme Court justice is shaping out to be a contest of competing interests The
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Advocacy groups ready to lobby Biden in push to nominate nation’s first Black woman on Supreme Court
Early into the 2020 presidential campaign, Biden said that he looked forward “to making sure there’s a Black woman on the Supreme Court” A
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Remembering the historic presidential run of Shirley Chisholm 50 years later
On Shirley Chisholm: “Despite the outside world’s low expectations of her as a Black woman, she never limited herself.” After insurrectionists
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A look back at President Biden’s first year in office on Black issues
EXCLUSIVE: From the COVID-19 pandemic to an economic recovery, the Biden White House has had its ups and downs. During his nearly two-hour press
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President Biden, Democrats maintain will to fight despite voting rights collapse in Senate
EXCLUSIVE: While passing the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act was a long shot, President Biden and allies refuse to give up on voting rights
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White House simultaneously negotiating executive orders on policing amid voting rights push
EXCLUSIVE: The Biden-Harris administration is still negotiating unilateral action on police reform, according to officials and stakeholders
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Bernice King says father would be ‘disappointed’ over voting rights decline, calls for reparations
EXCLUSIVE: “It’s time for Black Americans to get our check,” said the daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King
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White House turns up temperature on voting rights, filibuster with speeches in Atlanta
EXCLUSIVE: The political fight to protect the right vote and reform the filibuster reaches new heights as the White House visits Georgia — the home
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Rep. Bennie Thompson reflects on historical irony as a Black man investigating Jan. 6 insurrection
EXCLUSIVE: As chairman of the U.S. House Select Committee probing the Capitol attack, Thompson tells theGrio he sees his job as a mission to
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As virus rages on, Biden White House vows to address unemployment, economic woes in Black communities
EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh tells theGrio that the Biden-Harris administration will be ‘aggressive’ at remedying the economic
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Black political issues dominated headlines in 2021
From voting rights and police reform to the COVID-19 response and immigration, the Biden-Harris White House and Congress grappled with a host of