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U.S. President Joe Biden, theGrio.com
President Joe Biden speaks Jan. 25, 2024, in Superior, Wis. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
April 27, 2024
Members of Congress are criticizing President Joe Biden for backing a foreign aid bill that will provide more military aid…
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, theGrio.com
April 20, 2024
Next week, the U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case that will determine whether to criminalize unhoused people for…
A group of people hold a Haitian flag and raise their hands in the air
April 18, 2024
U.S. Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., is urging the Biden-Harris administration to stand with Haiti and extend safeguards to Haitians.
Harriet Tubman, faith and spirituality, Women's History Month, Black women activists, Underground Railroad, Women's History Month, Christianity, Black liberation movements, Combahee River Raid, theGrio.com
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April 17, 2024
Congressional members on Tuesday unveiled a coin collection dedicated to the life and legacy of abolitionist Harriet Tubman.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, theGrio.com
April 16, 2024
U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, is warning anti-abortion advocates looking to ban an abortion drug to err on the side…
U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., theGrio.com
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April 14, 2024
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries demanded that House Republicans release millions of dollars in funding to Haiti as it faces…
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, theGrio.com
April 7, 2024
U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, defended President Joe Biden's handling of Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.