Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., speaks during a news conference, Dec. 8, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, file) The American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s super political action committee, United Democracy Project, has spent more than $8.4 million to unseat Bush in her Aug. 6 Democratic primary against St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney…
Kendall Ellis arrives for a women’s 400-meter run heat during the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Team Trials last month in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo: Charlie Neibergall/AP, file) Track fans might remember Ellis as the runner who found herself stuck in a porta potty at the U.S. track trials, in a semi-panic as she banged on…
Vice President Kamala Harris and Beyoncé. (Photo: Getty Images) OPINION: The songs that the Harris and Trump campaigns are using can tell us a lot about the candidates. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. “It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World” is possibly James…
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee speaks at a Washington, D.C., press conference last year calling for the expansion of the Supreme Court. (Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Take Back the Court Action Fund) TheGrio asked White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre whether the president would reconsider his position on HR 40 in his final months in…
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, on June 17, 2021, waits for then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to arrive for a bill enrollment signing ceremony for the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act on June 17, 2021 on Capitol Hill. (Photo by Joshua Roberts/Getty Images) Sheila Jackson Lee “was a change maker,” said Vice President Kamala Harris….
Lisa Price speaks onstage during the 2024 ESSENCE Festival of Culture™ Presented By Coca-Cola® at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on July 06, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images for ESSENCE)Photo by: Erika Goldring / Getty Images OPINION: In this clip from our recent episode of “Masters of the Game,” Lisa…
United States’ Brittney Griner stands on the court prior to a women’s basketball game against Belgium at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday in Villeneuve-d’Ascq, France. (Photo: Michael Conroy/AP) Griner, the two-time Olympic gold medalist, went through her own high-profile prisoner exchange with Russia in 2022 after having been sentenced to nine years in jail for…
By Jill Jordan Sieder In June of 2022, Derrick Gilbert was walking to his job as a line cook at a restaurant in Willmar, Minnesota, wearing a sleeveless red hoodie with the hood up. He was spotted by Willmar Police Officer Christopher Flatten, who was driving by and said he mistook Gilbert for a man…
O’Shea Jackson Jr.‘s striking resemblance to his dad, O’Shea Jackson Sr., known to the world as rapper Ice Cube, has been a topic of discussion for years. This similarity even landed Jackson Jr. the role of his father in the 2015 film “Straight Outta Compton,” which earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Screenplay. Nearly…
Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to speak during a campaign rally Tuesday in Atlanta. (Photo: John Bazemore/AP) The haul by Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign far outpaced former President Donald Trump, whose camp said they took in $138.7 million. WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris‘ campaign announced Friday that it raised $310 million last…
