Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo: Getty Images) From the first Black president to the first African-American woman ever elected to the United States ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pamela L. Spratlen knows all too well how elusive diversity has long been within the U.S. Foreign Service. Her father, as a young ...

Seven Black women have launched campaigns for the U.S. Senate in 2026, marking a surge that could shatter long-standing representation records. Only five Black women have ever served in the Senate.

From the Revolutionary War to the battlefields of Afghanistan, Black veterans have defended a democracy that too often denied them full citizenship. Their stories are a testament to resilience, ...

EXCLUSIVE: In a letter first obtained by theGrio, the nation's four U.S. Black Senators demand answers from the Trump administration after it eliminated "socially disadvantaged" designation for ...

From Texas to South Carolina, a new wave of Black women candidates is stepping into the U.S. Senate race, potentially making history in the 2026 election cycle. Black women are making history again — ...

Historically, Black political power has not come easily in the United States. The institution of slavery and systems of racial inequality – from Black Codes to Jim Crow – restricted the civil and ...