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A$AP
July 31, 2019
American rapper A$AP Rocky pleaded not guilty to assault as his trial in Sweden opened Tuesday, a month after a…
Priah Ferguson attends the Season 3 "Stranger Things" press junket at The London Hotel on June 27, 2019 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Netflix)
July 30, 2019
One of the breakout stars of “Stranger Things” is an actress who wants to do more action roles and maybe
President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media with Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, July 12, 2019, before Trump boards Marine One for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md. and then on to Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
July 30, 2019
Virginia's black state lawmakers announced Monday that they will boycott a ceremony this week commemorating the beginnings of American democracy…
Renee Black, 2nd left, ASAP Rocky's mother, arrives to the district court where US rapper A$AP Rocky is to appear on charges of assault, in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday July 30, 2019. American rapper A$AP Rocky and two other men believed to be members of his entourage are going on trial Tuesday in Sweden in a high-profile legal case that has caught the attention of U.S. President Donald Trump and rallied music and entertainment celebrities among others. (Fredrik Persson / TT via AP)
July 30, 2019
[griojw id=”u9aHcDWQ” playerid=””] American rapper A$AP Rocky and two other men believed to be members of his entourage went on
A boy rides his bicycle after volunteering to paint a mural outside the New Song Community Church in the Sandtown section of Baltimore. In the latest rhetorical shot at lawmakers of color, President Donald Trump over the weekend vilified Cummings' majority-black Baltimore district as a "disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess" where "no human being would want to live." (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
July 30, 2019
As Latoya Peoples painted a mural with high school-age students Monday in Baltimore, she was determined not to let President
Beto O'Rourke
July 30, 2019
[griojw id=”4Nf5wZ1T” playerid=””] When Democrat Beto O’Rourke takes the stage in the second round of presidential primary debates on Tuesday,
Racial Profiling NFL
July 29, 2019
Discount retailer T.J. Maxx has apologized to a Connecticut family who says their teenage son was the victim of racial…
50 Cent thegrio.com
July 29, 2019
50 Cent said he thinks "Power" being overlooked by the Emmys over the years was racial despite the success of…
July 29, 2019
Actresses of color are getting more roles and acclaim, but not commensurate money. Recognizing that achieving change isn't a solo…
early voting georgia thegrio.com
July 24, 2019
Robin D. Stephens lived through Jim Crow and thought the worst days of racism were behind her. Then President Donald…
July 23, 2019
"Old Town Road" logs its 16th week at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart this week, matching the success…
Singer Art Neville performs during the "From the Big Apple to the Big Easy" benefit concert Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2005 in New York's Madison Square Garden. Proceeds from the concert will be donated to hurricane Katrina relief. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)
July 23, 2019
Art Neville, a member of a storied New Orleans musical family who performed with his siblings in The Neville Brothers…
July 23, 2019
A 27-year-old New Orleans man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the shooting of a Black Lives Matter activist known…
Crowd of men and armed National Guard in front of the Ogden Cafe during the race riots in Chicago, Illinois, 1919.
July 23, 2019
America in the summer of 1919 ran red with blood from racial violence, and yet today, 100 years later, not…
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to local residents at Clinton Community College, Wednesday, June 12, 2019, in Clinton, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
July 23, 2019
Joe Biden plans to propose a criminal justice agenda that would reverse key provisions of the 1994 crime bill that…
Future thegrio.com
July 22, 2019
Future's bodyguard was knocked out and a source close to the rapper told TMZ it was a racially-motivated attack.
July 22, 2019
Of all the mantras Anai Espinoza and her fellow campers recite each morning at AileyCamp, the eighth grader's favorite is…
July 19, 2019
Authorities searched the Los Angeles-area home of rapper YG on Thursday in connection with a police shooting in Compton that…
A$AP Rocky
July 19, 2019
U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky should be held for another week in pre-trial detention to allow police to finish investigating a…
Harvard University campus TheGrio
July 19, 2019
An Arizona man authorities say threatened to bomb Harvard University and shoot people who attended black commencement has been sentenced…