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This combination photo shows, from left, rapper 50 Cent, singer Janet Jackson and rapper Future who have been added to the lineup for the Jeddah World Fest, the concert in Saudi Arabia. Nicki Minaj pulled out of the concert after human rights organizations urged her to cancel her appearance. (AP Photo)
July 18, 2019
Janet Jackson, Chris Brown, 50 Cent, Future and Tyga have been added to the lineup for the Jeddah World Fest,
In this Aug. 12, 2017 file photo, white nationalist demonstrators clash with counter demonstrators at the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va. Three alleged members of a white supremacist group accused of inciting violence at California political rallies were cleared of federal charges after a judge found their actions amounted to constitutionally protected free speech. The judge in Los Angeles on Monday, June 3, 2019 threw out charges of conspiracy to commit rioting and travel or use of commerce with intent to riot against the men. Prosecutors were disappointed with the ruling and reviewing grounds for appeal. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
July 18, 2019
[griojw id=”wIKfJ2Bf” playerid=””] Hatred for Jews, blacks and feminists motivated three members of a white supremacist group to attack counterprotesters
Meek Mill thegrio.com
July 17, 2019
Lawyers for Meek Mill asked an appeals court Tuesday to overturn a 2008 drug and gun conviction that has kept…
Donald Trump thegrio.com AP
July 17, 2019
Texas Rep. Al Green has introduced articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, potentially forcing a vote this week on…
Beyonce thegrio
July 16, 2019
[griojw id=”E89QxoKn” playerid=””] Beyoncé’s “Homecoming” film has scored six Emmy nominations, while documentaries on Michael Jackson, R. Kelly and the
Eric Garner placed in a chokehold by NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo (Video still/ Ramsey Orta/YouTube)
July 16, 2019
[griojw id=”qX366FSN” playerid=””] TheGrio has launched a special series called #BlackonBlue to examine the relationship between law enforcement and African-Americans. Our reporters and
In this Aug. 18, 2017, photo, a statue of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest sits in a park in Memphis, Tenn. A city council in Tennessee plans to consider four different ways to deal with the growing uproar over the existence of two statues of Confederate leaders at city parks. Council members in Memphis agreed Tuesday, Aug. 22, to discuss a resolution listing steps it can take to remove or board up statues of Jefferson Davis and Nathan Bedford Forrest. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz, File)
July 16, 2019
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee changed course on Monday and declared he's now in favor of amending a law that requires…
From left, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., respond to base remarks by President Donald Trump after he called for the four Democratic congresswomen of color to go back to their "broken” countries, as he exploited the nation’s glaring racial divisions for political gain, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 15, 2019. All are American citizens and three of the four were born in the U.S. Rep. Omar is the first Somali-American in Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
July 16, 2019
Defiant in the face of widespread criticism, President Donald Trump renewed his belligerent call for four Democratic congresswomen of color…
July 15, 2019
Oprah Winfrey surprised the Maui Humane Society with a visit to thank the organization for evacuating animals during a wildfire,…
ELANDON ROBERTS at the 2019 ESPY Awards. (Image Group LA via Getty Images)
July 15, 2019
 A Texas sheriff said Friday he has apologized to New England Patriots player Elandon Roberts for the actions of a…
July 12, 2019
 FIFA is doubling its minimum ban for racist incidents to 10 games, and will start inviting players to make victim…
School
July 12, 2019
This small Mississippi Delta town serves as a reminder that fierce debates over the integration of black and white students…
The cast of 'Orange Is The New Black' pose in the press room with their award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series at the 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Expo Hall on January 29, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Dan MacMedan/WireImage)
July 11, 2019
From corrupt, brutal overseers to the fraught world of inmate hierarchy to unlikely friendships and romances, "Orange is the New…
In this Wednesday, June 19, 2019 photo, South Bend Mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg shares a moment with Shirley Newbill, mother of Eric Logan, during a gun violence memorial at the Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center in South Bend, Ind. (Michael Caterina/South Bend Tribune via AP)
July 11, 2019
The Democratic presidential candidate and South Bend, Indiana, mayor is combating perceptions that he's out of touch with black people…
July 11, 2019
A potential tropical storm brewing in the Gulf of Mexico presents twin troubles for coastal Louisiana and Mississippi — the…
In this Oct. 11, 2017 file photo, Corrie Davis, left, picks up her son Turner from Big Shanty Elementary School in Kennesaw, Ga. The previous month, the school invited fifth-graders to dress up as characters from the Civil War. Davis says a white student dressed as a plantation owner approached her son and said "You are my slave." She requested that the school to stop the annual Civil War dress-up day. Recently, an investigation by New York Attorney General Letitia James found in May that a mock "slave auction" that singled out black students at the private Chapel School in Westchester County had a profoundly negative effect on all involved students. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
July 8, 2019
"They made me a slave today."Aneka Burton still remembers the way her then 10-year-old son, Nikko, who is black, recounted…
Phoenix Police Department Sgt. Kevin Johnson demonstrates the new Axon Body 2 body camera to fellow officers as another precinct gets their cameras assigned to them Wednesday, July 3, 2019, in Phoenix. Although body-worn cameras are becoming a police standard nationwide, Phoenix was among the last big departments to adopt their widespread use. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
July 8, 2019
A Phoenix police officer yelled obscenities and forced an unarmed black man suspected of shoplifting up against a patrol car.…
July 8, 2019
Kamala Harris can't forget the older black woman she met in Iowa while campaigning for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama…
2018 Midterm Elections thegrio.com
June 25, 2019
New evidence paints a "disturbing picture" that racial discrimination may be the motive behind the Trump administration's push to ask…
2018 E! PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS -- Pictured: Activist Bryan Stevenson accepts the People's Champion Award on stage during the 2018 E! People's Choice Awards held at the Barker Hangar on November 11, 2018 -- NUP_185094 -- (Photo by Christopher Polk/E! Entertainment/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
June 25, 2019
Civil rights attorney Bryan Stevenson rarely slows down, friends and family say. It seems he's always looking over details on…