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About Biba Adams

Biba Adams has been a journalist for nearly 20 years. A native of Detroit, her focus is on community and solutions-oriented journalism combined with a passion for art and culture. She has been a Daytime News Writer for TheGrio for one year and has been honored to provide editorial coverage of the Black experience in the coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 presidential election, and more. In her spare time, Adams enjoys relaxing while watching cartoons and Marvel films.

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May 13, 2020
Reports say that it is possible that Travis McMichael had a previous confrontation with Ahmaud Arbery before his death in…
Swizz Beatz theGrio.com
May 13, 2020
Producer Swizz Beatz wants to raise a million dollars for each icon who started Hip-Hop and wants other artists to…
Klu Klux Klan-mask theGrio.com
May 13, 2020
A man who wore a Ku Klux Klan-style hood in a grocery store will not be charged with a hate…
Harold and Thelma Swain theGrio.com
May 13, 2020
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is reopening the case of the 1985 murders of Harold and Thelma Swain. Authorities may…
This undated photo provided by the Champaign County Sheriff's Office in Champaign, Ill., shows Andrew Martin Smith. (Champaign County Sheriff's Office via AP) thegrio.com
May 13, 2020
20-year-old Andrew Smith pleaded guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct for making a noose out of string and leaving it in…
Jordan Davis and Ahmaud Arbery
May 12, 2020
The murder of Ahmaud Arbery brings up painful memories for Rep. Lucy McBath as her son, Jordan Davis, was killed…
Little Richard theGrio.com
May 12, 2020
Now a heralded movie director, Ava DuVernay, shared a warm reflection about how kind and generous Little Richard was as…
Keisha Lance Bottoms theGrio.com
May 12, 2020
Black America's Mayor, Keisha Lance Bottoms was decisively clear in her comments to CNN regarding the slaying of the 25-year-old…
Mitch McConnell Barack Obama theGrio.com
May 12, 2020
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell didn't mince words about President Barack Obama: "I think President Obama should have kept his…
Sacramento State racist professor and wife theGrio.com
May 12, 2020
An associate professor at Sacramento State University is apologizing for the outrageously racist behavior he and his wife displayed on…
Weijia Jiang and Donald Trump theGrio.com
May 12, 2020
Donald Trump seemed racist when he asked a reporter of Chinese descent to "ask China," after she asked why U.S.'s…
Andre Harrell Sean Combs theGrio.com
May 12, 2020
Only six months after losing one of his greatest loves, Kim Porter, he is struggling with the loss of his…
Lloyd C. Porter theGrio.com
May 11, 2020
Lloyd Cornelius Porter, a beloved entrepreneur, and actor from Bedford-Stuyvesant passed away last week at the age of 49 from…
Zion Williamson theGrio.com
May 11, 2020
Company suing Zion Williamson for breach of contract asks the star to admit that his mother and stepfather demanded and…
May 11, 2020
Larry English, the man who owns the house under construction, told The Washington Post that the structure was not robbed.
John James theGrio.com
May 11, 2020
John James, a Republican candidate for the US Senate, spoke out against President Donald J. Trump in a private video…
Nicholas Johnson theGrio.com
May 11, 2020
Nicholas Johnson has made history at the prestigious Princeton University becoming the university's first Black valedictorian.
May 11, 2020
In a private call, former President Barack Obama made his strongest criticism yet of the Trump administration's handling of the…
Ahmaud Arbery theGrio.com
May 11, 2020
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr released calls for the federal government to investigate the local office's handling of the Ahmaud Arbery…
Police vehicle theGrio.com
May 8, 2020
NYPD is facing intense public scrutiny over what appears to be racial disparities in the enforcement of social distancing measures