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Jorja Smith, thegrio.com
October 3, 2023
The British soul artist, Jorja Smith, released her debut album five years ago.
October 3, 2023
A new Texas law calls for every student who performs in the top 40% on a fifth-grade math test to…
October 3, 2023
Friday's arrest of Le'Keian Woods drew national attention after a cellphone video showed officers slam his face onto the ground.
October 2, 2023
The United Auto Workers union has reached a tentative contract agreement with Mack Trucks that covers about 4,000 workers in…
October 2, 2023
The story of John Tucker, a Black man lynched in Indianapolis in 1845, is now part of the city’s cultural…
October 2, 2023
The Fearless Fund now cannot run its Strivers Grant Contest, which gives $20,000 to businesses at least 51% owned by…
October 2, 2023
Butler will be the only Black woman serving in the U.S. Senate and the first openly LGBTQ+ person to represent…
October 1, 2023
Simone Biles led a dominant performance by the U.S. women at the world gymnastics championships, qualifying through two subdivisions Sunday.
U.S. Supreme Court justices, theGrio.com
October 1, 2023
Major cases await the Supreme Court, including several challenges to regulatory agencies and efforts to regulate social media platforms.
California fair chance housing
October 1, 2023
California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law Saturday to bolster eviction protections for renters and close a loophole for…
October 1, 2023
Ethiopian coffee has made inroads in cities around the world, including in London where tea, its counterpart, has been a…
October 1, 2023
Manuel Ellis died hogtied and handcuffed by three Tacoma, Washington, officers, nearly three months before Floyd’s death sparked outrage.
October 1, 2023
Behind a heavy black curtain in one of the nation’s busiest airports is Chicago’s unsettling response to a growing population…
October 1, 2023
Federal student loan borrowers will need to start making payments again this month after a three-year-plus pause due to the pandemic.
October 1, 2023
The threat of a federal government shutdown suddenly lifted late Saturday as President Joe Biden signed a temporary funding bill.
Rep. Jamaal Bowman, theGrio.com
September 30, 2023
Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman admitted he set off a fire alarm Saturday in an office building as Congress moved on…
September 30, 2023
The first arrest in the 1996 death of Tupac Shakur came Friday with the murder indictment of Duane “Keffe D” Davis.
September 30, 2023
Speaker Kevin McCarthy dropped demands for steep spending cuts and relied on Democratic votes for passage to send the package to the…
September 30, 2023
"Very simply: If you rob a store, you can fully expect to be shot as you are leaving that store,”…
September 30, 2023
Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom had promised to appoint a Black woman in 2021 as concerns grew about Feinstein’s declining health.