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July 10, 2021
The revived voting bills no longer include prohibiting Sunday morning voting, when many Black churchgoers go to the polls.
July 10, 2021
New York City is driving much of the increase in positive COVID-19 cases, though cases are also rising in parts…
July 10, 2021
Lingui, which is set in the outskirts of Chad’s capital of N’Djamena, has been a standout of the first week…
July 10, 2021
Congressional Democrats gear up for another bruising legislative push to expand voting right with their focus on nine Supreme Court…
July 10, 2021
The Miami-Dade County will be closed for repair after structural issues were found in the wake of the collapse of…
July 10, 2021
The Justice Department is continuing its investigation into the killing of Black teenager Emmett Till 65 years ago in Mississippi.
July 10, 2021
The addition of Ta-Nehesi Coates and Nikole Hannan-Jones to Howard University has placed a renewed spotlight on the HBCU.
July 10, 2021
Haiti’s interim government says it needs support protecting key infrastructure in the aftermath of President Jovenel Moïse’s assassination.
July 10, 2021
Along with the statue of Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, the removal comes after years of contention, community anguish and litigation.
July 9, 2021
Five officers have sued the city of Palo Alto, saying it allowed the creation of a Black Lives Matter mural…
July 9, 2021
A white man has been sentenced to five years in prison for attacking a Black teenager with a bike lock…
July 9, 2021
Vaccinated teachers and students don’t need to wear masks inside school buildings, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
July 9, 2021
Fast-moving Tropical Storm Elsa hit the New York City region with torrential rains and high winds as it churned up…
July 9, 2021
Seventeen suspects were detained in the assassination of Haiti’s president, and authorities say two are believed to be U.S.-Haitian citizens.
Zaila Avant-garde, theGrio.com
July 8, 2021
Zaila Avant-garde, 14, became the first African American winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee and only the second Black…
July 8, 2021
Black students and faculty at UNC have expressed frustration with the way they are treated, from campus police to the…
July 8, 2021
The Rev. Al Sharpton and attorneys for George Floyd’s family mourned a white Arkansas teenager fatally shot by a sheriff’s…
July 8, 2021
But even among the more well-rounded spellers who will compete Thursday in the ESPN-televised national finals, Zaila Avant-garde stands out.
Olympics thegrio.com
July 8, 2021
Fans have been banned from the Tokyo Olympics following a state of emergency aimed at containing rising COVID-19 infections.
July 7, 2021
The African Methodist Episcopal Church, the United States’ oldest historically Black denomination, launched its General Conference on Tuesday.