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November 29, 2022
Savage X Fenty was accused of violating California law and automatically enrolling customers in a program with recurring charges.
NYC Mayor Eric Adams, Commissioner Laura Kavanagh FDNY
November 29, 2022
In September, officials admitted they were having trouble addressing FDNY bias claims while enlarging its demographics. 
Delano Burkes Houston
November 29, 2022
The body of Delano Burkes, missing since Nov. 13, was found Friday after he was last seen leaving McIntyre's, a…
November 29, 2022
Madison Area Technical College is creating an African studies program to help bolster its international student enrollment.
November 28, 2022
Grammy-winner Mariah Carey signed on to co-produce the Broadway musical, "Some Like It Hot," opening on Dec. 11.
November 28, 2022
Barbados could make a wealthy Conservative member of parliament the first individual to pay for his family's role in slavery,.
November 28, 2022
Former prison inmate Daniel Jones had reformed his life and was a strong presence not only in Detroit, but across…
Chris Smalls, Gaza, Amazon Union, Palestine Flotilla, thegrio.com
November 28, 2022
Amazon Labor Union co-founder Christian Smalls maintains he has standing to sue over paltry COVID-19 safety precautions.
FAMU
November 28, 2022
Details of Sunday's shooting are still developing, but it appears that none of the victims were Florida A&M University students.
November 27, 2022
Jonathan “Hovain” Hylton, an award-winning music manager and vice president at Cinematic Music Group, has died.
November 27, 2022
“The Kwanzaa Menu,” hosted by food scholar Tonya Hopkins, is the network’s first series centered around the seven-day holiday.
Twitter logo on a screen
November 26, 2022
The sudden firing of all but one worker at Twitter’s Africa headquarters earlier this month has prompted the team to…
November 26, 2022
HBCU GO, the leading digital media platform for 107 historically Black colleges and universities, will feature an all-female broadcast team.
November 25, 2022
Giving Tuesday, the global charity event, is Nov. 29. These 10 groups offer programs geared toward helping Black people.
November 23, 2022
Comedian Sinbad's family offers fans an update on his recovery after suffering a 2020 stroke, as well as link to…
November 23, 2022
Affectionately named “Black America’s attorney general,” Ben Crump is presented with theGrio Awards' Justice Icon trophy.
Tony Patterson in Florida
November 23, 2022
Florida's anti-fraud effort led to charges of "election voting by an unqualified voter" and "false swearing" against Tony Patterson.
November 23, 2022
Bolden's career in law was inspired by her great-grandfather, whose 1930s' death was deemed accidental after his lynching.
November 22, 2022
Jazz musician Esperanza Spalding, a professor of the practice in Harvard’s Music Department, is set to depart the university.
November 22, 2022
Louisville historian Walter Hutchins has passed away at age 91, the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage confirmed.