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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. 
New York approves first dispensary licenses
November 22, 2022
New York approved licenses to 36 businesses and nonprofits to open the state's first cannabis retail dispensaries, giving 19 to…
Derrick Kittling
November 22, 2022
The officer-involved shooting death of Derrick Kittling, a Black man pulled over in a traffic stop, has sparked protests in…
US Marine Cpl. Melroy Cort
November 22, 2022
Several charges have been dropped against Marine vet Melroy Cort, who is accused of clashing with officers after a dispute…
British teen Ademola Adedeji
November 21, 2022
British teen Ademola Adedeji has been sentenced to eight years in prison for his alleged involvement with criminal gang activity.
Corn Kid
November 21, 2022
The internet sensation known as Tariq the “Corn Kid” is partnering with Green Giant on a Thanksgiving ad campaign.
Terica Williams FAMU
November 21, 2022
Terica Williams is finally getting her master's degree from FAMU after a controversial photo taken on campus led to a…
Kyrie Irving thegrio.com
November 21, 2022
Black Hebrew Israelites supported Kyrie Irving as he returned to the Nets after missing eight games for alleged antisemitic views.
November 20, 2022
LGBTQ+ communities are honoring the lives of at least 32 transgender and gender-nonconforming people killed in the United States this…
Black woman smiling -- Tiffany Cross
November 20, 2022
Tiffany Cross, whose program was MSNBC’s highest-rated weekend show, is demanding answers after her abrupt dismissal from the network.
November 19, 2022
News anchor Joshua Johnson is saying goodbye, for now, to NBC News after a year of  leading his nightly news…
November 19, 2022
New York City, Chicago, Houston and Los Angeles will each be helmed by Black leaders after Rep. Karen Bass is…
Bobbi Wilson
November 18, 2022
The Black girl whose white neighbor called the police on her for using homemade insect spray was invited to Yale…