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TempeTownLake
June 12, 2022
Sean Bickings, who is Black, died begging for his life as police officers watched him struggle to stay afloat in…
June 12, 2022
Oakland, California will recognize racism as a public health crisis and hire staff to focus on racial equity in the…
Chicago Graduates New Class Of Police Officers
June 11, 2022
A white Chicago Police officer who physically assaulted a Black woman walking her dog in August 2021 has resigned from…
June 11, 2022
Southern Soigné head chef Zacchaeus Golden brings a unique twist to classic dishes of the American South in his Mississippi…
June 10, 2022
The family of Breonna Taylor is preserving her memory via an augmented reality exhibit that celebrates her life. 
TempeTownLake
June 10, 2022
Groups including PLM Phoenix Metro and White People Against White Supremacy gathered to decry the drowning of Sean Bickings.
Lexus Uptown Honors Hollywood
June 10, 2022
The American Black Film Festival is back in Miami after two years of virtual events due to the COVID-19 pandemic...
June 10, 2022
The work of Michael Woodley, a 38-year-old British academic, was credited in Payton S. Gendron's proclamation posted online.
June 10, 2022
Sony Music announces that 'MJ the Musical - Original Broadway Cast Recording' will be released on July 15.
June 10, 2022
"It is time for Jack Del Rio to resign or be terminated," said NAACP's Derrick Johnson, calling his comments "offensive…
SZA thegrio.com
June 10, 2022
Grammy-winning singer SZA released a deluxe edition of her debut album 'Ctrl,' featuring seven unreleased songs.
Alabama, Juvenile, theGrio.com
June 10, 2022
America’s first penitentiary was established in Philadelphia in 1790, and it contained the nation’s first solitary confinement cells.
June 9, 2022
Federal prosecutors in New York want R. Kelly to serve more than 25 years in prison after a Brooklyn jury…
June 9, 2022
Two Florida towns reckon with their legacy of racial animosity through historical observations and shared understanding.
June 9, 2022
Finance executive Mellody Hobson, the co-CEO of Chicago-based Ariel Investment, may become a minority owner of the Denver Broncos.
June 9, 2022
Barris' new filing marks the third time the acclaimed television producer and his doctor spouse have attempted to legally split.
June 9, 2022
"Not just because of gun violence," Wade revealed Tuesday, "but because of the way people perceive her in this world."
June 9, 2022
Jazzalynn McMurrin, a nurse at Galveston's MD Anderson Cancer Center, said she sought professional help and was prescribed anti-depressants.
MusiCares Person of the Year Tribute to Joni Mitchell - Red Carpet
June 9, 2022
The Recording Academy announced that the Grammy Awards are adding six new categories, including Songwriter of the Year.
La. Gov. John Bel Edwards, theGrio.com
June 9, 2022
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards vetoed legislation he said would've rolled back changes to its 2017 Justice Reinvestment Act.