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July 21, 2020
Taye Diggs caught up with theGrio to discuss his role in Netflix's "All American," Black fatherhood and his thoughts on…
July 21, 2020
Federal officers’ actions at protests in Portland, hailed by Trump but done without local consent, are raising the prospect of…
July 21, 2020
The war of words between Chicago’s mayor and President Donald Trump escalated after a weekend when 12 were killed in…
Mark and Patricia McCloskey theGrio.com
July 20, 2020
St. Louis’ top prosecutor charged a white couple with felony unlawful use of a weapon for displaying guns during a…
Drug Lab Research theGrio.com
July 20, 2020
Scientists at Oxford University say experimental coronavirus vaccine has been shown in an early trial to prompt a protective immune…
NYPD thegrio.com
July 17, 2020
OPINION: Jerika L. Richardson, of the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board, says now is the time to finally…
July 17, 2020
Two white men in Indiana were charged after a Black man said they assaulted him and threatened to get a…
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Speaks At Georgetown Law
July 17, 2020
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Friday she is receiving chemotherapy for a recurrence of cancer, but has no plans to…
July 17, 2020
theGrio contributor Jason Johnson speaks with Black women on how they'd respond if Biden does not choose Kamala Harris as…
July 17, 2020
The Pentagon will ban the Confederate flag on military installations, in a carefully worded policy that doesn't mention the word…
July 17, 2020
The Rev. C.T. Vivian, a civil rights veteran who worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and led the Southern Christian…
Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing on Covid-19 Risks in Jails
July 16, 2020
Months after Senator Dick Durbin took office, one of America’s most over-hauling immigration reform bills became effective.
Democratic Senators Schumer, Durbin, and Stabenow Hold News Conference On The Hill
July 16, 2020
Senate Democrats said Thursday that they want to shift $350 billion from an untapped Treasury Department virus relief program to…
July 16, 2020
The United States on Thursday carried out its second federal execution this week following a hiatus of nearly two decades.
President Trump Holds Roundtable With Governors On Reopening Small Businesses
July 16, 2020
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt announced Wednesday that he has tested positive for the coronavirus and that he is isolating at…
July 15, 2020
George Floyd’s family filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the city of Minneapolis and the four police officers charged in his…
July 15, 2020
Rep. Steve Watkins, who had listed a postal box as his residence on a state voter registration form, has been…
July 15, 2020
Jeff Sessions took the stage with the same sense of conviction he had displayed in giddier times at a Mobile…
Harvard And MIT Sue Trump Administration Over Foreign Student Rule
July 14, 2020
Trump rescinded a rule that would have required international students to transfer or leave the U.S. if their schools held…
Airline And Global Travel Industry Faces Downturn Due To Coronavirus Outbreak
July 14, 2020
Black travel professionals are confronting their own industry, not just to acknowledge its lack of diversity, but to demand more…