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Mayoe Chokwe Lumumba discusses water woes in Jackson, Miss.
The city issued a preventative boil water advisory on Christmas after severe weather woes led to distribution system breakdowns. 
/ December 30, 2022
An unidentified woman disrupted Tuesday's all-Black staging of the Arthur Miller play, which stars Wendell Pierce as Willy Loman.
/ December 30, 2022
Southwest airlines, canceled flights, Pete Buttigieg, investigation theGrio.com
After canceling over 50% of its flights during the holiday weekend, Southwest became this week’s hot topic.
/ December 30, 2022
Los Angeles Special Screening of Netflix's A Jazzman's Blues
I waited a decade to interview Tyler Perry. I finally got my chance and talking to him showed me how…
/ December 30, 2022
Buffalo blizzard racial disparities
Blacks make up 33 percent of the population in Erie County and 14 percent in Buffalo, yet are 51 percent…
/ December 30, 2022
On April 14, 2014, Boko Haram stormed the Government Girls Secondary School in the Chibok community and forcefully abducted girls.
/ December 30, 2022
The first legal dispensary for recreational marijuana in New York rung up its first sales on Thursday.
/ December 30, 2022
President Biden on Thursday, Dec. 29, signed a $1.7 trillion spending bill that will keep the federal government operating through…
/ December 30, 2022
According to an independent review released Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022, Tennessee has not complied with its own lethal injection protocol…
/ December 30, 2022
Roads reopened Thursday in storm-besieged Buffalo as authorities continued searching for people who may have died or are stuck and suffering after…
/ December 30, 2022
Off To Hollywood
A newly created reading room at the Paul Robeson House and Museum in West Philadelphia pays tribute to the late…
/ December 29, 2022
Since vowing to have the backs of Black people, Biden has committed to prioritizing racial equity and delivered on several…
/ December 29, 2022