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Is the drive to overachieve fueling the mental health crisis among students of color?

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Tracee Ellis Ross and Yara Shahidi reunite onscreen for Old Navy

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After starting college at 10, a teen receives her doctorate at age 17

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Viola Fletcher, oldest living survivor of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, celebrates 110th birthday

Viola Fletcher, the oldest surviving witness of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, turned celebrated her 110th birthday on May 5.
/ May 15, 2024
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Dietitian shares lifestyle adjustments that younger adults can implement to lower their cancer risk

A licensed dietitian has shared changes younger adults can implement to lower their risk of developing cancer.
/ May 15, 2024
Senior Airman Roger Fortson

Roger Fortson was unjustly killed by police. You cannot reform this.

Roger Fortson is yet another Black life lost because the police officer shot and killed him within seconds of encountering…
/ May 15, 2024
A'ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces receives her 2023 WNBA championship ring

WNBA star A’ja Wilson states the obvious and keeps it moving as Caitlin Clark era begins

OPINION: Eyeing another title, the two-time MVP knows race and double standards are pillars of America. 
/ May 15, 2024
Civil rights leader The Rev. William Lawson

The Rev. William Lawson, Texas civil rights leader who worked with Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 95

Lawson’s longtime church, Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in Houston, Texas, announced on its website that he had died on Tuesday.
/ May 15, 2024

Colorado city agrees to settle police beating lawsuit for $2.1 million

Dalvin Gadson's lawsuit alleged three officers beat him “beyond recognition” and left him with significant PTSD-like symptoms.
/ May 15, 2024
Angela Alsobrooks, Maryland Democratic primary winner

Angela Alsobrooks wins Maryland Democratic primary, continuing her bid to become the 4th Black woman to serve in U.S. Senate

Former Gov. Larry Hogan claimed the Republican nomination in what will be a marquee race in Maryland against Alsobrooks.
/ May 15, 2024
A sculpture titled "Unity" in Buffalo, N.Y.

Buffalo dedicates memorial to victims on second anniversary of racist mass shooting

Anchoring the space outside the Tops market targeted in the attack is a sculpture called “Unity,” with pillars representing each…
/ May 15, 2024

‘Micropreemie’ baby who weighed just over 1 pound at birth goes home from Illinois hospital

Nyla Brooke Haywood was delivered on Nov. 17 at just 22 weeks after her mother, NaKeya, was diagnosed with pre-eclampsia.
/ May 15, 2024

Voters to determine fate of Harry Dunn who left Capitol Police job (and pension) to run for Congress

Harry Dunn tells theGrio he wants to be a "fighter" for Democracy against Trump and Republican allies like Rep. Marjorie…
/ May 14, 2024
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Jalen Brunson and father Rick Brunson star in Brooks Brothers’ Father’s Day campaign

Ahead of Father’s Day, Knicks player Jalen Brunson and his father pose in a heartfelt campaign for Brooks Brothers.
/ May 14, 2024
Actor Sterling K. Brown

Sterling K. Brown on his role in Netflix’s sci-fi thriller ‘Atlas’: ‘I wanted to do something my 8-year-old son could watch’

Sterling K. Brown talks to theGrio about family, artificial intelligence, and his "Clockwork Orange moment" on the set of his…
/ May 14, 2024