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February 6, 2019

Former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and former staffer Christine Beatty talk about their scandalous affair in podcast

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This image shows Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s page in his 1984 Eastern Virginia Medical School yearbook. The page shows a picture, at right, of a person in blackface and another wearing a Ku Klux Klan hood next to different pictures of the governor. It's unclear who the people in the picture are, but the rest of the page is filled with pictures of Northam and lists his undergraduate alma mater and other information about him. (Eastern Virginia Medical School via AP) thegrio.com
February 6, 2019

Virginia yearbook staff disagree on whether governor’s racist photo was mix-up

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Booker
February 5, 2019

Cory Booker has ‘a boo,’ but who is she?

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In this pool image from video, Stacey Abrams delivers the Democratic party's response to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019 from Atlanta. Abrams narrowly lost her bid in November to become America's first black female governor, and party leaders are aggressively recruiting her to run for U.S. Senate from Georgia. Speaking from Atlanta, Abrams calls the shutdown a political stunt that "defied every tenet of fairness and abandoned not just our people, but our values." (Pool video image via AP) thegrio.com
February 5, 2019

Stacey Abrams calls Trump’s government shutdown a “disgrace” in SOTU response

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Jemel Roberson thegrio.com
February 5, 2019

Jemel Roberson: Police release dashcam footage of chaotic scene after fatal shooting

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February 5, 2019

Marine veteran alleges Bay Area cop assaulted him for recording arrest

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Meghan Markle TheGrio
February 5, 2019

Samantha Markle, Piers Morgan throw shade at Meghan Markle for positive messages to sex workers

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Video of a Black female Hazeltown Area High School student being brutally restrained by four security officers has gone viral. (Twitter)
February 5, 2019

Violent video shows 4 security guards punching Black female student in school cafeteria

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r. kelly
February 5, 2019

R. Kelly must not realize the internet is worldwide, announces overseas tour amid backlash over docuseries

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E.J Bradford thegrio.com
February 5, 2019

Alabama Attorney General won’t seek criminal charges against officer in fatal shooting of Black man misidentified at Alabama mall

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February 5, 2019

Iowa Rep. Steve King invites half of Diamond & Silk duo to State of the Union address

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Donald Glover thegrio.com
February 5, 2019

Here’s why ‘Atlanta’ fans may be in for a LONG wait for Season 3

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Kristoff St. John/ Victoria Rowell
February 5, 2019

EXCLUSIVE: Actress Victoria Rowell on the untimely death of ‘Young and the Restless’ co-star, Kristoff St. John, blasts soap execs for racism: ‘They could have done better by him ‘

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February 5, 2019

Lauren Underwood is the youngest Black woman elected to Congress— and wants more millennials to run. (VIDEO)

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February 5, 2019

Joe Budden skeptical on Jussie Smollett attack: ‘Show me footage and I’ll shut TF up’

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