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Long Island student Devin Moore launched an anti-bullying campaign after his school refused to deal with bullies who tormented him. (Devin Moore) thegrio.com
February 4, 2019

Bullied teen sent racist messages turns pain into anti-bullying campaign to help other kids

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Tara Raigns, of Petersburg, Va., right, reacts to Gov. Ralph Northam's comments during a news conference in the Governor's Mansion in Richmond, Va., on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019. She joined protesters outside, calling for his resignation. (Alexa Welch Edlund/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP) thegrio.com
February 4, 2019

Virginia governor’s blackface yearbook scandal spotlights deeply embedded racism in US

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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 4, 2019

Virginia governor Ralph Northam resists resignation call over blackface photo

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21 Savage thegrio.com
February 3, 2019

Rapper 21 Savage scooped up and arrested by ICE officials for being in the U.S. illegally

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Colin Kaepernick thegrio.com
February 3, 2019

Artists across Atlanta will paint seven murals of Colin Kaepernick in response to demolished west end mural

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Airbag thegrio.com
February 3, 2019

Five children killed in tragic early morning crash in Bowie, MD

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Cedric Joseph Marks, Cedric Marks
February 3, 2019

MMA fighter accused of multiple murders escapes from jail transport van in Texas

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sexual assault, sex offender thegrio.com
February 3, 2019

Registered sex offender arrested on rape charges after police found him with missing 14-year-old Bronx girl

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February 3, 2019

Cash Money rapper Blueface arrested in LA on gun possession charges

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It's Not About Jimmy Keene
February 3, 2019

21-year-old director, Caleb Jaffe makes Sundance debut with ‘It’s Not About Jimmy Keene’

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Reggie Bush thegrio.com
February 3, 2019

Reggie Bush calls out Goodell, says he is ‘wrong’ about Kaepernick

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Chicago Police Department thegrio.com
February 3, 2019

Father of Chicago teenager said school resource officers were too aggressive in using stun gun and punching his daughter after incident

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Dionne Boldin thegrio.com
February 3, 2019

A NFL wife’s cheat sheet on how to enjoy Super Bowl LIII in style

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Governor Ralph Northam
February 2, 2019

It Wasn’t Me: Va Governor now denies being individual in the racist photo with blackface, KKK uniform

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Bow Wow arrested thegrio.com
February 2, 2019

BREAKING: Rapper Bow Wow arrested, charged with battery in Atlanta during Super Bowl weekend

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