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racial profiling in Missouri thegrio

Black customers allege racial profiling when Missouri restaurant refuses to serve them during birthday party

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Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh thegrio

Baltimore’s Mayor Catherine Pugh and two aides face scrutiny over staying at $400-a-night hotel rooms in Washington D.C.

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The University of The Virgin Islands thegrio.com

The University of the Virgin Islands becomes the first HBCU to offer students free tuition

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Cardi B

Potato Chip company proves that Cardi B is more than a snack

Grammy award-winning performing artist Cardi B is the first artist in Rap Snacks history to have four flavors under the chip brand.
/ February 13, 2019
Cory Booker thegrio

Senator Cory Booker on his choice for VP: ‘I’ll be looking to women first’

Democratic candidate for President, Sen. Cory Booker has made it clear that choosing a woman as his Vice President is a very real option.
/ February 13, 2019
Sen. Kamala Harris thegrio.com

Kamala Harris challenged for ‘miscommunication’ when asked about listening to Tupac and Snoop at HU

Senator Kamala Harris, who graduated in 1986, said she listened to rap legends a couple of years before they became popular during the early 1990s.
/ February 13, 2019
N-word

Maryland high school students circulated ‘n-word passes’ to give phony consent to use slur

The principal is condemning what students are calling a “prank” that was taken as far as printing out “tickets” to use the epithet
/ February 13, 2019

Long Island teachers place on leave for placing noose images in classroom

Three Long Island middle school teachers from Roosevelt Middle School are currently on leave for displaying images of nooses in their classroom.
/ February 13, 2019
Morgan State

Morgan State gets an aerospace thrust with $1.6 million rocketry lab grant

Morgan State is attempting to be a leading school in rocket technology and is already well-positioned to take on that challenge, said officials with the non-profit awarding the grant
/ February 13, 2019
The Apollo Tribeca thegrio.com

‘The Apollo’ doc set to make worldwide premiere at Tribeca Film Festival

A documentary about the about The Apollo Theater will make its world premiere at the The Tribeca Film Festival on Wednesday, April 24 in New York City.
/ February 13, 2019