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early voting georgia thegrio.com
Nov. 6th is almost here and Amy DuBois Barnett is asking us all to do everything in our power to push back the evils of cheaters and voter disfranchisement.
/ October 26, 2018
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
A father of two who feared for his life and yelled “someone is going to kill me,” as police approached, died after cops struck him 26 times with a taser, the Charlotte Observer reports.
/ October 26, 2018
Houston
The man who fatally shot two African-Americans at a suburban Louisville, Kentucky Kroger, tried to first attack a Black church but couldn’t get past security.
/ October 26, 2018
Simone Biles thegrio.com
Simone Biles wants to get this out of the way first. She didn’t return to gymnastics to appease anyone. Not her sponsors. Not her family.
/ October 26, 2018
Elderly Black woman attacked on Ryanair flight thegrio.com
A racist man who said racist things to an elderly Black woman on a Ryanair flight has now apologized and says – wait for it – says he’s not racist.
/ October 26, 2018
Cory Booker pipe bomb thegrio.com
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker is the latest target in a series of suspicious packages that contain pipe bombs being sent to prominent Democrats.
/ October 26, 2018
Quinton Kevon Martin thegrio.com
A Georgia family is devastated after a 16-year-old honor roll student was killed in a senseless shooting after leaving his shift working at Zaxby’s restaurant.
/ October 26, 2018