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September 5, 2019
Actor Isaiah Washington, whose career was affected by a homophobia controversy on the set of 'Grey's Anatomy' now says he…
This Jan. 26, 2018, file photo showing police body-camera footage released by Milwaukee Police Department shows NBA Bucks guard Sterling Brown talking to arresting police officers after being shot by a stun gun in a Walgreens parking lot in Milwaukee. Milwaukee city officials are offering Sterling Brown $400,000 to settle his lawsuit accusing police of using excessive force and targeting him because he's black when they confronted him over a parking violation. The city's Common Council authorized the offer Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, during a closed session. Brown has 14 days to accept or decline it. (Milwaukee Police Department via AP, File) thegrio.com
September 5, 2019
An attorney for Bucks guard Sterling Brown says Milwaukee's $400,000 offer to settle Brown's lawsuit against the city over his…
September 3, 2019
Attorney Benjamin Crump discusses how the Department of Justice wants to reinterpret the Civil Rights Act of 1866 to threaten…
Harriet Tubman thegrio.com
September 1, 2019
Trump's staff told Lonnie Bunch that he did not want to see anything difficult. But Bunch refused to "make the…
Stacey Abrams
August 29, 2019
Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams was encouraged to make her look more appealing to beauty standards, she says while…
August 28, 2019
A woman who filed for divorce from her husband claims that he is having an affair with Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan…
August 28, 2019
Byron Allen—founder and CEO of Entertainment Studios— has a $20 billion dollar lawsuit against Comcast and Charter Communications for racial…
President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media with Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, July 12, 2019, before Trump boards Marine One for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md. and then on to Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
August 28, 2019
Net Neutrality is equal and fair access to the internet, so why have civil rights groups like the National Urban…
Democrats
August 28, 2019
Vice President Joe Biden discusses the 2020 election, the nation’s racial divide and the role that Donald Trump and white…
Police Car thegrio.com
August 28, 2019
A disturbing video has emerged showing a man unconscious and a woman begging for police to check his pulse after…
Meek Mill gestures at the crowd outside the Criminal Justice Center in Center City Philadelphia on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. Mill pleaded guilty to a 2007 misdemeanor gun charge and won't serve additional time in prison after reaching a plea agreement in a case that's kept him on probation for most of his adult life. (Jessica Griffin/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP) thegrio.com
August 28, 2019
Rapper Meek Mill pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor gun charge Tuesday in a deal that resolves a 2007 arrest that…
August 27, 2019
Joe Walsh, recently announced Republican primary challenger to Donald Trump says he owns the tweets he has made in the…
Police Car thegrio.com
August 27, 2019
Kazeem Oyeneyin, 31, said he was embarrassed after he was hauled out of his home shirtless and in his underwear,…
Police bodycam footage shows Officer Christopher Martinez brutally beating 17-year-old London Wallace. (ABC7)
August 26, 2019
An internal affairs investigation is underway after a teen’s family filed a lawsuit against the Fresno, California Police Department after…
April Ryan
August 26, 2019
April Ryan has finally spoken out about her bodyguard being accused of assaulting a fellow journalist, saying she regrets his…