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Guests gather and listen to community leaders speak during a vigil for Eric Logan Monday, June 17, 2019 on Washington Street in South Bend, Ind. Logan, 54, was killed in South Bend early Sunday after someone called police to report a suspicious person going through cars, according to the St. Joseph County prosecutor's office. (Michael Caterina/South Bend Tribune via AP)
June 18, 2019
[griojw id=”R5yRxaJz” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg pulled himself off the presidential campaign trail Monday after the
June 17, 2019
[griojw id=”R5yRxaJz” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A police officer fatally shot a Black man in South Bend, Indiana, leading
Cell phone video shows officers from the Phoenix Police Department the Ames family May 27, 2019. (GMA)
June 17, 2019
Jay-Z’s Roc Nation is stepping up to offer financial support to the young family victimized by police in Phoenix May…
Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams speaks in Washington, Thursday, June 13, 2019. Abrams says that she has not yet decided on the next steps in her political career. Many are calling on the Georgia Democrat to run for president or to serve as another Democrat’s running mate, but Abrams says she won’t rush any decision on her political future. (AP Photo/Kali Robinson)
June 17, 2019
Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams said Thursday she has not ruled out running for another political office.Abrams, who spoke…
In this June 7, 2019 file photo, Jerri Hrubes stands next to her son DJ during a news conference Friday, June 7, 2019, in Salt Lake City. About 100 protesters gathered outside a police agency, Friday, June 14, to demand an officer who pulled his gun on 10-year-old Hrubes last week be fired. The officer's actions drew criticism after Jerri Hrubes said the white police officer pulled his gun on her son, DJ, who is black, while he was playing on his grandmother's front lawn on June 6. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
June 17, 2019
[griojw id=”9ZbYzbDA” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   About 100 protesters gathered outside a police agency in northern Utah to demand an officer who
June 15, 2019
Nicole Frazier was hired as the new director of African American outreach serving in President Donald Trump's administration. 
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June 15, 2019
Rapper 21 Savage recently donated $25,000 to the Southern Poverty Law Center
Anita Hill
June 14, 2019
Anita Hill has finally warmed up and could jump on the Joe Biden 2020 bandwagon and says she could now…
June 13, 2019
[griojw id=”zcQXIdIW” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] On today’s episode of DC360, Grio special correspondent Tiffany Cross discusses House Financial Services committee chair Maxine Waters wants
June 13, 2019
The U.S. Army has yet to officially recognize Richard Collins III as a second lieutenant after he was stabbed to…
June 13, 2019
Top Democrats like Kamala Harris and Pete Buttigieg are grappling with the question around whether or not to pursue impeachment…
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June 13, 2019
[griojw id=”BIeQbxap” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   TheGrio has launched a special series called #BlackonBlue to examine the relationship between law enforcement and African-Americans. Our reporters
June 13, 2019
Elizabeth Lederer, the Manhattan Assistant District Attorney, who prosecuted the “Central Park Five” whose convictions were ultimately overturned, has resigned…
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to local residents at Clinton Community College, Wednesday, June 12, 2019, in Clinton, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
June 13, 2019
During a campaign swing through Iowa this week, Joe Biden mentioned that his family recently dined with former President Barack…
A man identified as Sonny Webber, right, father of Brandon Webber who was reportedly shot by U.S. Marshals earlier in the evening, joins a standoff as protesters take to the streets of the Frayser community in anger against the shooting, Wednesday, June 12, 2019, in Memphis, Tenn. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian via AP)
June 13, 2019
Armed officers and an angry crowd faced off after a Tennessee man was fatally shot by U.S. Marshals in a…