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Justin Fairfax thegrio.com
January 19, 2019
When Virginia state Senators honored Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on Friday, Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, briefly left the dais…
January 18, 2019
Rev. Jesse Jackson thought the fast food spread that was offered by President Donald Trump to the Clemson football team players was disgraceful.
January 18, 2019
A Cook Country judge Vincent Gaughan has just sentenced former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke to eighty one months for…
Chance the Rapper and Amara Enyia thegrio.com
January 18, 2019
On Wednesday, Chance the Rapper turned activist put his money where his mouth is by donating $400,000 to mayoral candidate Amara…
Mayor Lyndia Thomas and Mayor Pro Tem Beckie Duncan Hayes thegrio.com
January 18, 2019
Texas town mayor and mayor pro-tem, Lyndia Thomas and Beckie Hayes resigned accusations they used city funds to attend Michelle…
Special prosecutor Patricia Brown Holmes speaks to reporters at the courthouse Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, in Chicago. Former Detective David March, ex-Officer Joseph Walsh and Officer Thomas Gaffney, three Chicago police officers accused accused of trying to cover up the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald by officer Jason Van Dyke in October 2014, were acquitted by a judge Thursday. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) thegrio.com
January 18, 2019
A judge rejected allegations that the shocking video of Laquan McDonald's death proved that Chicago police officers tried to stage…
Kiah Morris thegrio.com
January 17, 2019
Former Vermont state lawmaker Kiah Morris continues to be harassed by racist Max Misch, who prompted her abrupt resignation last…
January 17, 2019
A woman's then-30-year-old supervisor at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation raped her when she was a 19-year-old intern, the suit…
Laquan McDonald thegrio.com
January 17, 2019
Officer Thomas Gaffney, former Officer Joseph Walsh, and former Detective David March were each charged with conspiracy, obstruction of justice,…
Karen Pence thegrio.com
January 17, 2019
Karen Pence is making her views on the LGBTQ+ community loud and clear by accepting employment from Immanuel Christian School…
Cardi B on government shutdown is all of us. (Cardi B/Instagram) thegrio.com
January 17, 2019
[griojw id=”hRSG9rp4″ playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   Cardi B had a word for Donald Trump and his petty tactics to shut down the
Maxine Waters thegrio.com
January 16, 2019
Representative Maxine Waters, the newly appointed Chairperson of the House Financial Services Committee, presented her agenda in this new position.
January 16, 2019
Almost a month in, the damage is not only taking place on the economy, but it is also affecting many…
Michelle Obama thegrio.com
January 16, 2019
The milestones continue to pour in for Becoming, the bestselling memoir published last year to critical acclaim by former first…
David Webb (Fox News) thegrio.com
January 16, 2019
A civil rights lawyer and CNN analyst made quite a gaffe on Tuesday night.