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Aretha Franklin's name in this parody video thegrio.com
August 20, 2018
Former President Barack Obama wants Donald Trump to put some RESPECT on the Queen of Soul’s name.
Stacey Abrams
August 20, 2018
More women than ever before have won major party primaries for governor, U.S. Senate and House this year.
Kimberly Aiken TheGrio
August 19, 2018
Kimberly Aikin said her 15-year-old daughter spent the entire first day without anything to eat at University High School in…
Akbar Cook TheGrio
August 19, 2018
West Side High School Principal Akbar Cook said some students were being bullied because of their dirty clothes so he…
August 19, 2018
Jahana Hayes, of Connecticut, could become the first Black Democrat elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from New England.
Richard Jankowski TheGrio
August 19, 2018
Richard Jankowski, a candidate for school board in a central New Jersey suburb, withdrew from the race after racist Facebook…
Michael Williams TheGrio
August 19, 2018
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters last week that she could not guarantee that Donald Trump has…
Stephon Clark TheGrio
August 18, 2018
Sacramento police are now required to weigh their own safety, potential danger to the public and the importance of making…
August 18, 2018
The proposed move could have an effect on the race involving Democrat Stacey Abrams, the first Black woman gubernatorial nominee,…
Jeffrey Eptstein_TheGrio
August 18, 2018
Jeffrey Epstein, of Lakeland, Fla., told cops, "If you're going to do this to a white doctor...for doing nothing, then…
Kofi Annan TheGrio
August 18, 2018
Kofi Annan, former United Nations Secretary General, dies at 80 after a short illness, according to multiple media reports.
August 18, 2018
“I will not be silenced,” Omarosa Manigault Newman told The AP earlier this week. “I will not be intimidated. I’m…
Ja'Ron Smith TheGrio
August 18, 2018
Kellyanne Conway, counselor to Donald Trump, named him as the administration's most senior Black aide after Omarosa's firing.
August 17, 2018
President Donald Trump has canceled a planned military parade this fall in Washington DC and now he's blaming DC officials.
Roy Oliver Jordan Edwards thegrio.com
August 17, 2018
TheGrio has launched a special series called #BlackonBlue to examine the relationship between law enforcement and African-Americans. Our reporters and videographers will investigate police