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U.S. flags, across New York Bay from the Statue of Liberty, fly at half-staff
May 25, 2022
To be an American now is to be in pain. We have been in a near-constant state of mourning for…
September 11, 2021
Sophia Nelson recalls 9/11, and reflects on a divided America as voting rights and women’s reproductive rights are under assault.
Protests Against Police Brutality Over Death Of George Floyd Continue In NYC
May 25, 2021
A new Axios-Ipsos poll has revealed that White Republicans believe enough has been done for Black Americans in the fight…
Joe Biden thegrio.com
April 30, 2021
President Joe Biden addressed his belief that the United States is not racist during an interview with the TODAY show.
homeless theGrio.com
January 24, 2020
Black people make up 13 percent of the United States population yet accounted for 40 percent of the homeless population in…
Slavery, thegrio.com
August 20, 2019
August 20, 1619 was the day slaves arrived on what would be continental American shores, and the date this country…
Racism thegrio.com
April 10, 2019
Survey reveals 76% of Black citizens have had an experience, opposed to the 67% of white Americans who stated they…
August 10, 2018
[griojw id=”5pIx6gPf” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] Today BlacKkKlansman opens in theaters nationwide on the one-year anniversary of arguably America’s ugliest day of 2017: Charlottesville’s
March 21, 2018
[griojw id=”p7hvrIS3″ playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] Today on The Download for March 21st: The Austin bomber is dead. Mark Anthony Conditt, 24, blew
March 19, 2018
[griojw id=”Qy9oximR” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] Today on #theDownload: There was a fourth explosion Sunday night, in Southwest, Texas, injuring two young men
February 2, 2018
[griojw id=”tV8Z967w” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] Patrisse Khan-Cullors says she co-founded the “Black Lives Matter” movement out of love. But in a country
January 25, 2018
It is the 21st century, but the corporate world seems to still be stuck in a less enlightened time as…
June 27, 2017
A survey by the Pew Research Center shows the world's opinion of the U.S. and its president's ability to lead…
January 25, 2017
During his run for President, Donald Trump promised black America a “new deal” with a vision of “safe communities, great
August 12, 2016
Simone Manuel is officially in the history books after winning the Women’s 100m Freestyle in Rio.  She is the first African-American
May 27, 2016
On Saturday, 2nd Lt. Alix Schoelcher Idrache experienced a moment he would never forget.  During his commencement ceremony at West Point,
March 2, 2016
Discover alternative living destinations for African Americans considering relocation due to the political climate under Donald Trump’s presidency.
October 16, 2015
Black Twitter (and the rest of America) has spent all week dragging Raven-Symoné for saying she would not hire people…
October 14, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Filmmaker Whitney Dow launched a new PBS project, entitled "The Whiteness Project: Inside the White Caucasian Box,"…
December 7, 2013
MSNBC -- Martin Luther King Jr. never got to see himself canonized as a saint. When he was struck by…