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June 16, 2022
It’s still June in African America and that means a time-honored tradition is also upon us: Juneteenth, aka Freedom Day.
June 15, 2022
Mo'Nique and Netflix reportedly have settled her lawsuit that accused the streaming service of racial and sexual discrimination.
June 15, 2022
Rapper Nipsey Hussle was gunned down outside his clothing shop in a calculated, premeditated fashion by a man upset over…
June 15, 2022
Lawmakers in Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee and other states failed to pass laws to close state offices and give…
June 15, 2022
The American Booksellers Association, the trade group for independent bookstore owner, has experienced a year of solid growth and greater…
June 15, 2022
The World Health Organization said it’s creating a vaccine-sharing mechanism to stop the outbreak of monkeypox in 30 countries beyond Africa.
June 15, 2022
The British government vowed Wednesday to organize more flights to deport asylum-seekers from around the world to Rwanda.
June 15, 2022
Payton Gendron, the white gunman who killed 10 Black people in a Buffalo supermarket, was charged with federal hate crimes.
June 15, 2022
A new study has found that Facebook has failed to catch Islamic State group and al-Shabab extremist content in posts…
Black mortality rates
June 15, 2022
The number and rate of U.S. abortions increased from 2017 to 2020 after a long decline, according to figures released…
June 15, 2022
WNBA star Brittney Griner will remain in Russian custody through at least July 2, Russian state-run news agency Tass reported.
June 15, 2022
theGrio highlights 10 albums that have been reappraised as high quality and influential, despite not being positively received when released.
Lawmakers Work To Finish Business Before Thanksgiving Break
June 14, 2022
Three women are competing for the Democratic nomination to take on Sen. Tim Scott, who said this will be his last term…
Pop star Lizzo
June 14, 2022
The legend of Lizzo has grown even greater. She’s a beloved, body-positive, life-affirming pop star who makes us feel better…
June 14, 2022
As Britain plans to send its first group of asylum-seekers to Rwanda on Tuesday amid outcries and legal challenges...
June 14, 2022
One of my favorite things about hip-hop and rap music, in particular, is its origins within the griot storytelling framework. 
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Ca.), Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and Vice Chairwoman Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wy.)
June 14, 2022
It’s been said that democracy dies in the dark. This line of thinking is, at least, as much about darkness…
Biden Haiti Immigration
June 14, 2022
In South America, a thriving, little-known shadow industry is profiting from the U.S. government sending people back to Haiti.
June 14, 2022
Coca-Cola Co. said it’s partnering with Brown-Forman Corp., the maker of Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey, to sell premixed cocktails.
June 14, 2022
The city of Boston would acknowledge and apologize for its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade, under a resolution to…