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February 5, 2022
A memo from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell comes five days after Brian Flores sued the league over alleged racist hiring…
February 5, 2022
Moïse Mugenyi Kabagambe moved to Brazil in 2011 from his native Bunia, capital of Congo’s northeastern Ituri province, in 2011.
February 5, 2022
The now-defunct restaurant embraced a racist “Old South” decor and theme that was adopted by various other restaurants.
February 5, 2022
Black lawmakers sought to question the state redistricting commission’s decision to slash the number of majority-African American seats.
February 5, 2022
The name Autherine Lucy Foster, the first Black student at Alabama, will don an academic building also named for former…
February 5, 2022
A.C. Cordoza, the only Black Republican in the Virginia House, criticized the legislative Black caucus for rejecting his application to…
February 5, 2022
Lorena Monroe Cesarini said she received online harassment after it was announced she would appear as a guest at a…
Map of Ukraine
February 5, 2022
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you’ve been bombarded with news coverage of Russia’s military escalation against Ukraine.
A scene from "You Got Served"
February 5, 2022
What I’m about to say may sound a little bit crazy but for my life it’s true: "You Got Served"…
February 4, 2022
To be truly effective, the institute will need to dive deep to craft solutions that can effectively change Black men's…
February 4, 2022
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison will join the review of the fatal shooting of a Amir Locke by Minneapolis police.
The cast of "Jean of the Joneses"
February 4, 2022
I came across "Jean of the Joneses" the way I discover lots of Black movies: skimming Amazon Prime for cover…
February 4, 2022
Rep. Joseph H. Rainey was honored for being the first Black member of the House by formally having a room…
February 4, 2022
It’s been two-and-a-half years since your company Roc Nation partnered with the NFL to “amplify the league’s social justice efforts."
Brian Flores of the Miami Dolphins
February 3, 2022
Discriminatory hiring practices disenfranchise Black Americans, widening the wealth gap, leading to stress and poor health.
voting rights theGrio
February 3, 2022
Since Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema refused to join their Democratic colleagues to overcome the Republican filibuster of voting
February 3, 2022
A caller who threatened to blow up a HBCU in Florida described a plot involving seven bombs hidden in duffel…
February 3, 2022
Former officer Jason Van Dyke left prison on Thursday after serving less than half of his nearly seven-year sentence for…
Actors Halle Berry and Eddie Murphy in "Boomerang"
February 3, 2022
Even though I was 12 going on 13 when Boomerang was released to theaters in July 1992, it managed to…
February 3, 2022
By now, you’ve heard that former Miami Dolphin head coach Brian Flores has filed a class-action lawsuit against the racist…