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March 6, 2021
The timing and location — Atlanta, birthplace of Dr. Martin Luther King — to pay tribute to HBCUs seems right.
March 6, 2021
The Federal Reserve reported Friday that consumer borrowing fell by $1.3 billion in January, pushing credit card use to early…
March 6, 2021
U.S. hiring accelerated more quickly than expected last month, though the Black unemployment rate jumped from 9.2% to 9.9%.
March 5, 2021
Jermaine Fowler and Teyana Taylor took inspiration from their co-stars, who starred in the 1988 film, for their roles in…
March 5, 2021
The national rush to vaccinate teachers in hopes of soon reopening pandemic-shuttered schools is running into one basic problem.
March 5, 2021
Georgia's Brian Kemp and Brad Raffensperger rejected Trump’s false claims of voter fraud, but now are taking a softer approach…
March 5, 2021
Rep. Eric Swalwell, who served as a House manager in Donald Trump’s last impeachment, filed a lawsuit Friday against the…
March 5, 2021
Creighton University suspended basketball coach Greg McDermott indefinitely Thursday night for using racially insensitive language.
Derek Chauvin theGrio.com
March 4, 2021
As the trial approaches for Derek Chauvin, prosecutors are putting the time his knee was on George Floyd's neck at…
March 4, 2021
A Dallas police officer was arrested on two counts of capital murder after a man said he killed two people…
March 4, 2021
Malcolm X’s 2 ½-story boyhood home in Boston was added to the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service…
March 4, 2021
California will begin setting aside 40% of all vaccines for the most vulnerable neighborhoods in an effort to inoculate high…
March 4, 2021
An Alabama rapper OMB Peezy was arrested in connection to a shooting at music video set in downtown Atlanta, authorities…
Jay Z Jack Dorsey thegrio.com
March 4, 2021
Financial technology company Square, Inc. said Thursday that it has reached an agreement to acquire majority ownership of Tidal.
March 4, 2021
Texas’ power grid manager was fired Wednesday amid growing calls for his ouster following February’s deadly blackouts.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and George Floyd
March 3, 2021
Cheered on by President Biden, Democrats hustled Wednesday to pass the George Floyd Justice Policing Act to overhaul policing nationwide.
March 3, 2021
President Joe Biden and Democrats agreed Wednesday to tighten the upper-income limits at which people could qualify for stimulus checks.
March 3, 2021
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo intends to remain in office in the face of sexual harassment allegations, he said Wednesday.
March 3, 2021
The Defense Department took more than three hours to dispatch the National Guard to the deadly riot at the U.S.…
March 3, 2021
Legislators in over 20 states have introduced bills that would ban trans girls from competing on girls’ sports teams in…