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Health care workers, theGrio.com
June 15, 2020
African Americans are disproportionately likely to say a family member or close friend has died of COVID-19 or respiratory illness…
June 15, 2020
Senate Republicans are poised to unveil an extensive package of policing changes that includes new restrictions on police chokeholds.
Supreme Court theGrio.com
June 15, 2020
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a landmark civil rights law protects LGBT people from discrimination in employment, a resounding…
June 13, 2020
Atlanta's police chief resigned Saturday, less than 24 hours after a Black man was killed by an officer in a…
June 12, 2020
A Black man imprisoned in Minnesota in a case that included the lynchings of three other Black men received a…
Donald Trump theGrio.com
June 12, 2020
Three months after President Donald Trump bowed to the realities of the coronavirus pandemic, Trump is back to business as usual.
Tulsa race riot
June 11, 2020
Black community and political leaders called on President Donald Trump to at least change the Juneteenth date for his return…
June 11, 2020
Joe Biden is adopting an increasingly aggressive stance as he looks to break out of a monthslong campaign freeze imposed…
June 11, 2020
Protesters pulled down a century-old statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in the former capital of the Confederacy.
June 11, 2020
States are rolling back lockdowns and stay-at-home orders, but the coronavirus pandemic isn’t done with the U.S. just yet.
June 11, 2020
After protesting racial injustices, Sharon Chuter was disillusioned by the number of corporate brands posting messages spouting support for black…
June 10, 2020
NASCAR banned the Confederate flag after Bubba Wallace, NASCAR's lone Black driver, said there was 'no place' for it in…
Ava DuVernay thegrio.com
June 10, 2020
Filmmaker Ava DuVernay has been elected to the film academy’s Board of Governors for the first time.
June 10, 2020
Philonise Floyd challenged Congress on Wednesday to “stop the pain” as lawmakers consider a sweeping law enforcement overhaul.
June 10, 2020
The U.S. military is rethinking its traditional connection to Confederate Army symbols, mindful of their divisiveness during this time.
June 10, 2020
The Minneapolis Police Department will withdraw from police union contract negotiations, Chief Medaria Arradondo said Wednesday.
Health care workers, theGrio.com
June 10, 2020
The struggles of people living in the Black Belt have become even more difficult with unemployment intensifying and coronavirus infections raging.
Captain David Dorn theGrio.com
June 10, 2020
Hundreds of people waited in line outside a St. Louis church to attend the public visitation for a retired police…
June 9, 2020
Many Democratic lawmakers are wearing masks amid the coronavirus outbreak while many Republicans refuse.
June 9, 2020
A New Jersey state trooper fired his handgun six times, killing a New York state man after a struggle erupted,…