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June 30, 2020
A white Hampton Inn employee has been fired a viral video showed her calling the police on a Black family just…
Dr. Dre Nicole Young thegrio.com
June 29, 2020
Dr. Dre’s wife Nicole Young filed for divorce from the rapper after 24 years of marriage and two children together…
June 24, 2020
A study by researchers at George Washington University has found that Uber and Lyft algorithms charge more for rides to…
OJ Simpson thegrio.com
June 19, 2020
Ford is delaying the unveiling of its SUV Bronco so it will not coincide with O.J. Simpson’s birthday who went…
June 18, 2020
Denzel Skinner was fired from Taco Bell for wearing a Black Lives Matter mask but Taco Bell ended up apologizing…
June 18, 2020
An Ohio wedding photographer was unwavering in her support of Black Lives Matter even after a bride cancelled her services…
June 13, 2020
A California sandwich franchise has been shut down after the owner condemend Black Lives Matter and likened the movement to…
June 12, 2020
Band-Aid has suddenly realized that "flesh tone" isn't a universal color and is coming out with a new line of…
June 12, 2020
After a backlash, Starbucks has changed their policy to allow for their baristas to wear Black Lives Matter messaging on…
June 11, 2020
Sephora will be devoting 15% of its shelf space to Black-owned businesses and their products, inspired by the pledge challenge…
Walmart invests Black business
June 10, 2020
Walmart announced Wednesday that it will no longer place “multicultural" hair products behind locked cases effective immediately.
B. Simone thegrio.com
June 9, 2020
B. Simone won’t date a man who has a 9 to 5 job. She says only entrepreneurs and got dragged…
Jeff Bezos thegrio.com
June 9, 2020
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is standing in solidarity with the Black community amid the civil unrest that is rocking the
June 5, 2020
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian resigned from the board. He wants to be replaced by a Black candidate and is donating…
May 30, 2020
Target declared that 2020 was going to be their year but have since deleted that tweet in the aftermath of…
Google thegrio.com
May 14, 2020
Former and current employees of Google are accusing the company of rolling back their diversity programs to please conservatives and…
Unemployment Florida theGrio.com
May 13, 2020
Twitter will allow employees to work at home forever if they choose to after spending two months working remotely due…
May 11, 2020
New York State will start to lift stay at home orders for certain businesses impacted by the coronavirus but New…
May 6, 2020
theGrio's 'Staying In Business' explores how the coronavirus pandemic impacts Black freelance and independent contract workers. 
April 29, 2020
SXSW is on the receiving end of a class-action lawsuit over their refusal to refund tickets in the aftermath of…