Climate

News

Black Lives Matter protest focused on “climate crisis” shuts down London City Airport

Nine protesters were arrested after chaining themselves together on the runway of London’s City Airport on Tuesday morning, while holding signs

TheGrio Staff / September 6, 2016

Living

Saturday March on Washington: A call for environmental justice

theGRIO REPORT - Environmental justice advocates are often excluded from green economy policy decicion-making...

TheGrio Staff / August 23, 2013

News Black History Living

Report: US coal plant distribution unfairly burdens minority communities

theGRIO REPORT - 'Coal Blooded: Putting Profits Before People' addresses the issue of coal-fired power plant pollution and its disproportionate

Patrice Peck / November 20, 2012

Health Living

Report calls for political action to address black women’s health disparities

A recent report published on Forbes.com reveals that women of color, regardless of class, are disproportionately affected by critical health

Patrice Peck / September 14, 2012

Entertainment Politics

Ice T: ‘Rap put Obama in the presidency’

VIDEO - Ice-T appeared on the ​Today Show​ today explaining how hip hop and rap helped elect the first black

TheGrio Staff / June 14, 2012

News Opinion

Scaled back environmental regulations put blacks in peril

OPINON - Three of every five individuals of African-American or Latino background live in communities with 1 or more toxic

TheGrio Staff / April 22, 2011