COVID-19

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April 23, 2020
Bemnet Meshesha writes that while the statistics surrounding COVID-19 are very real, we are suffering the loss of real people…
April 23, 2020
Fred The Godson, 35, has reportedly died due to COVID-19. The Bronx rapper, whose real name is Frederick Thomas, had…
Amanda Seales theGrio.com
April 23, 2020
Multi-hyphenate actress and podcaster Amanda Seales recently talked with her friend and co-star, Issa Rae on her Small Doses podcast.
April 23, 2020
Beyoncé's BeyGOOD foundation has announced a $6 million donation for COVID-19 relief plans to benefit essential workers during the pandemic
April 23, 2020
[griojw id=”QkHP18K1″ playerid=””] Eddie Murphy, Tiffany Haddish, and Adam Sandler will be among the slew of celebrities performing in Byron
Prophet Brian Carn, KCC theGrio.com
April 23, 2020
Preacher Brian Carn was heard on an audio recording stating that he had experienced symptoms of the coronavirus including pain, shakes,…
April 23, 2020
More than 4.4 million laid-off workers applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week as job cuts escalated across a shutdown…
April 23, 2020
President Trump said Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp's decision to reopen nonessential businesses that had been shuttered to contain the coronavirus is…
April 22, 2020
WHO has found evidence that indicates coronavirus was not produced in a laboratory but instead originated in China late last…
April 22, 2020
Are you Black, possibly COVID-infected (since testing kits aren’t available for you), either bed-ridden at home because the hospital turned
refrigerated trailer theGrio.com
April 22, 2020
New York City will start transferring bodies of victims of COVID-19 from refrigerators and morgues to freezer trucks to preserve…
John W. McDaniel theGrio.com
April 22, 2020
An Ohio man named John W. McDaniels railed against the state's stay-at-home orders and has since died from complications of…
Government Check theGrio.com
April 22, 2020
While millions of people wait for their stimulus checks, an antiquated IRS system is paying those who need it the…
April 21, 2020
HydroxyChloroquine, widely touted by Trump for treating the new coronavirus, showed no benefit in a large analysis of its use…
April 21, 2020
The current coronavirus outbreak has no end in sight, yet the director of the CDC is already sounding the alarm…
Birdman thegrio.com
April 21, 2020
Rapper Birdman has pledged to assist residents in his hometown of New Orleans with their rent for the month of…
Charles Barkley theGrio.com
April 21, 2020
Charles Barkley talked to CNN’s Don Lemon and Van Jones about how he has caused him to take responsibility for…
April 21, 2020
Is there an oversaturation of information about the coronavirus pandemic? And if so, what does that mean for the Black…
Donald Trump theGrio.com
April 21, 2020
Donald J. Trump tweeted he would be ‘suspending’ immigration into the United States amid health and economic fears during the coronavirus…
April 20, 2020
Ernest Owens says the recent expelling of two white Georgia high school students over a racist TikTok video reveals Black…