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May 24, 2020
While Black American voters largely remain unimpressed and oftentimes bewildered by the Trump administration, the president isn’t giving up on…
Kwame Kilpatrick
May 22, 2020
News outlets are reporting that former Detroit Mayor, Kwame M. Kilpatrick has been granted clemency and may soon be freed…
May 5, 2020
Major U.S. automakers are planning to reopen North American factories within two weeks, potentially putting thousands of workers back on…
May 3, 2020
The coronavirus crisis has idled scores of restaurants across the country. Several Detroit chefs are now using their gifts to…
April 27, 2020
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Detroit — the nation’s largest black city, the birthplace of distinctive soulful music and black cultural…
April 11, 2020
A Detroit church is assisting the community with safe in-person services, along with laptop giveaways to help parishioners get through…
Coronavirus theGrio.com
April 5, 2020
Many Black people once believed they were immune to catching coronavirus as it first swept through nations in Asia and…
Michigan Men theGrio.com
March 26, 2020
Men from the Great Lake State have succumbed to the dreaded coronavirus. All community servants, dedicating their lives to the…
Kwame Kilpatrick
February 20, 2020
The top federal prosecutor in southeast Michigan is against Kwame Kilpatrick getting pardoned by the president.
Kwame Kilpatrick
February 19, 2020
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is still holding out hope that President Donald Trump will grant him clemency like he…
Kwame Kilpatrick
January 27, 2020
Peter Karmanos Jr., who founded Compuware, is asking President Donald Trump to commute the sentence of former Detroit Mayor Kwame…
Sauntore Thomas theGrio.com
January 23, 2020
Detroit man recently wins a racial discrimination settlement and when he went to the bank, they refused to cash it…
Detroit
January 8, 2020
Detroit Police say the men tried to abduct the two women, but they fought back and one was shot as…
Detroit
December 12, 2019
When the U.S. Census Bureau starts counting people next year in Detroit, obstacles are bound to arise.
November 30, 2019
The alleged suspect in the shooting of Detroit teen and high school honor student Taea Hines, currently remains at large…
Colorism
October 23, 2019
Joy Mohammed had spent her life being bullied for her complexion, but when she met a group of black female…
Detroit Skyline theGrio.com
October 11, 2019
Civil Rights activist Rosa Gragg should be a household name in Detroit, and thanks to a street naming ceremony this…
Corey Gaston
October 11, 2019
An accused rapist who appeared on America’s Most Wanted and fled to Mexico, was captured and granted bond even though…
Marijuana thegrio.com
October 4, 2019
Cannabis entrepreneur Anqunette Sarfoh, best known as ‘Que’ from Detroit’s Fox 2 News, is on a mission to create equitable…
September 26, 2019
Wendell Brown was in China to teach American football to students there, but a fateful incident left him accused of…