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September 4, 2019
Addy Fahi would be the picture perfect tenant for any landlord, but this is rapidly changing Brooklyn, which she says…
Interracial
September 3, 2019
A wedding venue tried to argue that their faith dictates discrimination against an interracial couple that wanted to get married…
In this July 18, 2019 file photo Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross speaks during a news conference in Philadelphia. The mayor of Philadelphia says on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019, that Ross is resigning over new allegations of sexual harassment and racial and gender discrimination against others in the department. Mayor Jim Kenney says that Richard Ross has been a terrific asset to the police department and the city as a whole and that he's disappointed to lose him. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) thegrio.com
August 21, 2019
Philadelphia's police commissioner resigned Tuesday amid allegations that members of his department engaged in sexual harassment and racial and gender…
August 19, 2019
PORTLAND, ORE. (AP) — Airbnb has settled a lawsuit brought by several Oregon women who said the site allowed vacation rental owners to…
Big Bird thegrio,com
August 7, 2019
Sesame Place became the stomping ground for an angry, middle-finger wielding white woman who cursed at guests and spewed hateful…
Abuse
August 1, 2019
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg career development professional said her supervisors not only mistreated her, but also her son by accusing him of…
High School
July 25, 2019
The principal says she was barred from even attending her own child's elementary school graduation because the district was so…
Adobe Stock
June 18, 2019
Charging that a New York landlord refused to grant her a place to live 'anywhere near people and children’ a…
June 18, 2019
[griojw id=”eJOMtkb8″ playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   The owner of a private outdoor recreation center in North Carolina is outraged at members of
May 19, 2019
Five Black women have accused management of using tactics based on their race to keep them from being successful exotic…
Facebook thegrio.com
March 20, 2019
Facebook is willing to pay $5 million dollars in settlements in lawsuits that claim advertisers were allowed to discriminate against…
Future thegrio.com
March 7, 2019
Future may be sued by plus-size model who alleges he ordered his security to block big girls from entering a…
oracle thegrio.com
January 23, 2019
The Labor Department has revealed that computer tech giant Oracle has withheld $400 million in wages from women, Black and…
bias thegrio.com
November 10, 2018
Devah Pager, Harvard sociologist who reported on discrimination in hiring through a groundbreaking report, has died of pancreatic cancer.
October 15, 2018
As France’s soccer team boasts having a multicultural squad and a 2018 Word Cup win, racism continues to be a…
uber
September 4, 2018
Uber still has drivers who have anti-black racial attitudes and a driver in Las Vegas illustrated that when a woman…
Clinton Stanley Jr was denied entry to school because of his dreadlocks thegrio.com
August 16, 2018
A six-year-old dressed impeccably in his uniform for his first day of school was turned away at the door of
Supreme Court thegrio.com
June 6, 2018
As expected, the Supreme Court’s decision to side with a baker who discriminated against a gay couple and refused to
airbnb thegrio.com
May 22, 2018
Travelers of color are in fact concerned, afraid, and want solutions to the bias that seems to revolve around Airbnb…
Courtroom thegrio.com
April 23, 2018
[griojw id=”30fMNXQt” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] Chastity Jones is seeking the help of the Supreme Court to decide if a Mobile, Alabama, company