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April 9, 2022
In the past year, rents in Fort Myers jumped more than 31%, they’re up 28% in Tampa and they rose…
Police Commander Shot And Killed In Downtown Chicago
September 4, 2021
Despite police officials' claims, data shows officers vacated jobs at a lower rate than that of the overall economy from…
Fast Company Innovation Festival - Day 3
May 7, 2021
A designer for Kanye West's Yeezy clothing line is suing saying that the company misclassified her employment.
Congressional Delegation Meets With Alabama Amazon Workers In Unionization Push
April 5, 2021
Amazon employees who spoke out against the company's practices were found to have been fired as retaliation according to the…
utility power shutoffs thegrio.com
October 2, 2020
Millions of Americans at at risk of losing power, water over unpaid bills that are coming due months after the…
Black woman mask COVID thegrio.com
October 1, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic could set women, especially women of color, back several decades according to several economists.
June 18, 2020
Denzel Skinner was fired from Taco Bell for wearing a Black Lives Matter mask but Taco Bell ended up apologizing…
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…
Racism
April 30, 2019
An employment post plainly asked for a white applicant, but the company that posted it says it acted on the…
dreadlocks thegrio.com
March 3, 2019
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the EEOC lawsuit. Now it is legal to refuse to hire…
January 9, 2019
President Trump doesn't think that African Americans know what's really behind his boosted job figures, but in reality we know…
Alice Marie Johnson thegrio.com
July 10, 2018
Even after freedom, black people, especially Black women, are still paying the cost of spending time behind bars and finding…
Starbucks sign thegrio.com
January 24, 2018
A Starbucks barista in North Carolina couldn’t find anyone to watch her baby and called her shift manager in tears,
January 14, 2016
WASHINGTON (AP) — The income gap afflicting major U.S. cities goes beyond the problem of rising paychecks for those at
June 5, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - The Department of Labor has released updated employment numbers, and during the month of May the overall…
December 23, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy grew at a sizzling 5 percent annual rate last quarter, the fastest since 2003,…
September 4, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - One man changed his name from José to Joe on job applications and started landing more job…
August 16, 2014
There were several economic reports for market investors to sift through last week. Retail sales were flat in July due…
June 17, 2014
OPINION - When Google released its own dismal diversity numbers last month, they showed what we already knew—that their workforce…
May 16, 2014
theGRIO REPORT -- Investors received bullish signals on the economy last week. Small business optimism soared in April to its…