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Jimmy Kimmel, TheGrio.com
September 18, 2025
"After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level," said…
TikTok, TikTok ban, TikTok lawsuit, TikTok First Amendment, theGrio.com
January 6, 2025
If the government prevails as it did in a lower court, TikTok could shut down its U.S. platform by Jan.…
University of Houston, theGrio.com
June 16, 2022
“Universities across the country should be put on notice that overbroad policies designed to chill student speech will not be…
April 28, 2022
Steele, a "SportsCenter" anchor, has sued ESPN and Walt Disney Company for what she calls "selective enforcement" of a rule.
April 1, 2022
Tami Sawyer, a Memphis county commissioner, maintained that George Johnson harassed her at her home and also threatened her.
University of Houston, theGrio.com
February 25, 2022
The University of Houston has been sued on behalf of three students claiming they feel constrained in what they can…
Gwendolyn Berry, theGrio.com
July 2, 2021
The right is trying to dismantle progress toward a more equal and just America -- one that Gwen Berry and…
May 18, 2021
Contrary to the education commissioner's claims, school officials told the local press Amy Donofrio is still an active employee.
Bernie Sanders
March 25, 2021
Senator Bernie Sanders said on The Ezra Klein Show that he did not “feel comfortable” about Donald Trump being banned…
Kentucky police cop thegrio.com
March 10, 2021
A new Kentucky bill would make it illegal for citizens to criticize, insult or make statements that would antagonize a…
February 26, 2021
Green pushed back against Republican arguments that invoked God and religion as a reason to kill the bill that protects…
February 11, 2021
Kimberly Diei and attorney Greg Greubel spoke with theGrio regarding their lawsuit against the University of Tennessee.
Kimberly Diei www.thegrio,com
February 5, 2021
Kimberly Diei filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the University of Tennessee Pharmacy School that twice investigated her digital content.
Black Lives Matter Protests Continue Around Detroit
January 27, 2021
The Detroit City Council approved a fund worth $200K dedicated to legal action against Black Lives Matter protestors.
Kenya
December 23, 2020
A small Minnesota town sparks outrage after approving a permit for a whites-only church they say because of the First…
high school students Nazi prom photos thegrio.com
November 28, 2018
Baraboo School District in Wisconcin decides not to punish students for prom photo sporting Nazi signs citing First Amendment rights.
Ernest Owens thegrio.com
May 28, 2018
As writer Ernest Owens reflects on why his great-grandfather fought for this nation’s freedoms, he realizes he is feeling less…
August 9, 2017
Seven Twitter users who have been blocked by the President of the United States are calling on a judge to…
August 12, 2016
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military's highest court is upholding the bad-conduct discharge of a Marine who argued that the…
February 28, 2016
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dozens of protesters who heard about a planned Ku Klux Klan rally were waiting by a…