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February 16, 2023
Activists are calling out the hypocrisy of companies claiming to support Black history but donating to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
February 9, 2023
A bill increasing punishments for violent protests following the 2020 demonstrations over George Floyd's murder passed the North Carolina House…
February 8, 2023
Candid, the major philanthropy research group, is leading a coalition of funders and grantees that want to standardize the collection…
February 7, 2023
Nearly 150 New York City police officers committed misconduct, including using excessive force, while responding to the 2020 protests over…
February 3, 2023
New York City spent $121 million to settle police misconduct cases in 2022, which was the highest amount paid since…
February 1, 2023
Black congressional leaders are jumpstarting negotiations on Capitol Hill in an effort to revive the George Floyd Justice in Policing…
January 31, 2023
As five Memphis police officers attacked Tyre Nichols with their feet, fists and a baton, others milled around at the…
January 30, 2023
Tyre Nichols' fatal encounter with police officers in Memphis, Tennessee, recorded in video made public Friday night, is a glaring reminder that…
George Floyd's Brother Attends Unveiling Of Memorial Portrait In Brooklyn
January 18, 2023
An attorney for Derek Chauvin asked an appeals court Wednesday to throw out the former Minneapolis police officer's convictions in…
January 5, 2023
Nearly 19,000 discrimination complaints have been logged by the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education.
St. Paul reparations committee
January 5, 2023
St. Paul, Minnesota, has established a reparations committee to pursue racial justice for the descendants of enslaved people.
December 14, 2022
A South Florida jury sided Monday with a white Florida police officer accused of shoving a kneeling Black woman to…
December 10, 2022
J. Alexander Kueng is the ex-Minneapolis police officer who kneeled on George Floyd’s back as he died under another officer's knee in…
Colin Kaepernick participates in a throwing exhibition
December 6, 2022
The former NFL quarterback will be remembered as a soldier for social justice, an athlete whose iconic gesture will last…
George FloydDeathThirdAnniversary, theGrio.com
December 1, 2022
The settlement includes an injunction that bars the city from arresting, threatening to arrest or using force against lawful protesters.
November 23, 2022
Affectionately named “Black America’s attorney general,” Ben Crump is presented with theGrio Awards' Justice Icon trophy.
gun
November 11, 2022
A man convicted of reckless homicide in the 2020 shooting of a young Black man in Indianapolis during unrest sparked by George…
Kanye West
October 31, 2022
Kanye West attacks the mother of George Floyd's daughter on social media for potentially filing a lawsuit against him.
October 24, 2022
J. Alexander Kueng's deal calls for 3 1/2 years in prison, with the state dropping a count of aiding and…
George Floyd
October 24, 2022
A man who admitted to setting a police vehicle on fire during protests in Philadelphia over the police killing of…