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Disney
June 3, 2020
The Walt Disney Company is pledging $5 million to multiple causes working toward "equality and justice" in the aftermath of…
June 3, 2020
Drew Brees, the quarterback of the New Orleans Saints, said he didn't agree with 'disrespecting the flag' if NFL anthem…
Lena Waithe thegrio.com
June 3, 2020
Showrunner, writer, produer, and Emmy winner Lena Waithe is using her resources to directly fund activists on the ground who…
Cardi B thegrio.com
June 3, 2020
Grammy winner Cardi B recieved and apology after a L.A. TV reporter mistakenly said that she was using her platform…
June 3, 2020
Miami rapstress Trina earned the ire of Black Twitter when she said on a radio show that she thought George…
Grant Napear theGrio.com
June 3, 2020
Sacramento Kings announcer, Grant Napear, has resigned from the Sacramento Kings following his “All Lives Matter” comments posted on Twitter…
Derek Chauvin George Floyd thegrio.com
June 3, 2020
All four officers who were involved in the ultimately deadly detainment of George Floyd have been charged and taken into…
June 3, 2020
Barack Obama spoke to the nation for the first time since protesting has erupted in the U.S. in response to…
June 3, 2020
Latino leaders in Chicago are calling for a truce after it was reported that Black residents were being attacked in…
June 3, 2020
L.A. Pride has announced plans to march in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement on June 14, 50 years…
June 3, 2020
Thousands of protesters gathered in London’s Hyde Park to demonstrate against police violence and racial injustice following the killing of…
NYPD theGrio.com
June 3, 2020
A man in Brooklyn was fatally shot by police on Tuesday night amid ongoing civil unrest in the country. Police…
Captain David Dorn theGrio.com
June 3, 2020
A retired St. Louis police captain, David Dorn, was shot and killed outside of a pawn store in the city…
Gianna Floyd theGrio.com
June 3, 2020
George Floyd’s daughter, Gianna, sitting atop the shoulders of her “uncle” retired NBA star, Stephen Jackson, said, “Daddy changed the…
June 2, 2020
Bank of America has announced that it is committing $1 billion to fight racial and economic inequality, pointing to recent
June 2, 2020
Kenneth Chamberlain, Sr. was killed by police in 2011 and now his son, Kenneth Chamberlain, Jr. has another chance at…
June 2, 2020
Joe Biden spoke out about the racial tensions taking over American cities and called out President Donald Trump for fanning…
June 2, 2020
President George W. Bush issued a statement on the "brutal suffocation" George Floyd endured after an arrest by Minneapolis cops…
June 2, 2020
OPINION: Tre Johnson says he's leaning into the things that spark joy amid an otherwise chaotic time for Black people…
June 2, 2020
A journalist in California is facing backlash this week after a cringe-worthy video of her pretending to volunteer in the…