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March 30, 2021
A police report compares Democrat Rep. Park Cannon knocking on the door of the Georgia governor's office to the storming…
March 29, 2021
"This is a defining moment in the American nation," Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock told CNN Sunday, "and all of us…
March 28, 2021
Recent mass shootings are giving urgency to state efforts to enact gun restrictions, while showing how hard it can be…
Stacey Abrams thegrio.com
March 27, 2021
The Nobel Peace Prize nominee was presented with the prestigious recognition by former First Lady Michelle Obama.
March 27, 2021
Gerald Griggs calls the incident law enforcement overreach, says his hope is the district attorney will dismiss the charges.
Anti-racism protest
March 26, 2021
The truth is that white supremacy has long pitted Asian Americans against Black people, says CEO brightbeam Chris Stewart.
Rep. Park Cannon thegrio.com
March 26, 2021
Georgia state Rep. Park Cannon stated that she is not the first Georgian to be arrested over voting rights and…
March 26, 2021
A Georgia man said his former employer owed him a pretty penny, $915 to be exact, after leaving his job…
March 26, 2021
Church leaders called for a statewide boycott of Georgia-based Coca-Cola Enterprises until the company opposes the new voting measures.
March 26, 2021
Martin Luther King III criticized Georgia’s new restrictive voting laws which were signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp yesterday.
March 26, 2021
Raphael Warnock visited Rep. Park Cannon at Fulton County Jail after she was detained by police for knocking on Brian…
theGRIO.com
March 25, 2021
Georgia Rep. Park Cannon was detained by police Thursday for knocking on Gov. Kemp’s door and demanding to see him…
Bishop Reginald Jackson speaks through a bullhorn
March 25, 2021
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law a sweeping Republican-sponsored overhaul of state elections that includes new restrictions on voting.
March 22, 2021
HB 531, which passed Georgia's House, doesn't specify whether refreshments can be sold to waiting voters. But giving them food?…
March 21, 2021
If Georgia had required Robert Aaron Long to wait before getting a gun, lawmakers and advocates say, he might not…
March 20, 2021
Georgia's law does not provide for a standalone hate crime, instead allowing an additional penalty when a person is convicted…
theGRIO.com
March 18, 2021
Captain Jay Baker of the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office will no longer serve as the spokesperson in the Atlanta-area spas…
March 18, 2021
A 1-year-old girl at the center of an abduction case in Georgia after her mother’s car was stolen has been…
March 17, 2021
The racist past of Cherokee County Sheriff's Capt. Jay Baker, the official who said the man accused of killing six…
Atlanta shooting thegrio.com
March 16, 2021
A series of shootings over nearly an hour at three Atlanta-area massage parlors left eight people dead, many of whom…