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Amendment 4 thegrio.com
October 23, 2018
In 2013, the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Shelby County v. Holder case weakened key provisions of the 1965 Voting…
Stacey Abrams thegrio.com
October 23, 2018
Democrats haven’t won a major statewide office in Georgia since 2000, but this year’s gubernatorial race in the state is…
Stacey Abrams
October 23, 2018
[griojw id=”CqLXDgNa” playerid=”x9J2bwvH”]   Stacey Abrams is giving Brian Kemp a run for his money in Georgia’s neck-in-neck governor’s race that
Police Shooting thegrio.com AP
October 22, 2018
Authorities continue the search for a second teenage suspect in connection with the fatal shooting of a police officer near…
October 21, 2018
GOP Secretary of State Brian Kemp oversaw the removal immediately after he declared himself a candidate for governor, reports say.
voter thegrio.com
October 19, 2018
Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp has taken down an ad from his office's site that was criticized for seeming…
October 17, 2018
[griojw id=”cKxqDWDh” playerid=”x9J2bwvH”]A Georgia Police chief is defending the officer who twisted the arm of a 12-year-old who was trying
Kennedy Segars thegrio.com
October 17, 2018
A Georgia family is distraught after a drunk driver claimed the life of a promising college freshman who was visiting…
Stacey Abrams thegrio.com
October 17, 2018
About 40 Black seniors excited about voting in Georgia’s Governor’s race, were ordered off a bus on their way to…
police chief thegrio.com
October 17, 2018
[griojw id=”yv34bcdj” playerid=”x9J2bwvH”]   TheGrio has launched a special series called #BlackonBlue to examine the relationship between law enforcement and African-Americans. Our reporters
Mall cop manhandles Black child in mall thegrio.com
October 16, 2018
A video of a young Black boy getting his arm twisted like a pretzel by a white Georgia cop has…
brian kemp thegrio.com
October 12, 2018
There is no better case study of the new Jim Crow than the governor’s race in Georgia between Republican Brian…
Atlanta thegrio.com
October 12, 2018
Georgia's capital city, Atlanta, ranks number one among the top 10 worst cities with the greatest income disparity.
Jim Jones
October 11, 2018
Dipset collective co-founder Jim Jones was taken into policy custody after being caught with drugs and a weapon and now…
White woman calls police on Black Babysitter thegrio.com
October 11, 2018
[griojw id=”mGoA8xG7″ playerid=”lkkJ8he8″]   David Parker and Dana Mango, a white couple who live in Marietta, Georgia, are still at
White woman calls police on Black Babysitter thegrio.com
October 10, 2018
[griojw id=”0NLdZo3O” playerid=”lkkJ8he8″]   Corey Lewis, a Black man who runs an afterschool mentoring program in Marietta, Georgia, couldn’t eat
October 9, 2018
Today is a key day to register to vote in 17 states, where a lot is at stake for Black…
October 4, 2018
[griojw id=”i55CLxgV” playerid=”x9J2bwvH”]   A student athlete who plays for the University of Georgia’s baseball team is under investigation for
midterm elections thegrio.com
October 3, 2018
TheGrio took to the streets of New York City to find out are Black people energized enough to show our…
Houston
October 3, 2018
TheGrio has launched a special series called #BlackonBlue to examine the relationship between law enforcement and African-Americans. Our reporters and videographers will investigate police