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Featured Sports

Harvard sprinter Gabby Thomas emerges as 200 favorite

Gabby Thomas could be sprinting toward a title she never imagined: World’s Fastest Epidemiologist. World’s Fastest Woman is a possibility,

Associated Press / June 27, 2021

Black History Featured

NY’s Albany High School’s first Black valedictorian to attend Harvard, credits family of Black excellence

Onovughakpor “Onovu” Otitigbe is Black girl magic personified. Not only did Otitigbe break Albany High School’s record as the first Black

Keydra Manns / June 16, 2021

Education Featured

Student headed to Harvard gives $40K scholarship to other classmates

A Massachusetts high school student is paying it forward in a significant way by asking that a $40,000 scholarship awarded

Ny Magee / June 9, 2021

Black History Featured News Philadelphia

Dr. Jason Wingard to be first Black president at Temple University in 137-year history

Temple University has found its new president: Dr. Jason Wingard, former dean at Columbia University and former chief learning officer

TheGrio Staff / June 9, 2021

Education Featured Women

Cohort Sistas 3.1% campaign celebrates Black women with doctoral degrees

Cohort Sistas launched the 3.1% Campaign, raising funds and awareness to support Black women pursuing doctoral degrees and highlighted 31

DeMicia Inman / March 25, 2021

Black History

Cornel West threatens to leave Harvard after being denied request for tenure

Cornel West may be leaving Harvard University, again. Read More: Cornel West almost convinced Tucker Carlson to embrace democratic socialism

Keydra Manns / February 19, 2021

Featured News

60% of Black households report ‘serious financial problems’ due to virus: study

Minority households are bearing an unequal portion of the burden of the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic in America. 

Biba Adams / September 17, 2020