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Police Car thegrio.com
March 25, 2019
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
Classroom theGrio.com
October 22, 2018
Despite the hardships he’s faced which includes living in a shelter, Odean Gray is a high school student who has…
homeless
October 11, 2018
In a new study, researchers say as many as one in six African Americans of the baby boomer generation have…
DC high school football player ineligible thegrio.com
September 19, 2018
A homeless teen who sleeps on his friends couches while attending school, had at least one thing to look forward
December 6, 2017
'They hit his head into a wall so hard I felt it in my house,' a witness said
April 21, 2017
New York City's Girl Scout Troop 6000 isn't the usual bond of sisterhood: they are the first troop in the…
March 13, 2017
Instead of a birthday party, 6-year-old Armani Crews in Chicago wanted to spend her day feeding the homeless.
February 27, 2017
Meek Mill has made a new kind of impression on his fans after he posted several videos to Instagram that…
July 1, 2016
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department says a man accused of stuffing a bag of feces down…
May 26, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - Trameka Pope of Wendell Phillips Academy High School in Chicago continues to defy everyone's expectations - just…
May 7, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - LAPD Chief Charlie Beck expressed his concern Wednesday after a shooting left an unarmed homeless man dead…
March 27, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - In 2010, Alicia Watkins appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show to tell her story. The 10-year veteran…
December 24, 2014
DENVER (AP) — Chris Easterling was sick of relying on drug dealers in Minneapolis when he needed marijuana to help
July 30, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - One formerly homeless man is selling his hand-written letter from President Obama to help pay for tuition...
March 25, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Annmarie Richards is a woman of warmth, kindness and love who has opened her home - and…
March 24, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - MSNBC's Ronin Farrow Daily asked viewers what stories in their minds were under reported. The resounding feedback…
March 15, 2014
TODAY - In an interview with TODAY's Lester Holt on Saturday, Graves added to the story and said she "certainly…
October 7, 2013
MSNBC - Eboni Boykin‘s youth consisted of a variety of homeless shelters, and one constant goal: an Ivy League education.
May 26, 2013
VIDEO - Last week, we brought you the story of Chelsea Fearce, the frequently homeless teen who turned adversity on…
May 23, 2013
CLUTCH - Chelesa Fearce is a shining example of a student that didn’t let obstacles get in her way when…