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Taylor DeBerry, Periods of Transition, layoffs, menstrual care, theGrio.com
October 15, 2025
Taylor DeBerry shares why she launched Periods of Transitions earlier this year in response to widespread layoffs. 
LA Times layoffs, theGrio.com
January 24, 2024
Earlier this month, Executive Editor Kevin Merida abruptly left after a 2 1/2-year tenure.
Layoffs, Personal Finance, Unemployment, Laid off, theGrio.com
February 4, 2023
If you're one of the thousands who have recently been laid off, you're not powerless. Here are steps you can…
Warner Bros. Stage 13
October 12, 2022
Warner Bros. Television has announced more cuts, including the removal of two initiatives that supported diverse talent.
December 18, 2021
The Black News Channel (BNC) has reportedly reduced its 300-strong workforce amid reports of declining ratings.
March 9, 2021
BuzzFeed cuts nearly 50 staff members from the HuffPost newsroom just three weeks after the two newsrooms merge.
October 31, 2020
Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida has announced the layoffs of nearly 11,000 employees at the end of 2020 due…
Trevor Noah thegrio.com
May 2, 2020
Trevor Noah is working "The Daily Show" from home during the coronavirus pandemic. With the studio closed, he paid furloughed…
GM thegrio.com
February 2, 2019
As federal workers across the country struggle to regain traction after the government shutdown, General Motors workers are bracing for…
July 19, 2013
NBC Chicago - More than 2,100 Chicago Public Schools employees could be laid off Friday morning, bringing the total number…
October 9, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The man who takes credit for getting George W. Bush elected as president is now making efforts…
June 26, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Detroit Mayor Dave Bing announced today that the city plans to lay off 164 firefighters by the…
January 3, 2012
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - She was asked after the match whether her four-month layoff indicated she may have fallen out…
August 15, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The potential cuts to 20 percent of the Postal Service workforce, and the slashing of its benefit…
January 19, 2011
VIDEO - Camden Mayor Dana Redd says that the cuts had to be made due to the city's budget crisis...
January 18, 2011
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) - More than half of Camden's 80,000 residents, mostly black and Hispanic, live in poverty...