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March 11, 2022
Three Maryland middle school students are facing hate crimes charges after threatening to shoot Blacks in social media posts.
March 7, 2022
Marcus Bullock hopes his app, Flikshop, will also help former inmates make a positive impact in their communities.
Picnic Grove 1 Melvin Hazen Park thegrio.com
February 27, 2022
A D.C. park and trail will no longer be named after Melvin Hazen, a former city official who displaced Black…
February 23, 2022
Demonte Ward-Blake suffered "intense and immeasurable pain" for over a year before dying, says his family's federal lawsuit, filed Monday.
Michelle Obama Becoming thegrio.com
January 6, 2022
The "Becoming: Michelle Obama in Conversation" interview special is coming to BET Her on January 17 and will be moderated…
Maryland Gov. Hogan Provides Covid-19 Updates
January 4, 2022
The state hit a record high of more than 3,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations on Tuesday, an increase of more than 500%…
December 20, 2021
Maryland governor Larry Hogan, a cancer survivor who is fully vaccinated announced Monday that he'd tested positive for COVID-19.
December 13, 2021
Rajaee Shareef Black went live on Facebook outside the apartment of his former wife; his video cut off after she…
Keishia Thorpe thegrio.com
December 13, 2021
Maryland English teacher Keishia Thorpe became the latest recipient of the Varkey Foundation's $1 million Global Teacher Prize last month.
Kamala Harris thegrio.com
November 19, 2021
Vice President Kamala Harris has become the first woman with acting presidential power in the nation’s nearly 250-year history.
Keishia Thorpe thegrio.com
November 12, 2021
Keishia Thorpe, a high school teacher in Bladensburg, Maryland, was honored with a $1 million Global Teacher Prize.
U.S. President Joe Biden
November 10, 2021
While Biden acknowledged that inflation is "worrisome," he and officials say billions will create more jobs and improve infrastructure.
Michelle Obama thegrio.com
November 1, 2021
Michelle Obama has teamed with Yara Shahidi for a Livestream conversation with college students from 22 schools throughout the country.
Johns Hopkins House, Inc. thegrio.com
October 13, 2021
The nonprofit Johns Hopkins House, Inc will offer scholarships to Black students in honor of slaves who worked at Whites…
September 23, 2021
Special officer Angela Washington was a married mother of four and grandmother of one from Suitland, Maryland.
Michael K. Williams thegrio.com
September 20, 2021
Ahead of its kick-off against The Chiefs, The Baltimore Ravens paid tribute to late actor Michael K. Williams on Sunday.
September 13, 2021
Released in National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, new research says it continues to disproportionately affect Black men.
September 4, 2021
A judge temporarily blocked the sale of property atop an African-American burial ground containing enslaved and formerly enslaved ancestors.
theGRIO.com
August 26, 2021
A Maryland mother is facing a lifetime behind bars after confessing to the murder of her 6-year-old and 8-year-old children.
August 13, 2021
Rashad Dooley, Javon Doyle, Kwaume Edwards and Ahmad Watson are suspected of slaying late Rep. Elijah Cummings' nephew.