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Cory Booker, theGrio.com
March 8, 2023
Booker's bills would end cruel labor practices in U.S. prisons, plus tackle fair pay and workplace discrimination on behalf of…
Bobbi Wilson
February 4, 2023
Yale University is showing support to a 9-year-old Black girl in New Jersey after a white neighbor called the police…
Bobbi Wilson
November 13, 2022
Lawshe has lived across the street from Joseph for nearly eight years and serves as co-chair and treasurer of the…
George Floyd
October 24, 2022
A man who admitted to setting a police vehicle on fire during protests in Philadelphia over the police killing of…
October 21, 2022
A 100-year-old World War II veteran is finally getting the recognition she deserves in her New Jersey hometown.
October 10, 2022
Teddy Bridgewater’s first start quarterbacking with the Miami Dolphins on Sunday began with a big hit on his first snap.
September 30, 2022
Between 2015 and 2021, Lakeland Bank allegedly failed to provide mortgage lending services to Newark's Black and Latino communities.
August 12, 2022
Three Amazon employees died within the past month, and all were employed at company facilities located in New Jersey.
July 15, 2022
Wade, who was 87, passed away July 7 at his home in Montclair, New Jersey, reportedly from complications of Parkinson's…
June 23, 2022
On the night of last winter's arguments before the Supreme Court in a case that could end the right to abortion, people…
Ketanji Brown Jackson, theGrio.com
May 27, 2022
The gun case the court is considering involves a New York law that makes it difficult for people to get…
May 17, 2022
The rapper attended Cierra Bosarge's graduation from Rowan University years after highlighting her high school ceremony.
May 16, 2022
Xavier Ingram, left paralyzed after an encounter with Camden County police, has reached the largest-ever settlement with New Jersey.
May 12, 2022
The return of masking in schools, particularly in the Northeast, is not nearly as widespread as earlier in the pandemic.
April 28, 2022
Latifah, who stars in "The Equalizer," was joined at the groundbreaking ceremony by Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and Lt. Gov.…
April 21, 2022
"Speak, Young Brown People, Speak. We Are Listening!" has stories from 16 girls who write about poverty, racism, sexism and…
April 11, 2022
Johnston and Deborah Price, who has recently joined him, encourage other supporters to find them on their journey of retracing…
March 24, 2022
The Philly school-based system pushes Black and brown girls to pursue passions in science, technology, engineering and math.
Houston
March 20, 2022
Jajuan R. Henderson, a Black man from New Jersey, is paralyzed after police officers in plain clothes shot him while…
West Orange High School
March 4, 2022
West Orange High School's principal says he respects his students' right to protest, but he won't be flexible on the…