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May 14, 2020
The great-granddaughter of Ida B. Wells is writing a biography of the pioneering African-American journalist and activist.
May 14, 2020
One New York couple received their happy ending on Monday, May 13, after talk show host Tamron Hall officiated their…
May 11, 2020
New York State will start to lift stay at home orders for certain businesses impacted by the coronavirus but New…
Police vehicle theGrio.com
May 8, 2020
NYPD is facing intense public scrutiny over what appears to be racial disparities in the enforcement of social distancing measures
May 6, 2020
theGrio investigates how the coronavirus pandemic has turned Rikers Island, one of the world’s most notorious penal complexes, into a…
May 5, 2020
15 children have been identified that have shown signs of a possibly COVID-19 related illness, which has medical experts wondering.
Homeless NYC subway theGrio.com
May 4, 2020
Last week, two men were found dead on the subway. One man was found on the C train in Washington…
refrigerated trailer theGrio.com
April 22, 2020
New York City will start transferring bodies of victims of COVID-19 from refrigerators and morgues to freezer trucks to preserve…
black woman cannabis marijuana thegrio.com
April 21, 2020
A marijuana party was broken up in New York City after it was advertised on Instagram as no social distancing…
Nurses COVID-19 theGrio.com
April 15, 2020
A New York City nurse talks about what it's like to be in the epicenter of a global pandemic as…
Chateau at Brooklyn Rehabilitation & Nursing Center theGrio.com
April 14, 2020
So many people are dying from COVID-19 at two Brooklyn nursing homes that one of them is running out of…
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April 8, 2020
Coronavirus has decimated the New York City subway system and now more of its MTA employees have died or tested…
April 8, 2020
De Blasio said of the racial disparities: “It’s sick. It’s troubling. It’s wrong. And we are going to fight back…
Hart Island theGrio.com
April 7, 2020
If COVID-19 deaths continue to rise in New York City, some deceased could be temporarily buried in the Hart Island…
Coronavirus theGrio.com
April 5, 2020
Many Black people once believed they were immune to catching coronavirus as it first swept through nations in Asia and…
March 28, 2020
MTA operator Garrett Goble jumped into action, helping guide subway passengers to safety before he disappeared into the smoke-filled tunnel.
Geoffrey Canada
February 17, 2020
Geoffrey Canada is endorsing Michael Bloomberg for president because he is best candidate to close the educational achievement gap
Tessa Majors
February 16, 2020
A 14-year-old boy was charged with second-degree murder in the killing of Tessa Majors, a Barnard student, during a robbery…
January 9, 2020
Mondaire Jones, who is running to represent New York's 17th Congressional District, may well become the nation's first Black, openly…
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May 28, 2019
A program in the nation's largest school district is being criticized as "absurd" and is being challenged by parents and…