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White House lectern

Alice Dunnigan and Ethel L. Payne, first Black female White House reporters, honored with eponymous lectern

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New York medical debt laws

NYC wiping out billions in medical debt for 500K residents

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Tiffany Cross talks alleged smear campaign by former MSNBC bosses, Rye laments CNN exit on political podcast

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Portland Oregon winter storm

18-year-old lauded after saving infant whose family had been electrocuted during Oregon winter storm

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student debt relief, student debt cancellation, theGrio.com

70 organizations, NAACP included, ask Biden’s Education Dept. to retool student debt plan to help people of color

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Baltimore school district investigating after recording purportedly disparaging Black people surfaces

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Race discrimination England school

Black teacher in England wins discrimination claim against school after colleagues say she ‘instilled fear’ in them when discussing racism

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first Black fire chief Paterson

New Jersey town swears in first deputy Black fire chief

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Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery - Los Angeles

Cemetery near Compton pillaged, LA sheriff’s department investigating

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Goldman Sachs diversity initiatives

Goldman Sachs says it has satisfied diversity support promises, nixes initiative

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Martin Luther King Jr. - MLK Day 2024

MLK Day 2024 chock full of events in cities most important to him

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Don Lemon, CNN, fired, TIME100 theGrio.com

Don Lemon launches new show after CNN departure

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Florida defamation bill

In Florida, accusing someone of racism could soon be seen as defamation

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Ralph Yarl earns all-state band slot 9 months after being shot for ringing the wrong doorbell

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Josephine Wright Hilton Head island

Josephine Wright, who fought to keep family land with the help of celebrities like Tyler Perry, has died at 94

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Virginia NAACP town hall meetings

NAACP to hold town meeting after racist flyers distributed in Lynchburg, Virginia

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IHOP Mesquite Texas

Report: IHOP employees fired after server refused to wait on Black couple

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Indiana school district probing ‘offensive’ social media post showing 2 students in blackface

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Mark Cuban - what is DEI

Mark Cuban schools other billionaires on why DEI is a good thing

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Jonathan Majors verdict

Jonathan Majors to give 1st TV interview after being found guilty of assaulting ex-girlfriend

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