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TNT Crane & Rigging racial discrimination lawsuit
August 29, 2023
Black employees at TNT Crane & Rigging in Fort Worth, Texas, have filed a federal racial discrimination lawsuit against the…
Rep. Phillip Ensler, Montgomery, Alabama
August 28, 2023
Police in Montgomery, Alabama, are looking into a possible hate crime after homes in a predominately Black neighborhood were vandalized.
Florida Black history museum
August 28, 2023
Florida governor Ron DeSantis has appointed the first three members of a task force to handle the creation of a…
Kansas City fire department DOJ investigation
August 24, 2023
The Justice Department is investigating alleged systemic racism and sex discrimination within the Kansas City fire department.
Penfield Cemetery Georgia
August 24, 2023
Emory University is dedicated to clearing and identifying once-hidden African American gravestones at Georgia's Penfield Cemetery.
NetFlix headquarters, Los Gatos, thegrio.com
August 24, 2023
Yohanes Kidane reportedly vanished in California just two weeks into his role as a software engineer at Netflix.
EdwardBlumSupremeCourt - diversity lawsuits
August 23, 2023
The American Alliance for Equal Rights has filed racial discrimination suits against the Perkins Coie and Morrison & Foerster law…
Bunnell Elementary School Florida
August 23, 2023
Black parents aren't pleased about their kids being isolated for a school assembly and offered gift cards as incentive to…
Van Jones investments
August 22, 2023
Van Jones is using a $100 million award from Jeff Bezos to to curb poverty and incarceration rates in Black…
Covington Police Department racial discrimination -- DeAndre McBee
August 21, 2023
Covington Police Officer DeAndre McBee, who resigned Thursday, says he was punished differently than his colleagues because of his race.
YouTube racial discrimination
August 18, 2023
Nine Black users said YouTube violated a legal responsibility to offer race-neutral content moderation, limiting their videos more than whites.
Ohio hate speech flyers -- Montgomery County sheriff Rob Streck
August 18, 2023
Sheriff Rob Streck said it can be hard to pursue charges for hate-speech handouts because distributing flyers is not a…
August 18, 2023
Maryland's first Black deputy chief state fire marshal, Derek Chapman, can go ahead with his $4.8 million lawsuit against its…
Freddie McKee death investigation
August 17, 2023
The mother of Freddie McKee is suing the city of Columbia and the police department over the mishandling of her…
Montgomery brawl chair
August 14, 2023
Ray, the man behind the infamous swinging chair during the recent Montgomery, Alabama, riverfront brawl, is no longer in jail.
August 11, 2023
Police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, are under fire after they detained the wrong Black couple yet proceeded to charge them with…
Woman dies Atlanta jail -- Noni Battiste Kosoko thegrio.com
August 10, 2023
The family of Noni Battiste-Kosoko, a 19-year-old Black woman who died in an Atlanta jail last month, is seeking answers…
Missing Black teens -- Michigan
August 10, 2023
The FBI is now searching for sisters Tamara and Iris Perez, who vanished June 28th from their home about 180…
Black maternal health (1) thegrio.com
August 10, 2023
An Atlanta-area hospital is at the center of a lawsuit alleging a doctor's negligence led to a baby's decapitation during…
Arthur Ashe mural vandalized
August 9, 2023
A white national group has failed to respond to a lawsuit filed against them after they vandalized an Arthur Ashe…