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Hooters racial discrimination lawsuit
September 6, 2023
A Hooters location in Metairie, Louisiana, has agreed to pay $650,000 to former Black employees who accused the chain of…
Leonard Mack exonerated
September 6, 2023
Leonard Mack, a Black man wrongfully convicted of rape in 1976, has been exonerated after the testing of new crime…
Trump Immigrant Message -- Black America for Immigration Reform
September 5, 2023
A white Trump staffer has registered Black America for Immigration Reform, an organization to address how immigration harms African Americans.
Miami Beach Black police chief
September 1, 2023
Jones' hiring comes after years of criticism of the police department in Miami Beach, formerly considered a Florida "sundown" town.
Kenosha, Wisconsin, Applebee's, arrest, theGrio.com
August 31, 2023
Jay-Z's Team Roc organization is lending their services to a Wisconsin couple that was wrongfully arrested at an Applebee's.
Lead poisoning in Black children
August 31, 2023
Children living in predominantly Black neighborhoods are more likely to suffer from lead entering their bloodstreams.
August 31, 2023
Jeffrey Harris is in custody after he reportedly tried to enter the Greater Dominion Church in Ambridge, Pennsylvania with weapons.
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…