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Park Police teen killing
April 6, 2023
U.S. Park Police released body cam videos Tuesday allegedly showing what led to the shooting death of Dalaneo Martin last…
Ada County Idaho arrest rates
April 5, 2023
Black people in Ada County, Idaho, are arrested at rates 3.5 times greater than their white counterparts, and researchers want…
Harriet Tubman, faith and spirituality, Women's History Month, Black women activists, Underground Railroad, Women's History Month, Christianity, Black liberation movements, Combahee River Raid, theGrio.com
April 4, 2023
Five acclaimed Black artists have been selected as finalists in Philadelphia's search to create a permanent statue of Harriet Tubman.
April 4, 2023
Owen Diaz is slated to receive $3 million in damages in a Tesla racial discrimination lawsuit that has been ongoing…
Former Haiti mayor Jean Morose Viliena
March 22, 2023
The former mayor of a Haiti town has been found guilty in the U.S. on charges including torture, extrajudicial killings,…
Tennessee Department of Children's Services
March 22, 2023
The Tennessee Department of Children's Services still has custody of five children taken from a Black couple after a traffic…
March 21, 2023
The Historically Black Neighborhood Ordinance creates a process to evaluate if developments would result in displacement.
March 20, 2023
Armani Kelly, Montoya Givens and Dante Wicker went missing in late January after the cancelation of their show at a…
Eatonville Florida history
March 20, 2023
Black residents of Eatonville, Florida are fighting for the right to use 100 acres of land deemed critical to the…
March 14, 2023
Prosecutors say James Alex Fields Jr. has collected "significant funds" in his account at the federal prison facility in Springfield,…
hate crimes increase united states
March 14, 2023
States and local governments reported 10,840 hate crimes, up significantly from 2020 and the highest level since data tracking began.
Prosecutor Michael O'Malley on Ohio police indictments
March 12, 2023
Prosecutors have indicted 16 officers from the East Cleveland Police Department for allegedly violating its citizens' civil rights.
Nasanto Antonio Crenshaw - teen killed North Carolina police
March 10, 2023
The circumstances surrounding Nasanto Antonio Crenshaw's death are reminiscent of the 2021 killing of Andrew Brown Jr., lawyers say.
Photo lineup wrongful conviction - Sheldon Thomas
March 10, 2023
Sheldon Thomas is a free man after spending 18 years in prison following a wrongful conviction for a 14-year-old boy's…
Najee Seabrooks - New Jersey mental health crisis
March 9, 2023
Community members are calling for full transparency into the death of New Jersey crisis intervention officer Najee Seabrooks.
Black California couple discrimination home appraisal
March 9, 2023
Paul Austin and Tenisha Tate-Austin got a half million dollar increase in their home's appraisal when a white female friend…
Tyre Nichols civil rights investigation
March 8, 2023
The City of Memphis has completed its investigation into Tyre Nichols' death and charged over a dozen fire and police…
Dilbert creator Scott Adams
March 7, 2023
Scott Adams claims he's been "invited to the barbecue" two weeks after sharing that he no longer plans to "help…
Cosmas Eaglin, Black war veteran
March 6, 2023
War veteran Cosmas Eaglin is among the first 300 Black recruits who helped break the Marine Corps' color barrier.
shanquella robinson, thegrio.com
March 2, 2023
Lawyers and activists will gather with Shanquella Robinson's family in Washington, D.C. to demand diplomatic intervention in her case.