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The report states that Black defendants awaiting trial remain jailed at a rate 25 percent higher than white offenders. It…
A benevolent barber, who has been giving homeless men on the streets of Philadelphia free haircuts, was questioned by police
The amount of gunplay and resulting fatalities in the city is so extreme that they compare to having a mass…
After serving three years in prison for identity theft and being released in 2006, Demetrius Anderson may be heading back…
Kenny Johnson, Community Relations Manager for the Philadelphia Phillies, talks to theGrio about the importance of diversity and inclusion.
Higher risk of homicide, heart disease, cancer and infant mortality are all threats to longevity for Black men in Philadelphia.…
Na-sha Lockett said the police officer used unnecessary tactics in a stop, which ultimately resulted in no charges against her
The traditional hospitality extended by the City of Brotherly Love will no longer include embattled singer and accused sex abuser R.
A Black man in Philadelphia refuses to be moved by a racist KKK recruitment flyer that he said was found…
Activist and journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal has been fighting for a new trial for decades and has emerged with a partial…
The championship Philadelphia Eagles football players are using their platform for good. The organization bailed out nine people from jail…
[griojw id=”8xRZ34Ln” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] Rapper Meek Mill is in the New York Times this week with a powerful op-ed on
Items owned by Tupac Shakur have been donated to Temple University, including a bullet-dented golden medallion the rapper was wearing…
Tensions were so high during an appeal hearing for Mumia Abu-Jamal, a cab driver who was convicted of killing a…
Ernest Owens, a queer Black journalist, details his traumatizing experience of being interrogated by police over a Facebook comment.
“When it happened, I panicked real fast, because I thought I was going to die because it burned my hair…
Ryan Pownall, the former Philadelphia cop who shot and killed a Black man as he fled, won’t face first-degree murder charges as expected.
Residents in the Philadelphia suburb of Roslyn found an unwanted letter on their homes in the form of Ku Klux
TheGrio has launched a special series called #BlackonBlue to examine the relationship between law enforcement and African-Americans. Our reporters and videographers will investigate police
[griojw id=”EZ3zIubt” playerid=”BqxyiSkR”] It was all love from Meek Mill in the “City of Brotherly Love” as he gave