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Prisoners organ donation -- Michael Lewis Georgia
September 27, 2022
A larger panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday again blocked California's first-in-the-nation ban on for-profit…
June 26, 2022
A proposal aimed at removing the last remnant of slavery from California law failed to pass the state Senate on…
prison jail thegrio.com
October 16, 2021
The midwestern state, which has a less than 7% Black population, incarcerates the most Black adults in the the entire…
December 16, 2020
Prisons across the U.S. have been hit hard by COVID-19. Social distancing is virtually impossible behind bars.
October 30, 2020
Kemba Smith Pradia is using her voice to advocate for voting rights for formerly incarcerated people after serving over six…
Black Girl thegrio.com
October 24, 2020
Black girls have a higher chance of being arrested than the police who murdered Breonna Taylor in her sleep.
May 8, 2020
As factories and other businesses remain shuttered across America, people in prisons in at least 40 states continue going to…
February 24, 2017
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has issued a memo on Thursday reversing one made by his predecessor, Sally Yates, concerning the…
March 7, 2016
Former First Lady Nancy Reagan, regarded as one of the most influential women to hold the position, died of congestive
January 12, 2016
In a few hours, President Obama will deliver his final State of the Union address. There are no reelection worries,…
October 16, 2015
October 16 marks the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March, when Minister Louis Farrakhan called on black men to…
April 13, 2015
NEW YORK (AP) — John Legend has launched a campaign to end mass incarceration. The Grammy-winning singer announced the multiyear…
July 9, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — Many of the thousands of people arrested on low-level marijuana possession charges in Brooklyn will likely…
May 8, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - There is a startling report out that takes a look at the correlation between black males, high…