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April 22, 2015
BALTIMORE (AP) — Demonstrators launched a week of protests to demand justice for a Baltimore man who died from a…
March 12, 2015
FERGUSON, Missouri (AP) — Two officers were shot in front of the Ferguson Police Department early Thursday as demonstrators gathered
March 9, 2015
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — The president of the University of Oklahoma chastised members of a fraternity on Monday who participated…
March 5, 2015
(AP) - They only lasted minutes, but the images of the beatings of civil rights marchers in Selma, Alabama, on…
March 2, 2015
theGrio REPORT - Over 100 activists from groups like the hacktivist collective Anonymous and the Black Lives Matter movement gathered…
January 6, 2015
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — It's doubtful they were aware, but the rioters who torched Juanita Morris' dress shop had strayed…
January 3, 2015
Billy Cosby has three shows in Canada next week, and despite planned protests and public outcry, the comedian’s representatives insist
January 2, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - Oprah thinks she knows what the Ferguson protests need: Leadership. In an interview with PEOPLE, Winfrey drew…
December 30, 2014
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waded into American political debate over the holidays — using Twitter as his mouthpiece. The Twitter
December 28, 2014
Nashville Police Chief Steve Anderson is winning praise for a holiday message he posted on the Metro Government of Nashville
December 26, 2014
My name is Moji Akinde, and I am an African from Nigeria. And I am American. And I am black.
December 24, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (dih BLAH’-zee-oh) says anti-police protests after the shooting deaths of
December 24, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Questions about perpetuating racism don't always go so well. Fox News host Eric Bolling found that out…
December 23, 2014
OPINION - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is wrong to call for a moratorium on protests. De Blasio…
December 19, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - President Obama gave NBA star LeBron James props during his interview with People Magazine for wearing an…
December 16, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Samuel L. Jackson wants to celebrities who did the ALS ice bucket challenge to participate in a…
December 14, 2014
OPINION - Conversations on #BlackLivesMatter and the call for #MillionsMarchNYC need to translate into an overt call for Black women’s,…
December 12, 2014
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Recent protests against the police killings of Eric Garner and Michael Brown have created a conundrum…
December 10, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - According to some reporters, Kobe hasn't lived a hard enough life to justify wearing a "I Can't…
December 9, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and several Brooklyn players are wearing "I Can't Breathe" shirts as they…