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Actor Sidney Poitier
January 8, 2022
The family of trailblazing actor and activist Sidney Poitier has released a heartfelt statement following his death at age 94…
May 5, 2021
Amanda Seales says Kamala Harris disappointed her supporters with her recent comments on race that echoed ones by Sen. Tim…
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April 6, 2021
The creator behind the hit CBS comedy series 'The Neighborhood' has stepped down after complaints about his handling of race-related…
February 19, 2021
What Biden and many white Americans don’t understand is that these new ‘diverse’ commercials are in no way a sign…
January 24, 2021
Trump's presidency may have given Harris permission to lean harder into her public identity as a Black woman, according to…
January 10, 2021
President Donald Trump repeatedly claimed — without a trace of irony — to have done more for Black Americans than…
Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden
November 8, 2020
A young woman from Washington D.C. questions what will change in terms of racial issues in a Biden America. Can…
September 26, 2020
At a virtual U.N. meeting, President Donald Trump made no mention of the struggle for racial equality, though other foreign…
August 23, 2020
A renewed focus on social justice caused sales to soar at Black-owned bookstores as customers seek out books from their…
Krissa Thompson Washington Post history www.theGrio.com
July 29, 2020
Washington Post names Krissah Thompson the managing editor for diversity and inclusion, the first Black woman to hold a
University of Maryland White Awake thegrio.com
September 19, 2018
Flyers were posted at the University of Maryland advertising the school's counseling center's new support group to help students discuss race…
December 17, 2017
Ever since Trump started his campaign for president he has given new life to hate.
November 16, 2017
The Urban Mediamakers is on a mission to end 'divisive and racist atmosphere of this country'
March 28, 2017
Sens. Tim Scott and James Lankford are starting a new initiative called "Solution Sundays" in an attempt to heal race…
January 3, 2017
As the first person of color to capture the White House in the 240-year history of the United States of…
July 15, 2016
WASHINGTON (AP) — The son of the Louisiana man shot dead by police wants President Barack Obama to help end…
June 27, 2016
WASHINGTON (AP) — Almost eight years after electing a black president, vast majorities of blacks and Hispanics think President Barack
June 10, 2016
She just won’t quit. Rachel Dolezal was reportedly on Howard University’s campus with a filming crew this week. Several students
November 10, 2015
The resignation of University of Missouri president Tim Wolfe was a major victory, not just for Mizzou’s black student activists,…
June 30, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - A chapter of the Ku Klux Klan has been approved to hold a protest rally at the…