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March 5, 2022
An MIT conference began Friday with a presentation on the Rooney Rule, which requires NFL teams to interview minority candidates…
Rikers Island theGrio.com
March 5, 2022
Derrick Harris is suing New York City and the NYPD after a four-year Rikers Island sentence he claims was wrongful.
March 5, 2022
School districts will begin training teachers on the new standards next year and implement them in the classroom in the…
A Pan-African flag flies from Black Lives Matter Plaza overlooking the White House
March 5, 2022
In recent years, the Confederate Memorial Day celebration at the Statehouse has attracted a few dozen people who raise a…
March 4, 2022
In a world committed to diminishing Black people's success, playing the game by our own rules is the only way…
March 4, 2022
Tucker Carlson doesn’t think Brown Jackson is intelligent enough for a lifetime appointment on the high court.
Ukrainian refugees
March 2, 2022
White reporters are in their feelings over the sight of white refugees. Some have done an atrocious job covering Ukraine's…
March 2, 2022
Marcus Ransom said he watched each defendant closely during the trial, looking for signs of remorse. He said he found…
Chingy thegrio.com
March 1, 2022
St. Louis rapper Chingy defended the Estée Lauder executive who posted a racist meme that included his name. 
Larry Hines
March 1, 2022
Lance Hines later apologized for his "offensive and inappropriate" comments, saying he was committed to supporting those programs.
Delta Airlines - theGrio
March 1, 2022
A California woman had a Rosa Parks experience last month on a Delta Airlines flight when she was asked to…
Estee Lauder 2018 Breast Cancer Campaign
February 28, 2022
The cosmetics maker said its former executive John Demsey's IG posts 'do not reflect the values of The Estée Lauder…
February 28, 2022
One officer fired rounds through a door seconds into the raid while another broke the home's windows, all for a…
Picnic Grove 1 Melvin Hazen Park thegrio.com
February 27, 2022
A D.C. park and trail will no longer be named after Melvin Hazen, a former city official who displaced Black…
Jussie Smollett thegrio.com
February 26, 2022
Jussie Smollett has requested that the court revisit his guilty conviction of a staged hate crime in 2019.
basketball high school thegrio.com
February 26, 2022
A racist note to a student has ended a Minnesota high school's girls basketball season and led the coach to…
University of Houston, theGrio.com
February 25, 2022
The University of Houston has been sued on behalf of three students claiming they feel constrained in what they can…
February 25, 2022
Black women are overrepresented in the workforce yet underrepresented in their opportunity, according to recent research.
February 24, 2022
Tyree Bell was 15 years old when he was arrested by Kansas City police officers and held for three weeks…
February 24, 2022
The Texas Education Agency will require any new charter school to submit a “statement of assurance” it will not teach…