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New Hampshire TheGrio
June 24, 2019
A white woman is fighting back against racists who posted a nasty note and picture on the door of her…
In this April 26, 2019 file photo, Kyle Kashuv, a survivor of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fla., speaks at the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action Leadership Forum in Indianapolis. On Monday, June 17, 2019, Kashuv said that Harvard University revoked his acceptance over racist comments he made online and in text messages about two years ago. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
June 18, 2019
[griojw id=”nlofHG8D” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   A survivor of the Parkland school shooting announced Monday that Harvard University withdrew his admission over
June 13, 2019
On Wednesday, Christopher Hibbert, who was the first Black GM at 1OAK club in Chelsea, complained in a filing in…
June 13, 2019
An Oregon school teacher has been fired after making a racist remark to an 11-year-old biracial student.Jasmyn Spencer was sitting…
June 13, 2019
Elizabeth Lederer, the Manhattan Assistant District Attorney, who prosecuted the “Central Park Five” whose convictions were ultimately overturned, has resigned…
football thegrio.com
June 10, 2019
[griojw id=”EK6GIGWW” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   A Texas football referee has been sidelined for the 2019 season amid reports he was caught
June 6, 2019
A manager of a Salt Lake City restaurant is now without a job after screaming and firing an employee who…
racism thegrio.com
June 5, 2019
[griojw id=”VLOQow1z” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   Two Charlotte-based Smoothie King franchises are trying to smooth out claims of being racist after customers
June 5, 2019
The pistol-packing granny who pulled a gun out on a Black couple at a Mississippi lake not only lost her…
Police Car thegrio.com
June 5, 2019
[griojw id=”aCp2jQJK” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   St. Louis and Philadelphia police departments are investigating reports of racist, violent and anti-Muslim Facebook posts
Central Park Five The Exonerated Five thegrio.com
June 5, 2019
A former prosecutor in the Central Park Five case has resigned from at least two nonprofit boards as backlash intensified…
May 31, 2019
Professor Evan Mwangi concludes that there is no simple answer to eradicate bigotry, racism and hate, but America can at…
Dog
May 30, 2019
A Black man and a woman who had a gun pulled on them at a dog park in Douglas County…
New Hampshire TheGrio
May 30, 2019
A Washington, D.C.-based Chinese restaurant is under fire after a Black customer reported that he received a receipt for his…
Classroom thegrio.com
May 30, 2019
The New York State Attorney General's Office completed its investigation of an incident at a Bronxville, New York elementary school…
Confederate
May 29, 2019
Researchers say anti-Black bias is more likely in areas like the Southern U.S., where the economy was dependent on slavery…
May 29, 2019
In yet another eye-popping #LivingWhileBlack encounter, a white woman who served as a campground manager in Mississippi pulled a pistol…
Meek Mill thegrio.com
May 28, 2019
Video of the hip-hop star confronting staffers at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas sparked debate across social media after it was…
racism thegrio.com
May 24, 2019
Administrators at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston apologized to a group of Black students from a local middle…
Pitbull (L) and Tony Robbins speak onstage as Pitbull is honored with a Star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame on July 15, 2016 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)
May 24, 2019
A controversial video has surfaced showing Tony Robbins spewing racial slurs and admitting that he took advantage of a woman…