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In this July 28, 2016, file photo, a flag with a blue and black stripes in support of law enforcement officers, flies at a protest by police and their supporters outside Somerville City Hall in Somerville, Mass. An Oregon county has agreed to pay $100,000 to a black employee who sued after a co-worker pinned up a "Blue Lives Matter" flag. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Saturday, April 20, 2019, that Karimah Guion-Pledgure alleged in her January lawsuit that the flag demeans the "Black Live Matter" movement. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File) thegrio.com
April 22, 2019
On Thursday, a settlement was reached in the case of a Black employee in Portland, Oregon who said she was…
racism thegrio.com
April 22, 2019
With heightened awareness about kids committing suicide because of relentless bullying at school, Margo Boyd thinks her son had a…
16 November 2014: UNC head coach Sylvia Hatchell (left) talks with Jamie Cherry (0). The University of North Carolina Tar Heels hosted the University of California Los Angeles Bruins at Carmichael Arena in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in a 2014-15 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball game. UNC won the game 84-68. (Photo by Andy Mead/YCJ/Icon Sportswire/Corbis via Getty Images) thegrio.com
April 19, 2019
North Carolina women’s basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell is under investigation for racist remarks and as a result she has submitted
Police Car thegrio.com
April 19, 2019
[griojw id=”mXZLF83t” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   An irate customer at a Texas AT&T store was arrested after a hostile exchange with an
Basis Phoenix Central School thegrio.com
April 17, 2019
A history lesson about the Little Rock Nine took a left turn at Basis Phoenix Central School left a child…
New Hampshire TheGrio
April 15, 2019
A Las Vegas school board member had to walk back offensive comments and apologize after referring to Black students as
NYPD thegrio.com
April 10, 2019
Three Black New York detectives who had sued the NYPD’s Intel Division for discrimination were awarded a $700,000 settlement.
Candace Owens thegrio.com
April 10, 2019
Writer Dustin Seibert explores all the possible reasons why Black conservative talking head Candace Owens is even like this. Why?
Racism thegrio.com
April 10, 2019
Survey reveals 76% of Black citizens have had an experience, opposed to the 67% of white Americans who stated they…
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - MARCH 31: Danny Rose of Tottenham Hotspur is close down by Roberto Firminho of Liverpool during the Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield on March 31, 2019 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images) thegrio.com
April 5, 2019
Racist abuse has left England defender Danny Rose looking forward to the end of his playing career. Along with Callum…
New Hampshire TheGrio
April 4, 2019
The incident occurred Tuesday in the lunchroom at Jackson Memorial Middle School, when the 11-year-old girl and a friend were…
grocery shopping thegrio.com
March 27, 2019
The irate Connecticut woman who went viral after a racist tirade against Black shoppers at a supermarket hit social media,
Tomi Lahren thegrio.com
March 26, 2019
“Hate crimes are unacceptable and so are fake hate crimes. Charges dropped for Jussie? Really?” Tomi Lahren tweeted Tuesday.
DeMarcus Cousins
March 26, 2019
The Warriors player said he went to the league to complain about being the target of racial slurs, but was…
Police Hat thegrio.com
March 26, 2019
A former Virginia Police Chief who hailed as the first black woman to lead a city police department in Portsmouth…
CLEVELAND, OH - JUNE 22: Cleveland Indians fans wait out a rain delay before the start of the game against the Detroit Tigers at Progressive Field on June 22, 2018 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by David Maxwell/Getty Images)
March 18, 2019
John Little can hardly go a week without a reminder that he and other Native Americans often are viewed as
Blake Griffin thegrio.com
March 17, 2019
It's been revealed that being called 'boy' is what triggered Blake Griffin's confrontation with a Timberwolves fan earlier this season.
Samuel L. Jackson thegrio.com
March 14, 2019
“If you’re not saying anything, then you’re complicit,” Sam Jackson said in an interview with Esquire, where he slammed Donald…
Harvard University campus TheGrio
March 4, 2019
A white man who threatened to bomb Harvard University and shoot attendees of a 2017 commencement for Black graduates, pleaded guilty to
This image from Twitter shows Newport-Mesa students toasting over a swastika made from red plastic cups. The "ultimate rage" banner over the image was added by a social media user. (Twitter) thegrio.com
March 4, 2019
Students at a California school are being investigated after a weekend of partying turned up racist social media posts with