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June 19, 2021
Officials were placing the first of two planned slavery markers in town at the Linden Place Museum, a mansion built…
June 9, 2021
Last June, Christine Longo verbally attacked Adote Akpabie and his family at the Coast Guard House in Washington County, Rhode…
May 4, 2021
Idaho Governor Brad Little has signed a bill that prohibits public schools — including universities — from teaching critical race…
Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Data Shows 90 Percent Effective Rate
November 17, 2020
The pharmaceutical company initiated a trial program for coronavirus vaccine delivery in Rhode Island, Texas, New Mexico, and Tennessee.
November 8, 2020
Five states voted to cleanse the public sphere of words, phrases and symbols that represent slavery and systematic oppression in…
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August 28, 2020
The shooting of Jacob Blake by a Kenosha cop has led to protests but also false rumors alleging that he…
December 21, 2016
When Viola Davis and Denzel Washington set the internet ablaze with the trailer release of the highly-anticipated film Fences, we knew we
November 4, 2016
“How To Get Away With Murder” star Viola Davis plays a strong and unstoppable woman every week on our television
October 12, 2016
Viola Davis has earned every bit of her success...
August 11, 2016
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A candidate for Rhode Island poet laureate said he was racially profiled and unjustly arrested by…
September 28, 2015
A former Rhode Island police officer has filed a lawsuit against his colleagues for allegedly beating him up after mistaking…
September 6, 2015
A black Rhode Island man was pulled over because of the air freshener hanging from his rearview mirror.
April 28, 2014
VIDEO - The mother of a disabled child is asking for the public's help after she says a specially designed…
February 9, 2014
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) — Studies show poorer children enter school having heard millions of fewer words than more affluent…
February 3, 2014
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — The Newport Folk Festival says gospel singer Mavis Staples will perform in this year's line-up...
January 2, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - African-Americans make up about 15.1 percent of the 73.9 million minimum wage earners in America...
May 24, 2012
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. (AP) - Viola Davis on Thursday addressed graduating seniors at the high school in the struggling Rhode…
March 6, 2012
VIDEO - An 81-year-old woman from Newport won last month's $336.4 million Powerball jackpot, sleeping with the winning ticket in…
February 29, 2012
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) - Meryl Streep has donated $10,000 to a charter school in the struggling Rhode Island city…
February 8, 2012
He was the country's first black music teacher, and led the Free African Union Society, believed to be the first…