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Pharrell Williams Time magazine essays thegrio.com
August 20, 2020
Pharrell Williams curates a TIME magazine collection of essays including his own words on racism and a Black future.
Sisters of the Movement police violence social justice siblings thegrio.com
August 11, 2020
Women who have lost siblings to police violence have formed a group called Sisters of the Movement to fight for…
Kaepernick Fauci award thegrio.com
July 31, 2020
Colin Kaepernick and Dr. Anthony Fauci will be honored with the Kennedy Human Rights Award to honor them for their…
Lebron James thegrio.com
July 14, 2020
LeBron James says he won't be one of the players wearing a social justice message on his jersey when the…
Terry Willis theGrio.com
July 13, 2020
Alabama business owner, Terry Willis, he walked over 1,000 miles from Alabama to Minnesota to help bring about social justice.
Janelle Monae
July 5, 2020
Singer Janelle Monae has long been an advocate of equal rights, and has never been shy on her stances against…
July 1, 2020
Actress Lili Reinhart says she was trying to do the right thing by posting a topless photo in support of…
June 13, 2020
Three white men have sued Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bower for a Black Lives Matter mural painted on the street…
June 11, 2020
New Orleans Saints star Malcolm Jenkins says the efforts NFL are making for social justice mean little until the league…
June 1, 2020
Barack Obama writes an essay about the importance of activism combines with the electoral process in the wake of police…
Malcolm X Quotes www.theGrio.com
May 19, 2020
theGrio is running down the top 15 quotes from Malcolm X's speeches and texts that were impactful during his day…
April 20, 2020
Ice cream manufacturing company, Ben and Jerry’s, commemorated the marijuana holiday known as "4/20" by advocating for prison reform.
Jay-Z
January 15, 2020
This week it was confirmed that hip-hop mogul and prison reform activist Jay-Z has sued the head of the Mississippi…
October 21, 2019
When Entertainment Studios chief Byron Allen purchased The Weather Channel for $300 million in 2017, he made headlines and became
September 19, 2019
[griojw id=”bTG8NgzU” playerid=””] Antonio Moore’s new opinion video series on theGrio discusses economics, politics, and wealth in a way that encourages
September 12, 2019
Back in 2017, two teen authors, Winona Guo and Priya Vulchi, set out to change the way students confront issues…
Booty Call Arson
April 3, 2019
The Highlander Center once hosted Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks but is now burned down. But a white power…
Colin Kaepernick thegrio.com
February 13, 2019
Colin Kaepernick, a man who has sacrificed his NFL career to raise awareness about police brutality, was apparently too controversial to…
Meek Mill thegrio.com
October 26, 2018
Entertainment media outlets Variety and Rolling Stone are teaming up to co-host a Criminal Justice Reform Summit in Los Angeles,…
William Barber thegrio.com
May 15, 2018
[griojw id=”0FKNT5t4″ playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   The Poor People’s campaign protest march to fight for economic and poverty issues in the spirit